My students will be taking their test on Rome next week. They have a traditional study guide to work on as well as the Quizlet flashcards above. Quizlet lets you create your own flashcards or you can use others. My students will be given the choice of filling in their study guide or creating the flashcards on Quizlet.
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Too many kids do not study for tests and still more think studying is just filling out a study guide. Sure you could argue that our students have become desensitized to them due to the incredible number they take, but I try to get them to get into groups...
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Kim Belknap is doing a presentation for our social studies in-service later this week on PollEverywhere which allows the teacher to quiz students using a phone (doesn't have to be a smartphone) or a laptop. Above is how you do it. Kim...
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While I prefer Study Blue, as it allows one to add pictures and audio, it does not allow one to search and use other people's flash cards unless you have an account. For schools that adhere to FERPA and COPPA closely this is not possible. So...
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I have blogged about Quizlet before, but here is a new app called Study Blue which lets you do the same things as Quizlet except you can also speak the flash cards instead of just typing them out (as you can see above). Also, it lets the card hang...
- Roman Contributions
Study these flash cards On Monday my world history students will be working on their Roman contributions project. Above is a set of flash cards I found on Quizlet. Quizlet lets students (and teachers) create flashcards to study for a test....