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"Create flashcards Create your own flashcards with two clicks. You can use different styles (bold, italic, red/green colour, underline). Add pictures to your cards easily. Study flashcards You can study your cards alone or online with your friends. Just use Skype or the integrated chat functionality and see how easy it is. Information about learning in a team Print flashcards Print individual flashcards or all of them in two steps and learn them offline wherever you are. Teamwork You can comment on each flashcard, track the status of your knowledge, track changes, study online with friends and send messages to them. Publish flashcards You can publish your flashcards. Everyone who receives the link to your cards can import them to their account." Flashcards as a social networking tool! This is a nice way to have students create their own good study habits, and there is an iPhone App available too You can also search for flashcards made by other students. Better than Rosetta Stone.

R. Byrne: "Wikispaces recently added a Quizlet widget to the library of widgets that you can embed into your Wikispaces pages. Quizlet is a free flashcard service that anyone can use to create and share flashcards. Quizlet offers a massive library of flashcard sets created and shared by other users of the service. And now you can search for Quizlet flashcards, embed them into your wiki, and use four different study modes while those cards are embedded into your wiki. The screenshots below provide directions for adding Quizlet to your Wikispaces wiki." Quizlet can handle various types of media, so it makes for interesting flashcards. This step-by-step visual explanation makes the embedding task easy; creating the flashcards at Quizlet takes some work and thought.

"Find flashcards to study or create your own flashcards. "Study flashcards or use the other activities such as matching, crosswords, hangman, scrambled word, or bug chase. "Study flashcards anytime/anywhere by printing your flashcards or by using a flashcard app. " -- Subjects include geography, business, math, science, languages, medical subjets, and varies tests, such as GRE. Not specifically for ESL/EFL. Nice that you can use the flashcards on- or off-line.

"Easily turn a Google™ Spreadsheet into a Set of Online Flashcards and Other Cool Stuff" Looks like this would be fun, and templates for each type of activity are included -- flashcards, trivia game, spelling words, MadLibs, random picker, badges, progress chart, certificate.

R. Stannard shows how to create flashcards in any language for this site.

A short test and flashcard set on various political terms. Good for citizenship test in the U.S.

Easy for students to create their own flashcards for self-study and exam prep. Create a bunch and share. Mobile, too.

A free site with study aids: mind maps, flashcards, and a goal setting/review timeline.

"Teachers - Register and create SchoolNotes pages for posting homework, creating flashcards, and sharing information. Post assignments, announcements, and links to important resources Notify parents and students each time you update your classroom page Create an online calendar of class events and activities Use our free storage to upload documents and add images to your page(s) Access practical tips and other resources from EducationWorld.com Use our handy tools to create flashcards and other learning materials" Looks really useful, and it's free.

"The Teacher's Pet toolbar is a unique add-on for your word processor that can transform any text into fun classroom activities. Created by a teacher, the toolbar can make crosswords, bingo cards, jumbles, word search puzzles, flashcards, cloze tests, pair-matching puzzles and much more. " This is a downloadable software to create bingo cards, crossword puzzles, flashcards, etc. using your own wordprocessor.

This is a totally cool way to look at Flashcards, and includes not only polls taken by Webheads, but some lesson plans for use with your students. (Note also the way the blog entry is organized.) Study and blog by Karenne Sylvester, Webhead.

This might be a very useful tool, especially as you could get students to fill in their own vocabulary or content to be studied. The application creates flashcards that look like index cards (red line at the top, lined content section. Paste your published Googe spreadsheet link into the box at the website and it will generate a link to a set of online cards to share. Free

"Students will practice syllabification, reading, storytelling, and vocabulary when playing these games! This product contains directions and material for four different types of games to use during literacy centers: clapping out the syllables, vocabulary battle game, vocabulary flashcards, and storytelling. The games focus on the daily five activities pertaining to word work and writing. Each game would last 30 minutes."

"Students will practice syllabification, reading, storytelling, and vocabulary when playing these games! This product contains directions and material for four different types of games to use during literacy centers: clapping out the syllables, vocabulary battle game, vocabulary flashcards, and storytelling. The games focus on the daily five activities pertaining to word work and writing. Each game would last 30 minutes."

An extensive blog post by Sandy Millin explaining to students (and teachers) what Quizlet is and how to use it. Includes ways to print flashcards, question types, how to use the app for study, etc. Very useful.

"Around this time last year I shared a neat Google Spreadsheets script called Flippity. Flippity was originally designed to help you create flashcards through Google Spreadsheets. This morning Steve Fortna informed me that you can now use Flippity to create Jeopardy-style gameboards through Google Spreadsheets. In the video embedded I demonstrate how to use Flippity to create a Jeopardy-style gameboard." T/H to R. Byrne

A follow-on video to the more advanced features of Quizlet: copying cards, editing, embedding, sharing with class groups, creating your own flashcards, etc. R. Stannard recommends viewing the first video before attempting these (link to intro included).

The Academic Word List is divided into sublists based on frequency and each list has its own set of digital flashcards.

This quick intro to Quizlet is a good start up for a porgram that lets the user review vocabulary through quizzes and games. R. Stannard suggests using pre-made flashcards, rather than making your own each time. This video links to several more advanced features of Quizlet.

Quizlet is one of the most flexible self-teaching tools available online. It offers far more than quizes: Good for self-practice, flashcards, vocabulary study, etc. All the multimedia you want and students can create their own practices. This pdf booklet/Google presentation helps you get started with distance learning.

Log in to Quizlet ad try Quizlet Live -- you need a set with 12 Q/A flashcards and at least 6 students to make teams. You can view a Demo or go ahead and start live. Teams of students get 3 possibilities and must agree on the right one. (Groups are assigned randomly, but you can shuffle teams to re-sort if personalities class.) In class students can sit together. Teacher View of the game shows individual students cues and team scores. At the end of the game, teacher can see what words are confused with what others.