I have found another excellent web 2.0 tool called quizlet. Quizlet is a tool that makes learning vocabulary fun. A lot of teachers assign vocabulary to students, but few students actually hold on to words into their vocabularies after they take their test. It’s like they just study for the test and do not retain the words. Quizlet makes learning fun, thus make learning effective. Quizlet is free to all users.
With Quizlet you can easily create flashcard sets with as many questions and answers as you want. Import questions and answers from your computer or other websites or just type them in directly. Cut and paste questions from other peoples' flashcard sets to make your own. Invite friends to share your flashcards via email, Face book, or MySpace. You can also one-click lookup of official dictionary definitions, and other users' previous answers.
This is an excellent source for teachers. We can give our students a study tool that's both powerful and fun, encouraging them to become life long learners. Teachers can share study materials online with your classes, or generate photocopy-ready flashcards for in-class distribution. We can host a group where your students can create and discuss study materials for your class. We can send email to student when you've posted new study materials, and receive messages back from them. And for collaboration, teachers can see what other teachers are teaching at your grade level and in your subject area.
I believe this tool would work best for grade 3 and above.
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