[LM_NET] SHARE: Web 2.0 Vocabulary Site

[Linda DeVore <linda.devore@CGELEM.K12.AZ.US>]

This is from today's Eschool Newsletter and is a student-generated vocabulary study 
site.  Definitely a good example of Web 2.0!
Created by a high school student in the San Francisco Bay Area, Quizlet is a free, 
web-based tool designed to help students learn and practice vocabulary. Users enter 
the vocabulary terms and definitions they're trying to learn, and the site creates 
flashcards and other study tools, including collaboration tools so students can 
share, edit, and discuss word sets. After entering their vocabulary words, students 
are presented with three study methods: the flashcard method; a configurable test 
page that includes written, matching, multiple-choice, and true-false questions; 
and a specialized "learn" mode that tracks the user's knowledge of individual words 
and retests the user only on unlearned words. The site also features a live chat 
box for discussing vocabulary usage with other students, the ability to import 
information from other web sites and documents, and the ability to combine word 
sets. Although the most obvious application of Quizlet is for English terms and 
their definitions, students also are using the site to learn foreign-language 
translations, history dates, and scientific terms, its creator says. 

http://www.quizlet.com


Linda De Vore
Media Center Director
Casa Grande Middle School
Casa Grande, AZ 85222
linda.devore@cgelem.k12.az.us

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible 
and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." -  Charles W. Eliot



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