Memorize.com - Online Flashcards
RSSChristopher Bell -- School Library Journal, 01/20/2010
Having trouble remembering things? Join the club.
Last year, I began a quest to find ways to improve my memory and I discovered Memorize.com, a fun online program that’s perfect for classroom teachers. (Plus, the price is right: it’s free.) Memorize.com helps kids (big and little) create flashcards and study them using the Memorize interface.
Begin by creating a personal account for yourself and then have your students set up their own individual accounts. It’s easy to get started: just click “Create.” Memorize.com also has a ton of dialog boxes that make it very easy to create flashcards. A two-column table appears and students simply enter a word, phrase, or question in one box, and the corresponding response or answer in an adjacent box—and voila! they’ve created a digital flashcard.. For example, a student getting ready for an art history exam might put the name of a painting (The Scream) on one “side” of the flashcard, and the artist’s name (Edvard Much) on the other
Once the flashcards are made, simply click “Memorize” and a new dialog box comes up and begins quizzing the student using their flashcards. If they can’t remember the correct answer, there’s a button that will provide it. Students can also quiz themselves starting with the answer, Jeopardy-style. It’s also possible to go back and add to or modify a set of existing flashcards.
Memorize.com offers starter flashcard sets on a variety of topics, such as countries and capitals, United States presidents, drivers license testing, and even the anatomy of the knee. The best part about these starter sets is that they are editable, and users can save a copy to their own accounts to customize. This can be a real time-saver for classroom teachers looking to provide study tools to their students.
You can mix and match different groups of flashcards or keep them separate in your Memorize space. And since this is a Web-based tool, your students will be able to review their flashcards anytime they’re on the Internet. Icing on the cake – Memorize,com has just added a diagram and map wizard that allows users to easily create and label these formats. Let’s all make a new resolution to buildup those brain muscles. Memorize it!
