Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Flashcard Machine: Make Flash Cards and Share Them

Flash cards are known for their ability to help students learn quick and fast. Now how about trying it out online? With Flashcard Machine, you can make them quick and easy, share them with your friends, and learn on the go!

With this, you can start making digital copies of your flash cards, then pull them up at a computer and study. It works wonders! First you're going to need to type in or copy/paste your info. After you have enough content, just click on 'Start Study Session', and learn.

Now it just doesn't end there, but it goes farther, much farther. You can help out your fellow classmates by giving them the link, which I plan to do for my classes. Just give them the link, and go from there. No sign up needed from your peers.

The coolest thing about having flash cards in the cloud, is the fact that you can upload them to almost anything. There's a mobile version of Flashcard Machine for iOS, and Android devices. And it works just as well. Granted, they do cost $1.99 for the Android version, but the iOS version is free.


Try it out!

Khan Academy: The Next Generation of Learning

Khan Academy is a most useful site. It has videos you can watch that will show you how to do math, understand science, and other things. When I have a problem with my algebra class, and just can't seem to figure it out, I automatically check out if KA has it. And usually it does.

But it's not just about the videos. KA has a 'virtual classroom' on a star map. You earn points by answering correctly, and you don't need to sign up for it! When you don't answer correctly though, it shows you the steps on how you can achieve the right answer.

Khan Academy started with a guy just trying to help his cousins learn math remotely. He then posted the video onto YouTube, got some comments and feedback to motivate him more to more. Watch this video about how it works!

What do you think about it?