This site’s convenient setup offers tools and resources to help enhance students’ studying. Those who are not members of the website can still easily search the site for any topic in the search bar, but those who are members can create their own set of flashcards.  Creating a set of flashcards is just as easy as searching for one on Quizlet because the site will auto-define the words for the users.

Sophomore Sabrina Dimartino said, “Quizlet has made studying easier because making the actual Quizlet makes me study since I have to type in all the terms and definitions. After that it’s really easy to just go on and study.”  After creating a set, there is a choice between making the set private, giving access to certain users, or making it public for anyone to use.

Sabrina said, “I love that I can share my Quizlet sets with other people.  It helps that my entire AP History class makes tons of Quizlets whenever we have tests, and it’s great being able to share each others’ because we all make them for different sections of the chapter. Being able to share them is really helpful and I think it overall improves all of our grades.”

For anyone simply learning words and their definitions, the “learn” option is perfect.  “Learn” shows a definition and there is an area to type in the word. This section is effective for familiarizing oneself with the topics on an exam.  There is also an option that supplies the word and there is a space to type the definition.  At the end of a study session, it displays the percentage that were correct the first time, and it allows the user to continue until he or she has received a hundred percent.  Even with a free account, there is an option for users to see their results the improvement. There is also a spelling section that allows users to spell the word as the definition is being read.  Another great source is the online test that can be regenerated endlessly for as long as the user wants. The online test includes matching, multiple choice, and true or false questions.

For those who become bored with the straightforward study methods, there are even games to help one study: “Scatter” and “Space Race.” “Scatter” is a race against the clock game where the user matches words to their definitions, and “Space Race” is a similar game where the definition flies by and there is a space to type the correct word.  While the games are generally lame in terms of enjoyment, they are much more entertaining and more effective than writing flashcards.

Conjueguemos

Although there is an option to study foreign language vocabulary on Quizlet, for a more language specific study source, Conjuguemos is a great site to learn verb conjugations.  With many of the commonly studied high school languages — Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, and German — Conjuguemos gives students practice on all verb tenses from the present, preterit, imperfect, and future tense with both regular, irregular, and even stem-changing verbs. To make the set of verbs more personal, students are able to pick and choose which verbs they would like to use.

Although constant use of the internet while studying may lead to distraction and unproductiveness, when on task, Quizlet, Conjuguemos, and Khan Academy are all great study sources for high school students.  The websites allow students to stay organized and to familiarize oneself with any topic he or she is studying whether it be simple memorization or more in-depth topics. Today’s technology allows students to study more effectively with resources that were not available to older generations.