Another FREE Resource!
Studystack.com is a free resource that allows you to make study cards and review activities for your students. The website is free but teachers do need to register to create study activities.
Features include online review activities including study cards, matching activities, hangman, fill in the blank….There is also a print option in which teachers and students can print paper copies of study cards in various sizes and a two column study chart. If you don’t have the time to create your own cards, there are literally hundreds of study activities from many content areas from other teachers available to use.
There is also an option for students to download the study items to their cell phones or ipods!! How cool is that???
To use any of the activities, all students need to do is to go to the site and click on selected review. Because the site has so many study activities (it can be confusing), I put a link on my classroom website that takes students to the exact study activity for the unit. Students can then study online or print out needed materials.
Additionally, I also print study cards out and give to some students who need some extra scaffolding. One thing I have learned is that some students struggle in even making their own flash cards for review. It doesn’t help them to study from incorrect or unclear review cards.
While it does take some time to create the study activities, once they are done you have them. I made my Sociology study activities three years ago and students are still using them. While some of my activities may change, the essential content of my course does not change.
Here’s a link to the home page of the website http://www.studystack.com/
Check out this link to one of my Sociology reviews:
http://www.studystack.com/menu-86627
Students tend to like the electronic review and teachers love free—what a deal! :)
Monday, April 5, 2010
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