Normally, I’m one of those kids who can not study for two seconds and still ace a test. That is, except for French. In French, I have the worst teacher you have ever had the misfortune of having. It’s not so much that she’s mean, but that she has a weak grasp of English and horrible teaching style. Almost all year, she has never taught us anything yet given us long, weakly tests. This would be fine, except for that we have to pass our finals to enter French II. Fortunately, she has the foresight to pass out a huge packet with everything which will be on the finals. Here’s where the star of the show, Quizlet, enters stage right. Basically, Quizlet makes studying bearable. Instead of forcing you to make clunky flash cards, you simply type in the list of terms and definitions (great for French) and it will allow you to learn the material in a variety of ways. Even cooler, you can easily import info from a variety of text styles. With your data in place, you can familiarize yourself with the info by using e-flashcards. Or, if you like killing the environment, you can print out a list of terms or flash cards. Once familiarized with the terms, you can learn it by taking a practice test. As you take it, terms you get right are automatically removed from the test until you have nothing left. Finally, once you are ready, you can take the “test.” According to your preferences, the service will create a written, matching, multiple choice, or true/false test. After you take it, you automatically get scored and shown where you can improve. However, this is only the bare functionality. Other features include (of course) social networking, set sharing, and lots of nifty interface improvements. All in all, Quizlet makes studying as fun as it can be.
Even cooler than the interface, is that Quizlet goes against the grain by being a web application made by a single high school student with zero VC funding.
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