Quizlet

Quizlet is yet another extremely useful website and study tool with tons of great uses. There's even a free Quizlet app in the App Store if you're into having your students going the mobile route when studying their content. To get started, all you really need to do is register. It's free, but like everything else on the internet these days, there is a "premium" service that you can opt to purchase for $15 a year that basically includes access to a few features that probably aren't worth $15 a year. Then again, with what you can access at the start, why even bother.

The mobile version.

Quizlet allows users log in and create, track, and organize a complete online study guide of vocabulary words or relevant terms and phrases which can then be manipulated into flashcards, spelling tests, definition tests, etc. Students can revisit their "flashcard sets" to study, and they can create an unlimited amount of sets even with the free service. Downloading the app to an iPad or iPod allows  students to take their studying to any quiet place they can find. Teachers can even create classes to monitor student progress and share vocabulary sets.

How does it work in the classroom?

Honestly, whenever my students use Quizlet to learn a lot of key terms for a project or a unit, it always seems like they begin to pick up on the terminology noticeably quicker and more accurately than if they don't use it. Not only that, but spelling of the terms is also better just because of the nature of Quizlet and the way the "Space Race" game works. The bottom line is that using my ever-informal research techniques, I feel as though I can ascertain that using Quizlet will yield more positive results than not using it.

Try it. You have nothing to lose.