Top 12 sites for making flascards are oserved. Examples are given.

1. Flashcards 4 Teaching Vocabulary
Kuzmina Tatiana
SU HSE Moscow

2. Kuzmina Tatiana - Teacher Profile
• 2000 – now - run FCE/CAE/CPE classes
• 2002 - now – Cambridge ESOL oral examiner
• 2007- now – SU HSE; BI (Business Informatics)
and SE (Software Engineers)
• 2010, 30 April - Победитель конкурсов на создание и
использование в учебном процессе оригинальных
методических разработок (весна - 2010)

3. Overview
• About flashcards (FCs)
• FCs sites evaluation
• Selection of some top FCs sites. From one
site to another with trials
• Some example FCs and FCs of HSE Ss on WIKI

4. What are flashcards?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A flashcard or flash card is any of a set of cards
bearing information, as words or numbers, on
either or both sides, used in classroom drills or in
private study. One writes a question on a card
and an answer overleaf. Flashcards can bear
vocabulary, historical dates, formulas or any
subject matter that can be learned via a question
and answer format. Flashcards are widely used
as a learning drill to aid memorization

5. What are flashcards for kids?
Teaching Kids English Using Flash Cards:
http://www.dreamenglish.com/howtousefla
shcards

6. FCs sites evaluation
Blog Free Technology for Teachers is written
by Richard Byrne, a Google Certified Teacher,
and read by a daily audience of more than
21,000 subscribers.

7. Selection of top 12:
Key features Bookmarks
Name/URL on
Delicious/
Drawbacks
Cramberry • simple interface 1049
1 • big public gallery of FCs
http://cramberry.net/ • text only
• printing sets as FCs or a list of
•2-sided FCs
terms • text only
•need account
• iPhone app.
2 Funnel Brain • 3 sided FCs with explanations 5566 (2)
• big public gallery of FCs
http://www.funnelbrain.com/ • text, images, audio (MP3),video
• quizzez (T/F; multiple choice)
• Social Networking features • plugins for
• learning statistics video
• need account • only Mp3-
audio
• iPhone app.

8. Key features Bookmarks
Name/URL on Delicious/
Drawbacks
Ediscio • simple interface 533
3 • big collection of FCs ‘cardboxes’
• text, images, audio (MP3), your
http://www.ediscio.com/
video, ‘You Tube video’ formulas
•Navigation (left
• learning statistics sidebar)
• word clouds with ‘problem words’ •Editing/deleting
•need account
• iPhone app.
4 Cobocards • video tutorial 995
•Big FCs ‘Pool’
http://www.cobocards.com/ • export/import function
• good for Universities and Exams
• text, images
• printable PDF format
• iPhone app.

9. Key features Bookmarks
Name/URL on Delicious/
Drawbacks
Flashcard DB • very simple interface 700
5 • text only
http://flashcarddb.com/ • quiz (multiple choice) is created
automatically
• simple learning statistics •Text only
• feedback
• need account
6 Quizlet • simple interface 8606 (1)
• five different ways of studying FCs
http://quizlet.com/ (including a few exciting games)
• big pool of public FCs
• text and images (from Flickr) • No images
from your PC
• iPhone app. (only for Pro)

10. Key features Bookmarks
Name/URL on Delicious/
Drawbacks
Study Stack • simple interface 2284 (3)
7 • creating slides (images from Flickr) with
text bubbles
http://www.studystack.com/
• collection of ‘Stacks’, ‘Tables’, ‘Crossword
puzzles’, ‘Matching games’, ‘Word • None
searches’ and other classic study games:
see here
• need account
8 Knowtes • resource for finding of all kinds of 334
flashcards
• big library of ready to use decks of FCs
http://www.knowtes.com/ • downloadable FCs
•

11. Study Stack options

12. Key features Bookmarks
Name/URL on Delicious/
Drawbacks
Muchobeets • very simple interface 221
9 • mostly good for High school Ss preparing
http://www.muchobeets.com/ for SAT and similar exams
• no registration
• none
10 Flashcard Flash • search engine designed for one purpose, 249
helping you find sets of flashcards
• built using Google Custom Search
http://www.flashcardflash.com/ • searches major FC making sites
• statistical graphs on visiting FCs sites • none

13. Flashcard Flash

14. Key features Bookmarks
Name/URL on
Delicious/
Drawbacks
Flashcard Maker •From Brtish Council LearnEnglish No info
11 Parents Flashcards
http://cambridgeenglishonline.co
m/Flashcard_maker/ http://www.britishcouncil.org/ru/parents
-flashcards.htm • print only
A4 format
• phonetic script • only
• very simple interface drawings
• big collection of FCs for kids and parents
• no registration
12 •Pimpampum • Bubblr is designed for making cartoon 353
http://www.pimpampum.net/ strips
• only Flickr images
• Bubblr • creativity and fun
http://www.pimpampum.net/bub •Only Flickr
blr/?custom= • mostly
Spanish
1. ‘Cat’s story’ – my strip for YLE themes
http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/?id=22955
2. ‘Good luck’ – my strip about
this presentation
http://www.pimpampum.net/bub

15. FCs of HSE Ss on WIKI
• http://kuzmina.pbworks.com/
• http://minatsict4ilt.wetpaint.com/

16. Contact information
minats09@gmail.com
Thank you…