This document discusses the educational tool Quizlet, which allows students to create online flashcard sets and study materials. It can be used to engage students and allow them to access study materials from any device. The founder created Quizlet in 2005 as a tool for his French class. Today it has millions of daily users and study sets. The document provides an example of how a social studies teacher could use Quizlet by having students create online vocabulary flashcards for a geography unit, and embedding Quizlet activities and questions on a class blog and bulletin board with QR codes.

1. Kanani De Sa
May 2013

2. What is Quizlet?
• Simple tool that help students learn
• Software that creates flashcard sets online
• Website is FREE
Students using Quizlet:
• engaged in their learning (game features)
• study materials that they love to use (digital
flashcard, study sets & games)
• access sets on computer, mobiles or print out
on paper
• self grading, self evaluation & test options

3. Creator of Quizlet
• Founded in 2005
• Andrew Sutherland while a sophomore in High School
• Easy-to-use tool for learning vocabulary in French class
• Built Quizlet for himself, shared it friends, and it grew from
there.
• Actively involved in:
• Leading the Quizlet team
• Developing the product & technology vision
• Making sure the Quizlet user experience is great

4. Quizlet Quick Stats
• #9 app in the free Education category of the app store
• #143 website in the U.S.
• 360,422 study sessions today
• 80,491,444 visitors (last 12 months)
• 23,520,695 study sets

5. Using Quizlet in
Papa Pilikanaka
(Social Studies)
Class Scenario:
• Grade 6 Papa Pilikanaka (Social Studies)
• Intro to Geography – Lesson I
• New list of Vocabulary words (on paper)
• Student create study cards using index cards
• Teacher create quiz before unit exam
Integrating Technology:
• Take what we already do in the Lesson I
• Augment / Enhance student learning
• Use technology as a direct tool substitute
• Quizlet
• With functional improvement
• teacher / student generate card set(s) online
• 24/7 access - paperless
• self grading / evaluation
• embed activity on blog / QR Code (Daily Geography Questions)

6. Quizlet on Teacher’s Blog

7. Using QR Code
Daily Geography Bulletin Board
Scan Today’s QR Code
for your
Daily Geography Questions
Ticket Out The Door = Read the
following Daily Geography
questions and post your answers in
our Edmodo Classroom.
What three oceans touch the US?
Latitude is measure North and
South of what line?
What two countries border the US?
Papa Pilikanaka

8. Getting Started
1. Login to Quizlet
https://quizlet.com/login
2. Click on “Browse” to view sets already created (category)
3. Click on “Create” to create a new set
4. Click on “Your Sets” to view a list of sets you created/used
Papa „Eono –
Vocabulary Words
Geography

9. He mau nīnau?
(Any Questions)