I recently made a post about using flash cards. A few people who commented on the post said they are comfortable with using Anki, a flash card program.
Anki is cool because it's a little program that lets you download "flashcard" sets that other users have already created to study with. It is also available for smart phones, so if you have one, you can take your flashcards on the go with you. However I personally believe that you lose an element of the learning process, which is writing the words down.
You can find flash cards German speakers have made to practice their English. You can also find chemistry, biology, or anything else that flashcards could be made for. It is a really neat idea that all the content is user created stuff that is being shared, therefore every day there should be more and more content. Plus it beats having a stack of flash cards like this:
Although I do worry about the quality of the content. You could hypothetically study a few cards that are incorrect, and learn the wrong information. Researching the validity of every flash card might help with the memorization process.
Last night I went over to a friend's house and they were all studying for a Psychology final. This video came up with a simple search for "study music" so it's not some super obscure thing, but it's a wonderful thing nonetheless. The music and visuals are great.
Try it out while you use Anki, practice your flash cards, or study in general and tell me what you think!
I'm one of those who commented that :P I agree with you, it's much better to write your own cards. Writting them it's the 50% of the learning process. The other 50% is repetition.
ReplyDeleteCool, I'll have to check this out to see if they have anything relevant to the courses I'm taking. Thanks =)
ReplyDeleteNever used Anki, I'll try it out
ReplyDeleteI really like Anki but I find that it's easy to not open it up and practice whereas if you have a pile of cards sitting on the table next to you it's easy to pick a few up and read them. Also, for actually learning I find that using paper cards to be a bit more useful, whereas Anki is great for remembering, there is something about writing the word down a few times that really helps.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't type or write the cards out your self then I don't think they will work very well...
ReplyDeleteisn't it possible to create your own cards?
ReplyDeleteYes, you can create your own card sets as well.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear that you can create your own
ReplyDeletei was never a fan of flash cards :/
ReplyDeletecool blog
ReplyDeleteNot that I've ever written any cards myself, but doing so makes sense since you probably learn so much more.
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