Quizlet Diagrams - revise knowledge with clever visuals

Quizlet remains as one of those Swiss Army knife style apps that you end up repurposing and going back to time and time again. Last year it got a significant revamp with the Quizlet Live game feature and now there is a clever addition called Quizlet Diagrams.

In essence using Quizlet is a perfect approach to get students to revise new terms or develop and broaden their vocabulary. In Economics I want student to use the appropriate terms and words to explain the nuances of complicated concepts and models. For instance we want our students to confidently use the term 'appreciation' rather than trying to just say that a currency has gone 'up' In my experience Quizlet is a pretty good tool to help develop this basic knowledge.

The new diagrams tool goes further adding a really clever visual layer. You can pin a term to a specific part of the diagram and then the students use the match or learn tools to revise which term matches which part.

How do I use?

• You need to sign up for a free Teacher account with your GApps account
• Search the diagrams examples for your subject
• Duplicate an existing set of flashcards or create to start a fresh
• Drag a screenshot or image into Quizlet
• Use the pin icon to add terms.

Are there examples I can look at?

There are lots of really clever examples already created and available online. You can share any of these with your students by posting the link into our Online Learning Platform (Teamie)

Have a go and test yourself first !

1. Biology Cell Structure Diagram
2. Soil Layers Diagram - Science and Geography
3. Match the European Country
4. Spanish Vocab - el desayuno (what's for breakfast I think :)

How do students access?

You can copy the link directly from Quizlet and send this to your students with the Online Learning Platform (Teamie) The two best modes from students to practice diagrams are Learn Mode or Match Mode.

Learn mode is very clever and randomly gives students either match or multiple choice questions based on the set of flashcards you have created and it helps students track which ones they find easy and those which are harder. Match mode is probably the best supported to diagram and give the students a random challenge based on the flash cards you have added to a diagram. See below

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Quizlet Live - back to an old favourite

Quizlet is fast becoming one of those Swiss Army knife apps that you end up repurposing and going back to time and time again. Like most teachers you probably got the email about their new Quizlet Live feature so I was keen to give it a go.

In essence using Quizlet is a perfect approach to get students to revise new terms or develop and broaden their vocabulary. In Economics I want student to use the appropriate terms and words to explain the nuances of complicated concepts. For instance we want our students to confidently use the term 'appreciation' rather than trying to just say that a currency has gone 'up' In my experience Quizlet is a pretty good tool to help develop this basic knowledge.

Quizlet Live is a free games based add-on to the core flashcard tool. The game cleverly takes any existing stack of vocabulary and definitions and then creates a game. On the first prompt students visit Quizlet Live and then enter your class code from the screen. You need more than 6 students to join and then it will place them into groups.



The best hint is to get kids to then move to sit in the randomly allocated group. Once you click begin, the students have to match up the answers. (see demo) Each member of the group has a different list of four terms which they can use to answer the pop up question. Collectively they use the terms to answer all of questions in the race to reach the end first. A great catch is that if they get one term wrong it makes the students start again.

On first impressions it sounds a little simple and a bit too much of a game, but it was one of the most fun and yet effective end of lesson activities I have done in a long time. Yet at the same time I think they all have mastered a broader list of terms that will hopefully help develop their ability to write more academically like an economist. Never underestimate the competitive nature of teenagers on a Monday morning.

A couple of hints to make it a more effective assessment task...

• Share the Quizlet set of terms with the students for homework to look at independently before they do the game in class.
• Carefully choose your lists of terms. A couple on my list had the actual word in the definition so made it easy to guess. (this was my Macroeconomic set)
• Add a few terms to really stretch the students, or even from the next topic. 
• Once the game is finished the screen changes to show feedback... essentially what were some commonly confused terms, what was the hardest to get correct etc. This is a good learning point where students could add to their notes or the teacher could unpack the misconception. (my students all stumbled on the inflation/disinflation/deflation terms and it was a timely reminder when the game prompted the kids to reflect on this at the end)
• Pictures you might have added to the quiz don't show in the game at the moment
• You need at least 6 kids and I think at least 12 terms to make it worthwhile.
• You can repeat the same activity at the end of the game and choose to keep students in the same groups. If you want to then use a different set of terms you need to restart Quizlet Live and it then resets the groups. 

Enjoy and please comment if you find it useful or have other ideas on it's use.

Quizlet - revision tools and flashcards

Quizlet is an excellent free tool for creating revision activities for our students and has been very successful in lots of Middle School classes.

You can quickly search and find revision cards that other people have created, or sign in to create and share you own sets. The best use of Quizlet is for terminology and it has been really popular with our language students as they develop vocabulary or to activate prior learning. Click here to see a nice example from French.

The following presentation explains the important aspects of Quizlet or click on the links below to get started.

• Search and find sets that others have created
• Merge and edit sets that cater to your students
• Share sets with your class via a link or create a Quizlet classroom
• Invite students to your classroom and track student progress
• Ask students to create flashcards then share them to the class.
• Play with different formats; flashcards, learn, speller, spacerace and test.
• Add images to your flashcard sets using the simple search button
• Change languages for the flashcards and click on the audio button to have them read out.

More examples

• Geography - Energy Sources

• Maths - Perfect Squares and Square Roots

• Spanish - Bar and Cafe Vocab

• English - To Kill and Mockingbird Research

• Biology - The Human Heart

• Economics - Market Failure examples (with images)

• Economics - Market Failure Key Concepts