Saturday, May 21, 2011

I've Got the Key

So in my recent travels on the internet I found this site.  No thats not really what happened, I saw someone using it and decided to check it out.  This site in question is called www.studyblue.com.  You're probably looking at this like slapping me in your brain because you saw the word study.  Not to worry this isn't one of those stupid slow sites that like quizzes you on shit you don't care about.  Study blue is really sleek and user friendly which is one of the features that I really liked.  You make an account and somehow it automatically knows some of your Facebook friends (If you have one of those) but it doesn't just show up on your Facebook profile like a little bitch. You add your classes in the classes tab and based on your teacher and course name it finds people who are also on Study Blue who are in your class or also taking that course at your school!  You can also add what text books you use in that class and at any time you can add or delete courses.  Now to the really good parttttt, you can add notes or flashcards.  The flashcards are amazing though, you can add pictures voice notes and then you can test yourself on them when you select study.  If you mess up on one flashcard you can click the remind action which will remind you to study that exact flashcard, when you see the front of the flashcard you then flip it using the spacebar (Don't worry it'll tell you that)  and when you see the contents I guess you get to use the keyboard shortcut to tell the system if you got it right or wrong.  Theres a meter along the side of the flashcard that will also show you which ones you got wrong if you need a visual.  You can also chose to study them term or definition first.  When you're done you can click the I'm Done button (I know its cute) and Study Blue will give you your ranking, show you your progress with that set of flashcards over time and show you which ones you need to study.  It's like theres a little elf or something in my computer and all the while it looks sleek and easy to navigate.  The notes are pretty straight forward, you have lots of options about format and such and then you can study those too and also print them out which is pretty helpfulll.  So that's all I've really had time to figure out but I know theres a lot more to find out so sign up today!  It's totally free and they don't bomb you with stupid mail.  Email me and let me know if you've signed up or tweet at me whoress!


Love and other things,
Zola

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