{"id":4908,"date":"2015-07-03T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2015-07-07T14:13:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:13:36","slug":"flashcards-the-secret-to-an-active-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/07\/03\/flashcards-the-secret-to-an-active-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashcards: The Secret to an Active Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Goodmission.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4913\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Goodmission-300x290.png\" alt=\"Goodmission\" width=\"197\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Goodmission-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Goodmission.png 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a>Who would have guessed?<\/p>\n<p>Turns out, flashcards aren&#8217;t just for kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.examtime.com\/blog\/secret-active-memory\/\">The Secret to an Active Memory | ExamTime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article promotes an app through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goconqr.com\" target=\"_blank\">goconqr* <\/a>for creating flashcards, but there are other ways as well.\u00a0Using a plugin called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flippity.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">flippity<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flippity.net\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flippity.net\/images\/Flippity-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a>you can create your own flashcards using a Google spreadsheet. Personally, I like being able to own my own stuff, and I can do that better with Google (b\/c I can do things offline).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goconqr.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.goconqr.com\/assets\/goconqr\/goconqr-logo-inline-small-17ab457cd081645a1f1759a151ebe110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goconqr.com\/en\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\">goconqr <\/a>is an online community where teachers can create and share\u00a0content.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a place for flashcards, just like there&#8217;s a place for drill too. Some things simply need to be memorized. That way they are handy when you need them.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4908'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4908);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4908);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4908);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Who would have guessed? Turns out, flashcards aren&#8217;t just for kids. The Secret to an Active Memory | ExamTime. This article promotes an app through goconqr* for creating flashcards, but there are other ways as well.\u00a0Using a plugin called flippity, &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/07\/03\/flashcards-the-secret-to-an-active-memory\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,9,81,24],"tags":[389,55,393],"class_list":["post-4908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-information-technology","category-teaching-learning","tag-educational-technology","tag-google","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1ha","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":826,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/06\/22\/attention-educators-serious-games-is-not-equal-to-educational-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":4908,"position":0},"title":"Attention Educators: Serious Games is NOT equal to Educational Games","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is Ben Sawyer's latest talk - a Google Tech Talk If you are one of those people who believes that Serious Games is synonymous with Educational Games, you should watch this. 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