

You can see a written answer, but apps make it easier for the answer to be a picture, video, or link.

Instead of hastily scribbled paper notes, app-based flashcards make it easier to access more detail, link to journals, documents, articles, and resources, while also making it easy to share and collaborate with others studying the same subject.įlashcards are still the best type of tool for learning facts, and apps make learning via flashcards much better. Apps are far more convenient for collaboration and sharing notes and flashcards. Now students use apps to record notes, create flashcards, and write term papers or essays.Īpps are more familiar and easier to use – especially when studying for an exam or working together on an academic project. There was a time when studying, making notes, and flashcards all required pen and paper. I ended up installing an XP VM on her Mac so she can use the Hallmark program.What are the benefits of using flashcards? The biggest instability culprint appears to be dragging and sizing objects on the card it corrupts the internal object model and you start getting missing objects, extra junk objects, or crashes. I made a few cards in it for her and you can pick out a card and personalize it, after that your best bet is to restart it after you do one card as it rarely stays stable through making a second. She finds it very frustrating to use (the way she edits cards seems to induce instability into the app) and she is isn't computer literate enough to realize that when it starts acting flakey it's time shut it down and restart. Comparing it to Hallmark (what my wife has used for the past 4-5 years) it has less cards and is considerably harder to use. Unfortunately the only app available for OS X that I've found is Print Explosion Deluxe. It does let you edit the cards (or create one from scratch) but my wife never does more with it than personalize the card (and I suspect most that use these things do the same). These greeting card apps (my wife loves them) come with a bunch of premade cards, you select a card from the list and print it. If the original poster is looking for a Hallmark or American Greeting type program, none of these are suitable replacements.
