StudyBlue

In response to Janelle’s current event post, I decided to talk a little bit about my opinion and experience with StudyBlue.  The StudyBlue resource has been a good friend of mine for quite some time!  I started using StudyBlue my freshman year of college and have randomly used it throughout my time as a college student.  I find it really helpful for certain subjects and then useless for others.  So that might explain why I use it on a ‘random’ basis.

I’m one of those visual learners so if I see something multiple times, I will most likely remember the material/content.  I’ve found that because of this, the digital flashcards have been especially helpful for me.  Whenever I have a lot of material that is more memorization (definitions, key terms, facts, etc.), I will use the online flashcards on the StudyBlue app on my phone.  Instead of wasting so much time and energy writing flashcards for hours, I can type much faster on my computer and then automatically save it to my online “backpack.”  Now, whenever I’m on my phone and sign-in to the mobile app, I can study on my phone!  StudyBlue also has some other really cool features like the “thumbs up/thumbs down” feature so you can save the flashcards you may have ‘missed’ while reviewing…and then you can just review the ones you missed!  Overall, the flashcards are my favorite feature because of the convenience and efficiency in helping me remember a large amount of material in a small amount of time.

I’ve also used StudyBlue to study with friends.  We would split material to make study guides and then share the study material with each other through StudyBlue.  I found that this was also really useful because we would hold each other accountable to make study guides for one another and then we were also providing ourselves with useful and convenient study material.

I think this website/application is just another great example of how the Net Generation is changing the status quo.  So often we think about a normal task and then one day someone introduces some new, innovative form of technology that changes how we do things.  In this case, we can see how hours of writing stacks of notecards can be converted into a lot of copying and pasting into an online platform that forms a digital stack of flashcards.  Net Geners are providing opportunities for businesses to capitalize on the new way that people think and do things.  In return, these businesses are able to help consumers of the Net Generation be more successful (e.g. StudyBlue helping students).  Below are a couple of videos that I feel explain what StudyBlue has to offer and why students use these applications.