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How Teachers Can Use Flashcards to Help Students Study

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By Chris DelliSanti, RN | NoteKnight Founder

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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.


Introduction

Teachers already prepare materials for the classroom—lectures, presentations, handouts—all in an effort to highlight what’s worth remembering. You’ve probably said something like “I’d read that page in your book” or “You might want to remember that (wink-wink)” at least once this week. The problem? Those hints and handouts are easy to miss, misplace, or go in one ear and out the other.

And in the era of online learning where students aren’t always in the classroom, you need something easier to share and harder to lose. That’s where digital flashcards come in. You can give students a direct link to exactly what they need to remember. No printing. No logins. No confusion. Just a clean, focused way to reinforce what matters.

With NoteKnight, you can generate flashcards from your existing materials using our AI tools, import them from a spreadsheet, or build them from scratch—all in minutes.


Build and Share Flashcards

Have a PowerPoint you’re already using for class? Drop it into AutoScribe on NoteKnight and let AI convert your slides into editable flashcards in seconds. From there, you can fine-tune them, add images, and highlight the key points you want your students to remember.

Every flashcard set you create can be shared with a simple link, no accounts needed. Whether your students are in class or learning remotely, they get immediate access to study materials curated by you.


Flashcards in the Classroom

Flashcards aren’t just for cramming before a test. Try using them as:

  • Warm-ups – Start class with a few cards to review past material.
  • Exit tickets – Reward students who answer correctly with a small prize or extra credit.
  • Trivia-style games – Curate sets for team-based review competitions.

You already know what your students need to memorize, flashcards just help deliver that content in a way they’ll actually use.


No More Handouts

Vocab lists, dates, formulas—these don’t need to live on paper anymore. Flashcards are always accessible, and they’re reusable year after year. You can even add helpful visuals to reinforce concepts or make the cards more engaging.

And if you're teaching online or hybrid, there's no need to attach PDFs or send files. Just share a link.


Study Where You Want

Your students can study on any mobile device—on the bus, at lunch, or before class. Flashcards are short and focused, making them easy to review in just a few minutes without getting overwhelmed.


Make It Interactive

NoteKnight’s Memorize and Matching games turn study sessions into challenges. They push students to use active recall, pulling answers from memory instead of recognizing them in a list. This makes learning stick better, and it’s actually fun.

You can assign a flashcard set, and your students can practice with it like a game. No more fighting for attention, just a better way to review.


Wrapping It Up

In a world where students don’t always sit in a classroom, flashcards help you meet them wherever they are. They’re clean, fast, and more effective than hoping they picked the right notes to study from.

Use what you’ve already got—pull information from existing documents or build a set from scratch. Then share the link and let your students get to work.

It’s flexible, it’s focused, and it gives your students a real shot at remembering what matters.


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