Cram.com
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Cram.com (formerly known as Flashcard Exchange) is a web-based application for creating, studying, and sharing flashcards.{{cite book |title=Classroom Testing and Assessment for ALL Students: Beyond Standardization |last=Salend |first=Spencer J. |year=2009 |publisher=Corwin Press |location=Thousand Oaks, California |isbn=978-1-4129-6643-6 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3dcweZPl_kC&q=%22Flashcard+Exchange%22&pg=PA112 |accessdate=2010-11-23 }} Users on Cram.com have created over 68 million flashcards.
History
Cram.com was launched by Student Brands after it acquired FlashcardExchange.com and FlashcardDB.com.{{cite web|last=Jarvey|first=Natalie|title=West Hollywood Company to Help Students Cram|url=http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2013/sep/19/west-hollywood-company-help-students-cram/|date=September 19, 2013|work=Los Angeles Business Journal|accessdate=20 September 2013}}
FlashcardExchange.com was originally launched in January 2001 by Culley Harrelson.{{cite web|url=http://www.flashcardexchange.com/docs/about |title=About Flashcard Exchange |publisher=Flashcard Exchange |accessdate=2010-11-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702171909/http://www.flashcardexchange.com/docs/about |archivedate=2010-07-02 |url-status=dead }} FlashcardExchange.com was praised by Education World as being "simply designed and intuitive to use".
Usage
Users can create free accounts on the website to create their own flashcards. On FlashcardExchange.com, users had to pay to print and download flashcards, but all functionality on Cram is free.
Flashcards can be created in a number of languages, such as English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Polish, and Portuguese.{{cite web|url=http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2006/r0306-06.shtml/ |title=Flashcard Exchange |date=2006 |publisher=Education World |accessdate=2010-11-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206165132/http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2006/r0306-06.shtml |archivedate=2010-12-06 |url-status=dead }} Flashcards are placed into categories, including careers, language, computers, and others.
See also
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External links
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Category:American educational websites