BP5_2010052_Web 2.0 #2 EDISCO

Welcome to Ediscio, My web 2.0 tool of choice for this weeks blog. Ediscio is a collaborative flashcard tool for students that use Images, videos and group discussions in the classroom to highly customize flashcards for the desired class. When teachers use Ediscio in the classroom, the application helps your students create their learning material cooperatively. Students have the opportunity to help and correct each other. The learning system in Ediscio will help student find out their own personal learning focus for the subjects desired by establishing different order of the flashback cards such as, “least played first for order”, “most difficult for you”, “only not-known cards”, “arbitrary order” and “most selected first”. The “learning by schedule” tool built in to the application determines this card selection if desired by the student or teacher.

For a teacher, the “automatic logging” feature helps them supervise, correct, and give advice, to the student if needed, through analysis of the learning process using graphical imagery such as pie charts and graphs. This application also gives teachers the students learning statistics for the subject being studied.

Ediscio Mobile has a user interface, which is optimized for mobile devices with touch screens. It is especially suitable for: iPhone, Blackberry and other mobile devises used by students everyday, inside and out of the classroom.

Through my exploration of the Edisco, I have determined that this application is highly suited for learning foreign languages. I do feel that this application would be suitable for any subject that would require rote memory.