Summary
Sparknotes is a website that originally started up as a study guide for literature, poetry, history, film and philosophy by four harvard students; Sam Yagan, Max Krohn, Chris Coyne and Eli Bolotin in 1999. Later on it got more subjects such as math, health, physics, biology, chemistry, economics and sociology.Barnes and noble bought sparknotes in 2001 for approximately $3, 555, 000. At the start sparknotes was part of a website called "the spark", but later it started printing literature study guides called "sparknotes" which would help students study for upcoming tests and exams. Then it expanded into a website. Sparknotes also has something called test prep which prepares you for the major tests such as the SAT and ACT. It also has something called "No fear Shakespeare which has the major Shakespeare plays translated into modern english." There is also video sparknotes which explain the major Shakespeare titles and novels studied in class. Sparknotes makes its revenue from ads on their page and people buying "sparknotes to go". There is also a mobile app for sparknotes which does not include "No Fear".
"Example of a video sparknote"
Opinion/Evaluation/Reflection
People have a lot of interesting things to say about sparknotes. They are mostly good because of the ease it provides in studying for almost any subject in school especially literature. (Sparknotes Studyguide Review), This is a link to a website the reviews study guide websites and sparknotes has a pretty good review on it. I recommend that you guys go and read this review. Sparknotes does not cost anything at all except if you want to buy sparknotes to go which is in book form. The online version and the app version of sparknotes are absolutely free. This app is very educational even for people who are just looking to get knowledge. This information technology was created so that high school and upper level students could easily get access to study guides and prepare for tests and exams. Sparknotes has made me become a better English student by studying the "no fear" and saprknotes summaries of shakespeare plays. This information technology has high hopes for the future students and could expand their services to other mobile services such as windows phone. I would definitely recommend this information technology to any high school or upper level student. I am living proof of a student that was made better because of sparknotes.
Sources:
http://www.sparknotes.com/( A link to the website.)
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