Blooket Description: Blooket is a game based platform with various quiz options. Students can play in solo mode or team mode. To join, use the code given when a game is hosted and then answer on personal learning device.

Website: https://www.blooket.com/dashboard

Cost: Free online.

Pedagogical Uses: Blooket offers teachers opportunities to engage students in personalized learning.

Idea 1: Open Blooket at create quiz to check for understanding.

Idea 2: Assign a Blooket to be completed as homework. Set a deadline and provide chances for students to finish assignment.

Idea 3: Have students create their own Blooket on a specific topic.

Why should teachers use it?

Blooket provides a fun and engaging way to give students assessments related to their learning standards. Students enjoy a 'game' to play while teachers read aloud the prompts. This learning tool has always made my students get excited and have to use many different skills. Blooket is different than Kahoot because it does follow a more competitive side and students can earn many points, depending on the game hosted. Also, it can be played with any grade or age group so all teachers can find or create their own quiz.

ISTE Standards

Teacher Standards:

#6 - Facilitator: 6d. Model and nurture creative and creative expression to communicate ideas, knowledge, or connections.

#7 - Analyst: 7b. Use technology to design and implement a variety of formative and summative assessments that accommodate learner needs, provide timely feedback to students and inform instruction.

Student Standards:

#1 - Empowered Learner: 1c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

How to:

Log in to Blooket.
Either create a set or discover a set to play.
When ready, host the game and choose a game mode.
Students will log in on their device with the game code and when set, begin to play!

PROS

Multiple games to play the same content.

Students use decisive decision skills by clicking on the answer they see is best fit.

Multiple choice answers.

Engages students with activities.

Game based learning.

Can be assigned as homework.

CONS

Prompts are not read out loud to students.

Students can get very competitive and look down on themselves when they do not do well.

Resources:

https://blooket.com