This week, I was out two days and needed something fun for my students since they had to work independently while I was gone. Since we have been virtual since March of 2020, it can be tough to add something fun into each lesson because you are constantly worrying about wasting class time. I currently only see my students for two hours per week.
Blooket was recommended to me by a fellow teacher. She had great success with it and said her students love dit so much they did not want to leave class. That was all it took to get me on board! I constantly have students saying "Ms. Gilkey, when is class over?" or "How much longer do we have?" This can become frustrating when you feel like you have perfected your lesson and made it as engaging as possible. On Blooket, you can create your own questions, like Kahoot and Quizziz, or you can check their library to see if anyone has created a set you may be able to use.
For my students, I introduced our new unit on argument, went over terms and examples of argument within commercials. Then, as we wrapped up the lesson, I had them jump on the Blooket game. There are about six different themes for your game. For example, the Gold Quest game mode allows students to answer questions and earn gold for their correct answers. They can also steal gold from classmates, so it ups their incentive to stay engaged and answer questions correctly. My students were beyond engaged and begged to play again once we finish. I highly recommend trying it out!
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing about Blooket. I recently had a student mention that they were playing this game in their general education classroom and how much they enjoyed it. I am curious were you able to customize the Gold Quest to have students answer specific questions related to your Argument Unit or were they just general reading questions? I look forward to exploring this resource more for use in my own classroom! -Angela Zurales, Week 8
Yes! It's awesome. It reminds me a lot of Kahoot and Quizziz. It lets you save your questions and share them with others.
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ReplyDeleteMy teammate has shared this resource as well and we are going to be using it next week in class. I am excited that this technology piece works for a variety of grade levels and is so effective with students. In third grade, we also have the issue of asking when they can leave the meeting and if we are finished (or they just leave to just ask questions later). Thanks for sharing!
-Week 8
Yes, it was wonderful! Just be mindful, they seem to do a lot of updating on the website, so it occasionally run SUPER slow. This can definitely be an issue when you're trying to host a game for 20-30 students.
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