Blooket was a blast to play around with and to learn. I had fun learning how to manage and create questions in a game-like format for review. I'm looking forward to hearing the feedback me and my group will receive. It was an interesting experience seeing how much the curriculum has changed for even Grade 4s, since I was in Grade 4. Blooket is interesting by providing games for studying, however I received a feedback comment that I must say left me puzzled. That was in regards to how students would place value on the task? How many students would value the task as review and how many would value it as they would any other game. I believe that setting the ground rules ahead of time and establishing the use of Blooket as a tool for review is valuable, since it even provides answers. I think it works best as a review tool, since it provides correct answers for incorrect answers, however to that same extent the question must be asked of how much of the tool is for actual review and how much is memorization, similar questions though must be raised for tools like Kahoot and a Class Jeopardy.
I agree that Blooket is a good tool for review and does have value when used with a class of students with all ages. It can end up as a memorization game for the students but I think there are many options for us to build a variety of decks for students to use or even use existing decks on the app.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I think that Blooket can absolutely be used for review, but in a fun way with no pressure. As long as educators don't rely on games and technology to get them through, we will be great! Like we heard at our outdoor field trip to Cochrane, don't get comfortable because when you do you become a poor educator! We need to use these fun games and techniques to keep children interested, but our knowledge and experience (that we are working towards) is what makes us teacher.
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