Blooklet

                                                                                                                                      Website Link: www.blooket.com (host here)

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Full Description

Blooket is an online application that uses simple

and competitive games to assess and

consolidate students’ learning. Educators can

create sets of multiple choice or short answer,

adjust time limit per question, and generate

room codes for students to use to begin answer

ing the questions. One particularly great aspect

about Blooket is the game themes that it offers.

It has a multitude of fun, engaging themes, from

Gold Quest, Monster Brawl, Battle Royale, Tower Defense to Racing. Students can compete while answering questions, and can use “moves'' to slow down others’ progress. Some themes are more suitable for larger classes, while others are more suitable for smaller groups.

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Classroom Implementation & Educational Rationale

The benefit to using Blooket is that it incorporates

gamification, which is something enjoyed by the

vast majority of students, and can provide a great

boost to learning outcomes. Blooket can be used

for formative assessment and student

consolidation at the end of lessons, for example,

a teacher could create a set of 10 questions,

including lower thinking and higher thinking

questions, to gauge student learning and

progress at the end of. For example, a lesson on homogeneous/heterogeneous mixtures (e.g. what are homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures, what are some examples of homogeneous/heterogeneous mixtures?). Blooket may be less ideal for summative assessments as the gaming aspects may distract for students and the student-to-student interaction may not be appropriate either for a formal summative assessment.

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Connections to Research

Blooket is a fun game to supplement instruction with. Many educators teaching K-12 have realized the benefits of using games as learning tools to increase student engagement and interest (Pastore & Falvo, 2010). Pre- and in-service teachers both see the value of games in learning. However, only half intend to actually implement gamification in their classrooms (Pastore & Falvo, 2010). Blooket can be used for distance learning as it doesn’t require the physical presence of participants, and it allows for maximum customization (Johnson, 2021).

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Reference

Johnson, E. (2021, August 9). How to use Blooket to play online games with your students. We Are Teachers. https://www.weareteachers.com/blooklet-how-to/

 

Pastore, R. S., & Falvo, D. A. (2010, October). Video games in the classroom: Pre- and in-service teachers’ perceptions of games in the K-12 classroom. https://www.itdl.org/Journal/Dec_10/article05.htm

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                                                                                           Provided By Mary Lu