I love Kahoot, Quizlet, Gimkit, Quizizz… they all have their own little thing that makes them special. Kahoot is just a quick game, Quizlet live is fun for the class, Gimkit has so many special modes and is based so much on strategy, Quizizz lets me include some reflective pieces… did I need ONE MORE game site?? Quite frankly, YES!! I saw a teacher mention Blooket on Facebook a few days ago and I just didn’t have the energy to learn something new… but then, this morning before school, I decided to give it one chance. We were reading a chapter in Kristy Placido’s Noche de oro eBook and I wanted to pre-teach some of the vocabulary. Not pre-teach… more like pre-expose! So I made a Blooket.
After playing our first Blooket, I wanted to add one for ALLLLLL the things my students were studying so I made one for my book Bianca Nieves from Fluency Matters, I made one for my Huellas 1 Future and Conditional level 3-AP unit Atrévete, and Kristy Placido made one for my Huellas 1 ART based level 3-AP unit Bajo la mesa! When my Spanish 4 group finishes reading, I’ll make one for our next Huellas 2 unit, Orangután en mi habitación. (Find out more about the Huellas Curriculum here.)
Students logged in, chose an animal avatar, and got ready to play! (We chose the Candy Rush edition that ends 11/6… don’t miss it!)
The BEST PART about Blooket was that it’s not just skill, knowledge, speed… there is a HEAVY element of LUCK. So in all 3 hours some of the top 3 were students who NEVER win games like this! I loved it!! They were committed to playing the whole time because they all had a chance!
They just choose the answer…
Picked a pumpkin…
Got a reward!
Some rewards let them steal from one another! And some steal from them!
It was a GREAT way to introduce some of the new structures they were about to see (in context) AND they wanted to read the chapter at FULL ATTENTION so we could hurry and play again at the end.
Three cheers for Blooket!!! I can’t wait to try the other modes!! OH! Be sure YOU log in and play too! It is SO MUCH FUN!
I think I need to try more of the options. Last week I tried Battle Royale and it seemed really slow with the transitions compared to the faster paced Kahoot, Wuizlet Live like games. Always nice to have options though to switch things up
I’ve ONLY tried the candy rush so it may be that I’m overly impressed today and would be let down by a different mode!!!
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing! I’ve been seeing people mention this site, but your blog really helps me visualize how it works. ¡Gracias!
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 2:48 PM Somewhere to Share wrote:
> senoracmt posted: ” I love Kahoot, Quizlet, Gimkit, Quizizz… they all > have their own little thing that makes them special. Kahoot is just a quick > game, Quizlet live is fun for the class, Gimkit has so many special modes > and is based so much on strategy, Quizizz lets me in” >
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I never knew that Blooket have mobile friendly version as well ^.^
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Thanks for sharing the info …
Can students rejoin a Blooket or do they have to finish it in one sitting?
I believe they can rejoin until the Blooket link expires.