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My Take
This game teaches children incorrect ideas and encourages cheating, lying, and other bad acts. It is not a fun game, as no children liked it. This wasn't caused by the game, but the smart kid got his head slammed against the desk by the other one. He is recovering. Long story short, the game teaches children that robbery is the only form of success.
How I Use It
We used this to teach math, and one of my students got very upset because the game lets students rob other students. He was the smart kid, and he was in first. At the last second, one of those blokes who sat there doing nothing answered one question and instantly was able to swap with the smart kid. Luckily we don't grade off this, but the only way to win is to steal from others, which is not how life works. It also told the smart kid he had a "0% accuracy rate" even though he got most of them right.
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More community reviews for Blooket
Roxanne C. Librarian Bay Farm Elementary Alameda, CA
June 4, 2024
A great game with great results when used as a teaching tool.
I think it's a great teaching tool but you get out of it what you put into it for sure! The way I used it was screen projected and no purchased accounts (which students can buy on the outside.) The game allows you to restrict to the current game so all games were live with me. The game takes teacher commitment to be willing to develop content, monitor student play, and worked best for me when we reviewed and talked about the data after each game. It became part of our library visit culture, but only when used correctly and with my direct supervision. For some games my students submitted researched facts and content questions as we created games to play, which reinforced their research and fact searching! PS. I would never use this as a standalone free play activity.
Jeremiah C.
May 17, 2024
Blooket, Your Local Luck Based Learning Tool
Blooket has a visually appealing design, but this is a very luck based tool. Blooket has multiple choice questions, but in many game modes, the students are distracted on trying to get first, not answering the questions. The game focuses on multipliers, hacking, swapping, and more. Students who only answer a few questions can win over someone who answers over 50 questions, unlike other platforms like Kahoot which are mostly skill-based.
1 person found this helpful.
George L. Teacher Storm Grove Middle School Vero Beach, FL
May 10, 2024
Blooket is Good For Educating
I would honestly see this as an amazing teaching tool, although for this website, the pictures are SUPER OUTDATED. Even though I am a teacher, I collect some of these things called "blooks" and I have 6 chromas currently. The only reviews I see are for gold quest and that really irritates me because there is not only that, there are some game-modes that are actually fun and don't involve stealing first place from doing nothing. It also makes my students more competitive in life which can become more useful in life.
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