ARE BOOM CARDS WORTH IT?
So… you want to know “Are Boom Cards Worth It?” The answer to that is so easy for me, but I’ll let you decide. Below I’m going to show you some decks with different types of questioning and answering.
But first, let me explain a bit about what a Boom Card is.
Boom Cards are digital task cards that are hosted on a platform called wow.BoomLearning.com. So Yes, you’ll need an account for this. You can tie it to your google account so that you aren’t having to remember multiple log-ins. Boom has a free account and also a paid version.
FREE ACCOUNT
With the free account, you can give your students a fast play link to the deck you purchased and students can play the deck. The deck is self-checking and gives student instant feedback. But the free account doesn’t give you reports on how your students did on each deck.
PAID ACCOUNT
With the paid account, your students get access to the same decks with self-checking and instant feedback, but you get reports on how your students did on each deck, and tons of other perks that make assessing your students super easy. I’ll dive deeper into the paid account perks on a different blog post.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOOM DECKS
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
The first type of deck I want to show you is just the basic select the correct answer. Students just have to press on the correct answer and they are immediately given feedback – Yay, you got it correct (with the ding) or Whoops, try again.
FILL IN THE BLANK
The fill in the blank is the next type of deck I want to show you. With the fill in the blank, students will actually type in the correct answer. So these will take it a step further than the find the answer, because students aren’t given any hints. So here are some examples of our fill in the blanks. (Check out the video)
DRAG AND DROP
Here’s a fun one! Drag and drop activities are where students use their finger or the mouse to actually move the correct answer to the box . If the answer is correct, it moves to the next card, but if it’s wrong, it pops the card they moved back and they have to try again.
DRAW TOOL
This is a newer function that Boom has added and it’s amazing! If the deck is set up for it, students can actually use the draw tool to figure out problems – so it’s like having a white board on the deck itself. I’ve been using them for word problems. Students can write out the math problem, solve it, and then type in their answer.
MOVABLE PIECES
I think this is one of my favorite functions. With the movable pieces, students can work on the decks with digital manipulatives. It’s all in one place. I especially love this function because students don’t always have the things at home that they need, so these decks allow for that.
JUST A FEW…
These examples are just a few types of decks you’ll find on Boom. The options are limitless and you can also have multiple functions of the above with one deck. I’ve never had someone say that they didn’t like Boom. So… what are your thoughts? Are Boom Decks worth it?
