In the last few months I've absolutely fallen in love with using BOOM cards for my ESL lessons, and there are 5 reasons why! I'd seen many teachers online using them and making them, and they looked so beautiful (I'm a sucker for pretty resources), and I thought they'd be super hard to make. Well, little did I know..
BOOM Cards Are Super Easy To Make
Once you've signed up to create BOOM decks, the platform shows you a tutorial, which is super easy to follow, about how to make them. You can easily create your own questions and answer possibilities and with the level of your students in mind. All this in just a few clicks. I love them for vocabulary study, for grammar practice, and even reading and listening skills could be practiced through these cards!
BOOM Cards Are Self-Checking And Self-Grading
You don't have to do any checking, the platform does this for you! It knows the correct answers to cards, and students may only advance to the next card if they've chosen the correct answer. If they haven't, it will give them an 'OOPS' and lets them try again. This way, students can see out what their mistake was and correct their error. In that sense, it's also self-grading so you can even use these cards as a quiz.
BOOM Cards Are Super Engaging
BOOM cards are like games, and they are presented in that way. Students get an 'OOPS' and a cross on the wrong answer if they make a mistake, and a 'DING' if they were right. It's designed to make students feel triumphant. In addition, the cards look really pretty, colorful, and sophisticated, so students will think they're dealing with a high-end product. Before long, your students will beg to get more BOOM cards!
BOOM Cards Are Great For Distance Learning
You can easily assign these cards to your students via the BOOM Learning website, or via Google Classroom. Students can complete them via PC or hand-held device. You can assess your students' learning even when they're not in the classroom.
BOOM Cards Fulfill All Your Needs
BOOM lets you choose the way you need your students to answer a given question. You have the option to choose multiple choice, fill the blanks, choose the correct answer, or drag and drop answers - the possibilities are endless. They all fit a specific purpose, and you can even adjust the level of difficulty of cards by using certain answer possibilities over others.
Check out my BOOM decks HERE! I have decks for quite a lot of grammar topics already, and intend to make more in the near future (as I said, I've fallen in love with them ;-))
Note: You do have to create an account in order to use BOOM!
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