Task Cards are Going Digital with Boom Learning!
Have you gone digital or paperless in your classroom? Are you using Google Classroom or Google Drive Apps with your students? Are you lucky enough to be in a 1 to 1 device or 1 to 1 laptop situation or do you still have to sign up to reserve the computer cart? Well, I've just started diving into a new educational app and website that you can use with your students called Boom Learning that can help you go digital more often and paperless (at least some of the time!).
I have wanted to format my math task cards for digital uses for a while now, and a few weeks ago when I was ready to delve in, I happened across Boom Learning. It truly was a star-crossed kismet event because all of a sudden, I found an easy way to make digital task cards accessible for students and teachers! I've truly fallen in love with Boom Learning and have formatted quite a few of my math task cards on the Boom platform.
Best of all, Teachers Pay Teachers has given teacher authors the green light to list Boom Learning task cards in our teachers pay teachers store. {I'll tell you how that works in just a bit!}
Don’t get me wrong— I LOOOOOOOOVE paper-based task cards, especially because they allow me to easily differentiate for a wide-range of abilities during math workshop. However, I have also recognized a need for digital options that allow teachers to make task cards more engaging with the added possibility of instant feedback. And, most importantly, I am thinking about how I can use digital task cards to create better differentiation opportunities for teachers. {Think--sending different task card sets to different groups of students--yes this is possible on Boom Learning!}.
I especially LOVED creating a digital format of my "What's My Error?" error analysis task cards because the "instant feedback" feature allows students to pin point the error on the task card, input the correct multiplication answer, and get immediate feedback! Students really have to analyze the work carefully, but the instant feedback adds the FUN element to an already awesome task card set.
Click here or on the image to give the What's My Error Task Cards a try!
Now, I will be the first to admit that I have a lot to learn about going digital, but I can already see myself incorporating these self-checking task cards into stations, whole group instruction, and partner activities. I love that while I’m working with a small group or a few students who need additional instruction, my other learners can work through the digital task cards and get instant feedback! No more standing in line waiting for me to check their answer sheets!
You can find all of the task cards that are currently BOOM READY by checking out my Boom Cards category on TPT. {I highly recommend doing this because it may include some task cards that you have ALREADY purchased that I have added the FREE Boom Learning link to.}
MORE ABOUT BOOM LEARNING
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (browser must have been released or updated in the last three years) on interactive whiteboards, computers, and tablets. A Boom Learning app is also available for Apple products and Chrome Books/android devices.
Not sure your browser is modern enough? Click here to try a free Boom Cards deck.
When you redeem your purchase, Boom Learning opens an account for you if you do not already have one. For TpT customers new to Boom Cards, Boom Learning will give you a free upgraded account for one year that lets you track student progress for up to 80 students. At the end of that year, you may choose to renew your account. If you do not renew, you will still be able to continue using Boom Cards with the Fast Play feature. You will have access to all boom cards that you have previously purchased or have been given access to.
Are you ready to give Boom Learning Digital Task Cards a try?
GET STARTED WITH BOOM LEARNING BY CREATING A FREE ACCOUNT!
When you redeem your purchase, Boom Learning opens an account for you if you do not already have one. For TpT customers new to Boom Cards, Boom Learning will give you a free upgraded account for one year that lets you track student progress for up to 80 students. At the end of that year, you may choose to renew your account. If you do not renew, you will still be able to continue using Boom Cards with the Fast Play feature. You will have access to all boom cards that you have previously purchased or have been given access to.
This includes FREE ACCESS that I am giving you if you have already purchased my task cards that have been updated with a Boom Learning access Link.
This won't be the last time that I chat with you about Digital Task Cards and how to use Boom Learning, but today, I just wanted to make sure that you know you should go dig in to your TPT purchases and redownload those task cards if you have purchased any of mine!
These Task Cards are BOOM LEARNING ready!
Rounding Tens, Hundreds, Thousands (Around the USA themed)
Multiplying with the Area/Array Model (What's My Error? Error Analysis)
Dividing Whole Numbers with the Area Model (1 digit and 2 digit divisors)
Multiply and Divide Fractions House Plans Theme (incorporates area)
Multiplying and Dividing Decimals House Plans Theme (incorporates area)
Adding and Subtracting Fractions Candy Shop Theme (unlike denominators)
Coming Soon!
Place Value: Comparing Values in Numbers (Around the USA themed)
I even "boomed" my World Biomes Multiple Choice Review game!
Note: For helping to get the word out about Boom Learning and sharing my experience with the site, Boom Learning will be giving me a membership to the site for one year. However, even if this were not the case, I would still tell you all about the digital task cards that I have created and shared with my TPT buyers through the Boom Learning digital format. I truly have fallen in love with how Boom Learning has allowed me to GO DIGITAL. Really guys, I've created over 20 sets of Boom Decks based on my existing task cards in just two weeks! I wouldn't work that hard on something I wasn't passionate about!