Week 8: Boom Cards

Boom cards were first brought to my attention at the beginning of virtual learning as many teachers were raving about the fun, engaging activities they had created for their students. Boom cards are essentially interactive flashcards that teachers can either create themselves, or download pre-made activities to their library. The activities or sets of cards are known as decks and they can be made into several different forms such as games, fill in the blank, matching, and sequencing. They can be used to create activities for almost any subject as well. Teachers can assign these "decks" to kids to use at school or for parents to use at home and there are a plethora of already made "decks" that can be purchased teachers pay teachers and downloaded for use. They do offer a free version as well as several paid versions. The main differences being that the paid versions (past the basic) allows you to make unlimited decks and store unlimited downloads in your library. Also, the paid versions (past the basic) include a progress monitoring feature which may be well worth the money if you are needed to collect data from student performance on these cards. The free version only allows you to make two customized decks to keep in your library (you can make more, you just can't save more than 2 at a time, so you lose your previously made decks) and you can only store five downloaded from the store. The prices increase by five dollars with each level of membership beginning with the basic membership at $15 per year and ending at the Ultimate membership at 35$ per year. Below is a full breakdown of price and features associated with memberships. 

Also, CLICK HERE to watch a short video about boom cards and go to their website!