KAHOOT!! One of The Best Way to Attract Your Students...

Want to get rid of those boring quizzes and hours spent in checking them? Try Kahoot! to engage your students in a fun learning environment.

DESCRIPTION

Instructional games are gaining acceptance in the classroom as the eLearning merits of student engagement and immediate feedback are recognized. Within higher education, the use of these tools is often limited due to lack of time, insufficient experience, or doubts regarding the scholarly merits of such activities. Kahoot! is a popular eLearning tool that can easily be used to add vitality, student engagement, and meta-cognitive supports to higher education classrooms with limited instructor or student training required. 

Kahoot! is a free game based learning tool that makes learning FUN. It is an extremely useful educational technology tool that requires minimum technical expertise for creating quiz, surveys and discussions. It can be used for learners of all ages and for all subjects. Currently this platform offers 41 languages to create exciting and engaging learning experiences.

The quiz is usually created by the educator/ trainer and the students make use of devices such as computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones, to respond to the quiz. It is a synchronous type of interaction where the questions are displayed on teacher’s screen and students have to reply using their devices. 

FEATURES IN KAHOOT!

1. Remote Computer Monitoring

Monitor student computer activity remotely from an administrator terminal.

2. Website & Application Blocking

Prevent students from accessing inappropriate or distracting websites, computer applications, and games.

3. Teacher/Student Screensharing

Broadcast teacher or student screens to all or selected groups of students.

4. Interactive Quizzes

Create and share assessments and quizzes that students can access remotely from their computers.

5. Presentation Building

Build or edit presentations within the software to share with students.

6. Student Assignment Distribution

Assign and distribute homework or classwork to students through the software.

7. Progress Reporting

Receive detailed reports of student success and progress that can be shared with parents or administrators.

8. Shared Content Libraries

Share files such as class notes, quizzes, and presentations with students or parents through content libraries accessible through the software.

BENEFITS OF KAHOOT! IN TEACHING & LEARNING

HOW TO USE KAHOOT!??

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How can you use Kahoot in classroom instruction? 

1. Create a quiz to reinforce learning outcomes. 
2. You can create a game to introduce a topic. It can help you discover what the students already know and where you should focus your instruction. 
3. It works best with short, quick response questions. It is a great tool for learning terminology. 
4. The frequently asked questions section does address using the game in online instruction. Online students would need to load Kahoot on their machines and use a different device to play the game. 
5. Survey the students about something you are discussing in your unit of study. For example, I could display choices a controller is facing that may or may not be ethical. The students would select whether or not they believe the controller made an ethical business decision. We would then discuss the results. 
6. Create a quiz to use as a study session for an upcoming exam. 
7. You can play the game a second time using a “ghost”. The game plays the same as previously but now the students are playing against their first responses and hoping to improve their score.