Kahoot!

This week I was excited about seeing Kahoot used in the classroom. Ms. Kolodzinski used Kahoot as a math review for her fourth grade students.  Kahoot delivers an online interactive quiz to students. She projected a question in the front of the classroom. The students see the corresponding icon and color on their screen. They have 30 seconds to answer on their computer and get points for every question they answer right. The quicker they answer the more points they receive. After each question the top 5 students are shown on the board with their scores. This is where it gets exciting. The students love this immediate feedback and want to get to the top position. I have never seen students so focused on answering the questions correctly. You can see in the photos that the students loved every minute of their math review!

Teachers can create their own Kahoots or use Kahoots other teachers have created. Check out the Kahoot User's Guide for step by step directions or view the videos below.

Kahoot Gets a Thumbs UP!

Ms. Henegar's third grade class answered comprehension questions in a new way last week. After reading a Time for Kids magazine, students logged onto Kahoot (https://getkahoot.com/)  for a fun (and quick) activity.

In a 20 question quiz designed by Mr. Sosa, students were asked comprehension questions that were found in the magazine but had to be answered within 30 seconds.

Students were given immediate feedback for correct and incorrect responses and class discussions were held between questions.

Ms. Henegar's class gives Kahoot a big thumbs up!

Kahoots!

Today Mr. Sosa's third grade class used Kahoot! "Kahoot! empowers educators and captivates learners through the creation of a trusted learning space. Educational content is delivered by asking meaningful questions in real-time creating a social, fun and game-like environment." This program was used today with their Time For Kids magazines. Mr. Sosa made a Kahoot!, or intereactive quiz game, with questions and answers that can be found in the magazine word for word. The class was working on reading for information. Students read the magazine before the quiz game and were allowed to used the magazine as they searched for the answer. This also reinforced the use of text features in expository text to locate and find the answers.