- We learned how to sign up for an OTAN online class as was discussed in the January 7 training.
- We also registered for Ventures series if teachers hadn't registered yet.
- Then we explored the Ventures esources online to see what was available.
- And we learned how to find what we want to share with our students.
- We also played with the QR Codes in our books with our phones.
- In the first session, the teachers practiced posting a comment to the Teacher Blog.
- We also found the link to the Teacher Website and explored the website.
- The fun part was showing the teachers how to create a Kahoot quiz online
- Kahoot is a great informal assessment tool.
- Most of our students have phones, so it is a fun way to test your students' knowledge of a unit.
- It also makes a fun teaching tool.
- We discovered that you can add images (through Kahoot, Internet or download your own).
- This would be a good tool for the lower level students with the images added.
Saturday, January 26, 2019
January Teacher Tech class
Here are some instructions to make a Kahoot.
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Wow! This sounds like a very productive session. I'm excited to see all of this in action in your classrooms :-)
ReplyDeleteLearning how to make a Kahoot Quiz was the best part! Thank you, Linda. I made a quiz a couple weeks ago for the EL Civics nutrition theme. It did not take long - but, I played with determining the top 6 Q's I wanted to ask (I had created an intro with ChooseMyPlate.gov info). Presenting the quiz to the Ss was fun! They are accustomed to reading/writing on worksheets, the whiteboard, in journals, in Google Docs.... but here we had an entirely different mode. Listening to the instruction and following directions encouraged collaboration AND competition. :) They loved it! One student does not have a smart phone, so I loaned her mine for the game. For older students (I am one) technology can have a foreboding presence, but Kahoot! taught us all how to welcome a game, a group experience, and check comprehension of the subject. Cheers exploded as students discovered high scores. Of course, I played the quiz a second time following our class discussion. The comfort level and pleasure-measure had increased for everyone.
ReplyDeleteThis week, I created a second Nutrition Kahoot! using a table the students had created in class. The original writing exercise was to answer the Qs: "What was the most interesting food you have eaten? Did you like it?" They then interviewed their neighbor to learn that Ss answer, reported to the rest of the class, and filled in the table on the board with the information. Lastly, I added a column: they were to identify what food group(s) that food represented.
I created the quiz after class and it was longer (16 Q's) as I wanted to recognize the participants. This took quite a bit of time for me, but I had seen how delighted the Ss were to see their names on the Kahoot! screen. The next day, when I announced a Kahoot! quiz, the Ss were excited to start. I had some strong competition in there! They remembered the previous discussion/table, S's answers, food groups, and fun. We discussed it after taking it, and then they asked for one more time through. I also displayed the picture I had taken of their whiteboard table from the previous day. They checked the answers against the Quiz.
I am sold. Kahoot! ensures I cover the topic well (can't test on what I don't teach), and that I applaud their learning. I believe it also promotes meaningful experiences so that Ss "own" their learning and accomplishments.
Great post!
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