Take 5 for Tech
Crazy for Kahoot! (Sept. 4, 2024)
Kahoot! Onboarding- Going on Now!
- Create quizzes & other study tools (AND do it even faster with AI!)
- Host both team & solo modes; Also study mode
- Determine student opinion & other feedback with polls
- Incorporate multiple new question types (See image below.)
- Have OG Kahoots as well as new strategy-style type games like the ones Blooket has (Below are just a few.)
- Robot Run (Review; Up to 40 players- Group Collaboration)
- Lost Pyramid (Discussion; Up to 200 players- Presenter led)
- Cosmic Conquest (Review; Up to 200 players-Team Play)
- Assess student understanding, progress and mastery
- Turn existing Google Slide Decks into interactive lessons (Not available through the Kahoot app, only the web browser)
- Give out up to 250 FREE student Kahoot licenses
With Kahoot+, students can:
- Create their own study materials from class notes
- Create their own Kahoot quizzes
- Work in small groups
How to Join a Kahoot
Sharing Student Kahoot! Passes
Students can join and use premuim Kahoot! if you invite them. This is a $3.99 a month savings! (Yes, some kids do pay to use Kahoot.) Here are some of thechoices you can give to students:
- Self-study kits
- Ability to create their own Kahoots
- Expanded game modes
- Study groups & more!
Here's how you will share student passes:
- Login to your premium WCCC account. (You get 250 at the start of every year!)
- Look for this similar image. (It is located on the top left of your Kahoot Dashboard.) Click the blue "Share" button.
- Select the content types you want to include in your students passes. (Check mark as many of the options as you want! There is no catch. You could give them access to every single one if you wish.) Click "Next."
- Share the QR Code that pops up next. You can copy the link or share via Google Classroom."
Assigning Kahoots in GC
Google Classroom makes it easy to integrate Kahoots! into classes. As an admin, I have already installed Kahoot as an "add-on." Now, all teachers need to do is add the Kahhot+ assignment. Here are the instructions. (See the image below.)
- Find or make a Kahoot!
- Assign it in GC (They will complete on their own time and at their own pace.)
- Hot Tip: Adjust settings! Turn off the question timer to eliminate guesswork & enable the player identification so you can varify student participation.
- Assess the learning in real-time & give feeback.
A Kahoot in Canvas is currently a smidge more difficult, but at some point this fall it is going to be launched as an external tool and you will be able to assign Kahoots+ similarly to Kami or Edpuzzle. In the meantime, below is a work-around video that shows what you can do prior to full intgreation.
Kahoot! Earned the ISTE Seal
What does this mean? Products with an ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Seal have been vetted to:
- Adhere to ISTE standards
- Meet strict quality, usablity & accesibilty expectations
- Support strong teaching with technology
- Help promote critical technoloy skills for students
- Possess a strong user interface
Other Handy Kahoot! Resources
- Kahoot! edu 101 Course
- Upcoming FREE Webinars (live & on-demand)
- Peer-Reviewed study & research about the effect Kahoot! has on student achievement
- Kahoot Channel on YouTube
- Free eductator Professional Development
- Get Kahoot! Certified: (Yes, they designed the program to tell you how much time you've spent so you can submit your work to LPDC)
- Fun Kahoot Themes
- Kahoot Stories