Kahoot!

February 19, 2016

If you are an avid follower of my blog then you already know how much I love technology. I want to discuss one of my favorite websites, Kahoot!. Kahoot! is an interactive quizzing website. I have found it great for reviews and assessing where students are on a topic. You can create your own quiz, survey or discussion.You can also access Kahoot!s that other users have created. Students answer questions individually on their own devices. In first grade I use the iPads and/or Chromebooks. The SmartBoard makes a great place to project the master Kahoot!. Students view the questions and answers on the master presentation and answer using their device (like I mentioned before). When the quiz is over I have the ability to go in and view the results. This allows me to get a sense for which students grasped the concept and which did not.

This week I used Kahoot! for an adjective review. This went wonderfully. The students were quiet and focused. I read a sentence aloud and the students were to chose the answer that had the adjective from the sentence. There were 10 questions and all students got at least 8 correct (many got perfect scores). This was a great indication that we were able to move on from direct instruction on adjectives. After seeing how much students enjoy this website I am trying to include into one lesson a week for the remainder of my time in the classroom. Next week I am testing out using Kahoot! with spelling.