Kahoot!
Subject: Digital Technology
Year: 4, 5 and above
Strand: Digital Technology Processes and Production skills
Sub-strand: Collect, sort, interpret and visually represent different types of data using soft are to manipulate data for a range of purposes (ACTDIP016)
Resource link: http://kahoot.it/ or http://getkahoot.com
Kahoot is a game-based learning technology platform that creates and develops quizzes, discussions and surveys. It helps to develop independence as well as encourage social skills through collaboration and team-work. Using the many activities students can improve understanding and develop topic specific knowledge, in a fun, interactive way. The game-like student-response tool adapts to all skill levels as it can be changed and modified to suit all ages. Students are able to connect with each other and even other class mates from around the globe. To further extend on this students can create their own Kahoot, this can be used as a formative/summative assessment and can be a fun creative way to test their knowledge and skills. It can be used across all learning areas and I believe it is a vital tool for teachers moving forward. It incorporates Technology and enables educators to take a holistic approach to teaching and gain insight into their students; what they know and what they need to know.
What a great program!!
This would be amazing to use in any classroom in any year level as it is extremely interactive. I feel the program would be a great introduction to any topic. It would hook the students right in. I feel it would also be an excellent way to end the lesson and be used as a consolidating tool. Using “kahoot” will also be an effective way to build teamwork as students will be able to work together to answer the quiz questions.
I personally feel this can be used in all years. However, I will definitely want to develop the classroom collaboration skills in the younger years before introducing it.