Kahoot is a FREE technology for students and teachers!
Teachers can use it to give a quiz, facilitate class discussions, gather class opinions, introduce a class debate, or take a survey. The possibilities are endless!
Teachers simply go to www.getkahoot.com and make a quiz, discussion, or survey. Once finished their Kahoot is given a game pin that they can share with their students.
Students go to www.kahoot.it/#/com on their phones, laptops, ipods, etc. and enter in the game pin their teacher gives them. Once the game pin is entered students can create a nickname if they choose or they can remain anonymous. After all students are entered the teacher presses start on the main screen and the game begins!
How can you use Kahoot in a science Classroom?
There are so many ways, you can use it to give a laboratory quiz, to ask students an open ended question like What is their favorite thing about science? It can be used as a graded assignment or for fun to see what students are thinking or what they already know.
Here is a fun laboratory quiz pin that could be used, GamePin: 781233
: https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/3cd561a4-0e8e-4e6c-a38c-5818d618439c, The teacher simply goes to this link and has the students type in the game pin and it begins.
The best part is that there are so many great Kahoots already made and it is simple and easy to make your own that fits your specific class needs! It is a great way to start discussions and get students excited about using technology in the classroom. Kahoot is great tool, it can be made anonymous so that every student has a chance to answer and voice their opinions with out worrying about what others may think! At the end of each Kahoot teachers also have the option to get feedbacks and results so they can keep all the answers if they would like to.
