Making Kahoots really ups the DOK(Depth of Knowledge)level for students level of critical thinking.
Today I attempted (successfully I might add) to teach my students to make Kahoots. For this activity you will need access to a computer lab. I got students in the lab and played them my You Tube video on signing up for Kahoot. I stopped at critical points to allow them time to type what they needed on the screen. Here is the video:
With this video, I took students step by steps through the video stopping at each step to get students to complete the task. Everyone was able to get an account. I even had 5 new students and they were even able to get accounts. I want to describe my class once more. They come to me knowing NO English. So this activity was done with them using native language support from students who had been in my class. They understood with this support and were able to be successful in the classroom.
Now it is time to proceed to making games. My students were very familiar with Kahoot as we have been playing my games daily. I noticed that as much fun as they were having, the faster levels needed more challenge. That is why I chose at this point to teach them how to make Kahoots. Once everyone had an account, I proceeded to walk them through the steps to create their first kahoots. I modeled each step. How to find a picture. Kahoot now has Getty images built in so we used those. I took them through making 3 questions. My faster/techie students picked up the process rather quickly and so I told them to make 8 questions total.My slow students crept along with me making the three questions together. I showed them how to save their Kahoots and then the fun began and we played many of them. 24 of my 25 students successfully created an account and one game. After our lab class was over, we went back to the classroom and started learning Food vocabulary. Unbeknown to me, my students were making pictures we were studying into Kahoot games on their phones while I was teaching. How wonderful! You can see a few of their creations below https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/a7bd236f-fabf-4813-80f5-3e60b89ce2cb https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/1cb11fa6-4900-4604-b587-2cd6e6fa0eb9 https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/97e2b4f5-a1c7-4700-9f12-97f6f73f690f
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