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 * What is Kahoot?**

Kahoot is a teacher made internet resource that provides an instant feedback to the teacher using a game-like format. Students can work in groups, partners, or individually, by signing-in to any piece of technology with internet access. Teachers are able to make quizzes on curriculum, or survey students, thought using Kahoot. Teachers can instantly see student's knowledge and understanding in a graphed format.


 * What are the benefits of Kahoot?**

Kahoot is easy to access by students, easy to understand by a wide variety of said students, and easy to create by teachers. Kahoot instantly provides feedback of student results so the teacher can then use this data. Teachers can use the data as pre-assessment and teach from there, or use this data as quick check in data and provide scaffolding and re-teaching in certain areas. Kahoot is extremely engaging for students in that it offers the ability to place pictures and videos in pair with questions. It also allows students to quickly choose answers and see whether or not their answers were correct. It is user friendly for younger elementary students with its color choices for the answers, but also appeals to upper elementary with its more complex features.


 * Here is an Example of a Kahoot we created.**

We did two separate activities using Kahoot. We did one with a first grade class and one with a third grade class. We used the quiz and survey feature of Kahoot.

Lisa created a quiz for one of my first grade guided reading groups. The quiz was a culminating activity after a guided reading group finished reading their weekly book. Students had to show text-to-text connections. This quiz was created to compared " //Grandma's Present" //and " //The Little Red Hen //" (leveled readers from a guided reading kit). Students had to put in the game pin to access the Kahoot. Once they accessed the quiz, they had to type their name. Then once all the participants joined the quiz, we started the quiz. The teacher reads aloud the questions with the answer choices. On the student screen, students had three colors to pick from. When the teacher reads aloud the answer choices, they need to state what color was each choice. No text appears on their screen.

Kayla created a survey for her third grade guided reading group to pre-assess their knowledge of change and character feelings through text development. With a 5 question survey, students were given pictures and videos to ask if character feelings can change. The students were also asked about specific character feelings given images and videos that pair with a read aloud the class is reading, __//The BFG//__ by Roald Dahl.


 * Kahoot Activities:**

-Create quiz on any subject matter. -Create discussions on various topic. For example: math talk, paideia, reflections about readings, opinions. -Teachers could use the discussion feature for pre or post assessments. -Teacher could pose a questions to gain background knowledge on what the students already know about the topic. -Create survey on various topics as well. -Teachers can insert pictures and videos to enhance discussion.

This is a very versatile tool.

Below is a YouTube video showing step-by-step how to create a Kahoot quiz: media type="youtube" key="pFFv6_6was4" width="560" height="315"

Here is a handout on how to create a Kahoot quiz with screen shots:

How to Create a Kahoot Quiz

Here is a handout on how to create a Kahoot survey with screen shots:

[|How to Create a Kahoot Survey]


 * How can I use Kahoot in my classroom?**


 * Student Examples:**

- Do not think this would be an appropriate tool for first graders to use on their own -Third graders could use the quiz, discussion, and survey options with teachers support and guidance <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">-To use tool independently- students would need to be in middle school or above.


 * Teacher Examples:**

-F<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">__irst grade Example__: Text-to-Text comparison for comprehension- [|https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=68d62804-c24a-4fe4-bb68-6bb9dda040bb&gameMode=ghost&startTime=1443107831537]

-__3rd Grade Example__: Pre-Assessment Survey on Character Feelings and Change- https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=a90d44d8-5fa7-48fb-8df0-8eee3077952b&gameMode=ghost&startTime=1443044211826