For those of you who love a good blog and are interested in the latest technology, I have a great one to share today. Free Technology for Teachers (www.freetech4teachers.com) is an award winning blog written by Richard Byrne whose purpose is to "share information about free technology teachers can use in their classrooms." I discovered it last summer as I was looking for ways to use iPads in my classroom. Now that I subscribe to his blog, I receive updates on all of his posts. Here is where I came across a tip on a favorite app of mine-Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that allows teachers to create quiz questions for students to answer on their devices. Points are awarded for answering quickly and correctly. Believe me, students are completely engaged and excited to play this game. I prefer to use it with teams of students so that they can work cooperatively to answer questions. The only drawback is that it can take time to create quizzes. Using others' quizzes is hit or miss, as they may not exactly meet your needs. Free Technology for Teachers shared this amazing tip...you can duplicate and edit public quizzes! What a time saver! Here is a video Richard shared to explain the process:
I used these instructions to locate, duplicate, and edit a public quiz on Harriet Tubman. Within in five minutes, I went through the quiz, deleted a question, added a question, and changed a question. It was saved and ready to play within in five minutes...wow! I am excited about this option to edit already made quizzes because I think it makes Kahoot even more useful to busy teachers and librarians. And now I have a quick, fun quiz to review with my classes this week...not bad for five minutes, huh? I hope you get a chance to check out freetech4teachers as well as Kahoot.
I love his blog as well. It has so much useful information and is well put together. I was overwhelmed at his wealth of inforation, but in a good way. I really want to implement a lot of this in my class.
ReplyDeleteWe really love Kahoot and I especially love it when it's used in staff PD to make the "sitting and learning" after a long day, more interactive and "fun". Enjoying your blog too!
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