Kahoot!

 

     Kahoot!

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     The educational app that I would like to spotlight is Kahoot. Kahoot  is a platform that can be used in many different ways. Teachers can build whole lessons around a game of kahoot or run activities where students create their own content on Kahoot!, in those cases Kahoot is the core of lessons. Other teachers include a kahoot as a supplement to their lecture and classroom activity. They might do that to introduce a topic, do a review or to give the students an energizer during class.
     There are many advantages to using Kahoot in the classroom that benefit both teacher and student. Student engagement with this game is high. As a student my self I can confirm that Kahoot awakens a competitive nature in all the students, and usually the teachers give prizes for the top three contestant which only fuels the competitive nature of each game. Because of this, teachers can see if students truly understand the material that was covered through the use of both Kahoot quizzes and surveys. It is a way to see student understanding of material. Kahoot gives teachers the ability to track student performance of the game to make adjustment in teaching or reteaching in some instances.  Students can create their own surveys and quizzes to show understanding of the subject matter. Teachers can use this too as an assessment for student learning by looking at the type of questions the student created, as well as what answer choices were created and visual representations were associated with the different questions. 
     Kahoot is a game based response platform. This user friendly website gives teachers the ability to create quizzes and surveys about any subject area. Teachers can use ready made Kahoots that have been created by others. Students then have the capability to answer questions through a variety of devices and using colors and shapes to connect to the answer. The website even tracks student achievement by looking at what the student did during the Kahoot, as well as overall achievement while logged in. 

http://learningtechfortheclassroom.weebly.com/kahoot-review.html
http://thelearningcounsel.com/article/kahoot-provides-learning-through-creation-educational-games-and-new-understanding-through
https://create.kahoot.it/login?next=%2Fl%2F
https://kahoot.it/