Kahoot

Kahoot is a lot of fun.  After playing it in class, my students were begging to do it again, so we did later in the week for a test review.  It is a class response system that is set up like a restaurant game.  As the time ticks away so do the amount of points that a student can earn.  It encourages students to be fast, but one wrong answer can take a leader off the leaderboard.  In class we played it in pairs and also individually. 

Success Story:

The second time I tried Kahoot I did it as a review for a test.  during that class I had 3 students that typically really struggle make it into the top 5 for the first game that we played.  We played a second game that day (I liked splitting it up into 2 shorter games because it allowed students to start over and reinvest in the game) and one of those students again made the top 5.  The constant changing of points and changing who is in the top 5 kept everyone interested through the last question.

How it works:

You create a Kahoot or you find one that has already been made (there are over 120,000 so far and about 2,000 are added each day).  I made a 15 question Kahoot and it probably took me 45 minutes to create the entire thing so the time commitment isn’t bad.  If you find a premade one that you like you can always add additional questions or remove questions from the premade Kahoots which might make the time commitment even less.  Once you have a Kahoot ready to go, then you need to play it in class.

To play a Kahoot you need to click on the play button next to your completed Kahoot, the launch button on the next page, and you are brought to a screen join the Kahoot screen. 

At this screen all of your students are going to register for the Kahoot by going to the website kahoot.it and entering the pin number.  Students can use cell phones of you can check out the laptops or iPads to use as your devices.  One of my classes played with cell phones and some of the students had issues with getting kicked out of the game and some students had a slow connection so they got fewer points because their answers didn’t register immediately.  My other class used the laptops and they didn’t have any problems playing the game.  Cell phones work but without allowing students to log into our wifi laptops or iPads are better.

Once all of the devices are registers you start the game and let the fun and learning begin.

Below is a set of instructional videos.  The first is an introduction to Kahoot and a tutorial for finding a premade Kahoot.  The second is an instructional video for creating a Kahoot.  The third is a video demonstration of how the game is played.

Kahoot Intro and searching for a Kahoot tutorial:



Creating a Kahoot:



Playing Kahoot: