Day 4: Digital Tool- Kahoot

For today's blog, I decided to explore Kahoot! To be honest, I picked Kahoot because it was brand new to me and the name itself intrigued me. Kahoot is an application that allows teachers to create and administer polls, surveys, and ask questions in the style of a game show! On the plus side it is also free! Prior to today's exploration, I had previously looked at and tried out different polling type applications and game show apps. However, I often found them cumbersome or difficult to use. As a result, I often relied on PowerPoint to create engaging game show style review games. However, I still found making Power Points time consuming and I just don't seem to have enough time to include them as much as I would like.

I first went to kahoot.com and was impressed by the clean lines and simple interface. I simply clicked the sign up button. I was easily able to create an account by creating a username and password, providing an email, and selecting the school and grade that I teach. The whole process took about three minutes!



After signing up, I was brought to my own personal account for Kahoot. Once again, I was impressed by the simple and easy to follow design. At first, I tried creating a quiz. I discovered it was very easy to title the quiz, add a description, and add images to accompany the quiz by simply dragging and dropping images from my computer. Next, I was able to go question by question and type in the question and four responses that I wanted. I then hit done to finish my quiz. Instantly, a message popped up explaining that I forgot to click the correct answers for each question. The message was clear and helped me navigate through the learning curve of this website in a user friendly way! I was impressed. I created a whole quiz with five questions in under five minutes. Previously, I would have spent hours making a Powerpoint with a few questions. As far as I could tell, Kahoot does not place a limit to the amount of questions per each quiz.

Creating:




The website was so easy to navigate, I did not try to youtube or google a tutorial, but I have included one here.

After creating, a quiz it was instantly stored in My Kahoots section. As I was making the quiz I could not help but think about all the possible ways in which I could use this new tool. I plan to use it for exit tickets, for multiple choice practice for state testing, and quizzes.

Next, I tried to create a survey. With ease, I clicked create a new K to make a new form and this time clicked survey. The survey had very similar structure to the quiz, which made it easy to use. I plan to use this as an exit ticket or a check for understanding about an aim or an objective throughout a lesson.

Lastly, I found that Kahoot offered a variety of options in how to utilize the survey and quizzes. The options were easy to understand and formatted in a user friendly way.














Overall, I found this website easy to navigate and a great addition to my classroom.  I can't wait to think about different ways to use this in my classroom!