Finally Kahoot!

Ever since attending a workshop this fall on integrating technology effectively into the classroom, I have been wanting to try Kahoot.  This morning's lesson on bias in data management was the perfect opportunity: My instructional coach and I co-developed and co-taught a lesson in which we used Kahoot as a formative assessment towards the end of the lesson, to ascertain whether the students understood the concepts we'd addressed that period.

Between BYOD, the classroom devices and an extra one from Ms. Grimwood, there were enough sources for each pair of students to have one.  "The Awesome Ms. Teschow" (Kahoot allows you to enter a nickname) played along too, and managed to stay at number one on the leaderboard!   (Well, okay, I guess the fact that I had advance access to the questions might be considered cheating just a little, hehe...)

The program's instant response graphing feature helped us to see immediately which concepts students had a firm grasp on, and which concepts would benefit from a little review.  We took the opportunity to clarify two or three things immediately, and made a note to address more in subsequent lessons.

Having another adult in the room made the management part of using this tool for the first time a little more, well, "manageable"! :)  I'm grateful for the relationship I've developed with our school's coach that allows me to take risks with trying new things, and that allows her to feel comfortable demonstrating a tool that we're both new to using with students.

Want to give it a try? Check out our Kahoot here!