What to grab your student's attention, have a quiz, all while having fun and for FREE? Kahoot! can be the answer for you! Kahoot is a website that allows users to create quizzes, discussions, or surveys for any type of audience. Getting started is easy, just create a user login and password then you are ready to go. You can create your own quizzes, discussions, or surveys or search the public Kahoots. A great feature of Kahoot is that you can share or favorite quizzes, discussions, or surveys that have already been created by other users.
Kahoot is great fun but does require a little bit of setup. In a classroom setting, it works best if you have a teacher computer connected to a projector. The students need their own devices: iPads, smartphones, or personal computers all are options. Once the Kahoot has been created share the game pin with the students your ready to start playing. Kahoot Features:
How are you using Kahoot in your classroom? I'd love to know! See ya next Friday!
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Today at Teacher Tech Friday, we dove head first into the world of QR codes. They can be used for everything. Creating a code is so simple. I always suggest using a free code generator you can try this or this. You can create codes using YouTube links, images from your computer, any URL link, or even music files. I suggest scanning the code with the I-gnigma app; it is fast, accurate and available for iPhone and Google users!
Here are a few suggestions on how to use QR Codes in the classroom: QR Code Library Create QR codes YouTube read aloud links. This is a great idea if your classroom library is lacking reading material. Scavenger Hunt Try jazzing up the traditional scavenger hunt using QR codes. Create scannable questions that lead students to the next stop on the hunt. Math Equations QR codes make it easy to differentiate, because there is no text visible to read. Pass out QR codes and have students answer by writing the sum, difference, product, or the quotient. Digital Homework Help save trees by wasting less paper. Send home only a QR code and the students can scan to find out their assignment (which is digital, of course). Honestly the list can go on and on. Get creative and let me know how you're using QR codes in your classroom. Until next Friday! Today I was working on a screencast on how to create a Google Doc. I used Screencast-O-Matic to help with the process. Screencast-O-Matic made the process run rather smoothly, thankfully! It's always a weird feeling to be talking to your computer screen, then having to restart a few dozen times because I get nervous and start making up words. But other than that, it was an easy process. Screencast-O-Matic is a free downloadable software that allows you to capture what is happening on your screen. You can choose to record only what is on your screen, your screen and yourself via your computers camera, or just yourself. After recording you can publish a file to your computer or straight to YouTube. My overall impressions of Screencast-O-Matic are great. I could see teaching my students how to use this and them loving it! Give it a go and let me know your thoughts below.
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