Book Reflection

Instead of writing a traditional review, I used my notes to create a wordle of things I wrote down the most. I really enjoyed Troy Hicks's writing and his theories about digital writing.

Lets play Kahoot!

This week my students are wrapping up Beowulf and rather than test them a traditional way, my supervising teacher and I decided to use Kahoot and Google Classroom to revamp the test. She gave me the quiz to adapt into a Kahoot game. I've played Kahoot once or twice, but I've never created my own. The original test had multiple choice options and short answer - the short answer created a hurdle for me.

I allowed the students 60 minutes for the longer questions, Kahoot will move forward automatically if everyone has answered, so the time frame wasn't an issue. The students really liked having the extra time to read the questions and find their answer since this was for a test grade. Their teacher decided to curve the test and added on points at the end so no one failed miserably.

All-in-all, I think I will make more Kahoots in the future. The students really enjoyed the activity and game it created and it took the pressure off of the actual test. After playing this Kahoot, students got into groups to create one of their own. We spent a few days playing their games before watching the Beowiulf movie.

Here is the link:
Kahoot