Community reviews for Kahoot!

This site is very fun and engaging for multiple age levels! Students are able to be assessed in a fun way. One downside of this app is that students may rush to try and answer the question first that they may not stop and think about the question before they answer it, therefore it may not be an accurate depiction of what students know.

Overall, I do not think this app is a great teaching tool. I do not think the way that this app is set up is beneficial to teach children however, assessing is part of the teaching process and I believe this app is tool that could be used to do that. By having children use Ipads or some other device to go over what they learned prior in class and in a fun, enjoyable way, you can assess and have fun at the same time!

Overall, I believe that it can be a very helpful tool to help students learn material in a fun and engaging way. Also, it is a great way to get everyone involved and you can also form groups so that your students can work together to answer the questions. The setup time is quick but the participants must have an electronic device to be able to join in. If a child doesn't have one then they can pair up with someone who does. It's a great way to get students excited about learning and I believe it would help them retain the information.

I think it's great when you can make up your own. It's hard to find ones that teachers make up that is suited just for your class. I never really had any luck with that so I usually just make them all up myself. It can be a little time consuming but it's still a lot of fun.

Overall, I think this app is an engaging tool to get students excited to apply what they have learned. Students asked to do more after the activity. Building the quizzes yourself takes a little bit of time and you can not include special characters for math problems. Also, there are a lot of pre-created quizzes you can customize for your classroom. Overall, this is a great assessment tool.

Kahoot! is highly motivating to the students in my class who enjoy competition. As a teacher, I enjoy using this app to review content with my students without using traditional paper and pencil. I use the data collected to gauge how well my students are understanding the content and to adjust my lesson plans as needed. The app has also been useful for pre-assessing my students before beginning a unit. I often use the same quiz at the start of a unit and at the end of a unit so that I can compare the data results. The students seem to love the app and hardly notice they are being “tested” which is highly motivating to me and my students. The app only requires students to remember and understand content and does not ask for application or creation. However, it has implications for this if the students were asked to create quizzes for their classmates which would allow them to apply what they have learned. The caveat to this idea is that creators have to have their own password protected account which can be difficult to set up for a large class and may be blocked by your school systems user policies. Overall, this is a fun and easy to use data collection tool. It is highly motivating to students and is easy to modify to meet both teacher and student needs. While there is no critical thinking required, it delivers what it promises and is a great instructional tool!

Overall I strongly recommend this app for teachers hoping to get their students to interact more in the classroom. The graphics are colorful and the set up time is not long at all. The only thing is an electronic device is needed, so teachers must be open to the idea of children having their phones on them, and if a few children don't have one they can team up with other kids that do. It's a much more updated version of jeopardy, and the questions can be on any subject matter the teacher chooses to go over with the children. It's an interactive game that teaches without the pressure of needing to be right and allows children to work together to get the right answer.

This tool is incredibly engaging. It pushes students to read closely as well so that they don't try to be the fastest and choose the wrong answer. I love the music and the interface is simple and the fact that students can play on any type of mobile device. If this resource could somehow provide individual guidance after a game to enhance learning, that would be great. Also, if it could show the average score for the whole group as to what students were strong or weaker in.

As a teaching tool, I think Kahoot is a good tool to use for review. My students like the music it plays in the background, being able to use their devices in class and the competition it creates with the scoreboard. The students will dance or bob their heads to the music that is playing in the background. They also love to see where they stand and their score compared to other classmates. The competition part of it makes the students more engaged. I always offer some kind of prize for the top three. Although it is a good review, it is not good for introduction or unguided practice. Kahoot doesn't show how to solve problems and is not necessarily "math friendly" all the time. This is why I have the students write the problem on a separate sheet of paper and review all of the answers with the class after the time is up. When the game is over, I collect their work to hold them accountable. I also think that there should be more time options. Sometimes two minutes isn't enough time to complete a complex math problem.

Kahoot is extremely intuitive for a new trainer to deploy in the classroom. The learning curve is virtually nonexistent in designing and developing quizzes, surveys and discussions. Having basic knowledge of andragogic skill, mastery of subject matter and understanding the competitive culture of the diplomatic Foreign Service corps, Kahoot fits in very nicely in this training environment. Kahoot also supports both Level 1 and Level 2 evaluations in Kirkpatrick’s New World Model. Lately, however, we have been experiencing technical difficulties when using Kahoot in both Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. The game isn’t capturing student’s answers correctly or scoring is suspect. Often, the game times out because on the student’s mobile device goes into a perpetual “wait” status. Trainers are losing faith and confidence in Kahoot as they have experienced malfunctions while using it in front of a class. We’ve contacted Kahoot several informing them of this situation but we have yet to receive a response. Until reliability is reestablished for Kahoot, we have no other alternative but to remove it from our PD520 Enhancing Learning with Training Technology course. If not for the malfunctions (it worked perfectly once), I would max out this tool.