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I am officially tooting the horn for Kahoot. Kahoot is a web-based inquiry system where you can engage your students quickly with the curriculum. I first participated in Kahoot at the Region 7 FITT Conference in October in a session with Carl Hooker and discovered very quickly how engaging and fun it is to play. Over the Christmas break, I tried it with my family by choosing Christmas Trivia games that were in the public gallery. The person with the most points chose an inflated balloon out of a gift bag that had currency inserted in it. They popped the balloon to discover a $1, $5, $10 or even $20 bill. We had a blast!
My third graders played a Kahoot created for them called Web License Quiz after the Christmas break to review for their web license test. Every student was 100 percent engaged. I love the aspect of being able to upload images and even video to support the question being asked. I also love the fact that Kahoot not only awards points for the correct answer, but also credits participates for their quickness in answering. To me, this gives the game a competitive edge when compared to similar response systems like Socrative and Poll Everywhere.
It is very easy to create a game in Kahoot. If you are not up to creating your own, there are plenty of games to choose from in the public gallery. The gallery is searchable by title, subject, tag, username, audience, and type of question. If you like one you find in the gallery, you can duplicate it and make changes to it. A good way to differentiate is to take a Kahoot, duplicate it, and then modify it for different audiences. My students love playing so much, they are asking to create their own Kahoot quizzes. Another aspect that I love is students can register for an account and choose the under 16 years of age option. This option protects them from adding their content to the public gallery and browsing anything in the gallery that has not been curated and deemed appropriate.
If you are not familiar with Kahoot, I encourage you to create your account and give it a try!