Can You Kahoot?

    

      I've established that I am and adult college student without a ton of knowledge about technology. I'm certainly willing to learn and expand my knowledge but sometimes I get in the way of myself. My children easily upload and create projects online, whereas I struggle based on my lack of practice. The fortunate part of taking a science and technology class as a student means I need to face my challenges head on. It also means that many assignments require technology to complete them.
      Fortunately, I first met Kahoot during our group project presentation. Before then, I'd have never even heard of it. The student's were so excited when they saw it incorporated in the lesson. That excitement is exactly what I want to continue in my future classroom lessons. So it was my turn to create my own Kahoot, but how? 
     Typically all my technology questions are directed towards my seventeen year old daughter but she too did not know what Kahoot was. Luckily it was easy to figure out plus my collegue  from class had just completed his Kahoot. The assignment for class was to create a diverse 6 question quiz based upon reading chapter 10 in our text. The quiz could be created in a variety of mediums but I chose Kahoot. So how does it work? 

      First, I read the chapter and created questions based on the readings. Then I created a Kahoot account. It was simple. I created the quiz by typing in the questions and selecting which answer was correct. Some questions need to be shortened since there is a select number of characters allowed. The process of creating the quiz was even easy for me. I certainly see the usefulness of Kahoot especially for test or quiz reviews. It encourages interactive learning among the students which will encourage learning. I'm even thinking of designing some Kahoot quizzes as review for my younger daughter. The more I use technology in my assignments, I'm feeling more comfortable creating fun, diverse activities for my future classroom.