Staff Feedback

Trying to drum up some staff feedback to help the kiddies with their book selection!

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Kahoot fun

I was recently introduced to Kahoot during a professional development session.  It was a great engagement strategy. We knew we needed to pay attention to the Educator Effectiveness overview so we can keep our jobs, but more importantly because there were prizes at stake!

But seriously, it was fun and created some friendly competition. I used this engagement strategy with my third graders. I created a Kahoot to pre-assess their knowledge of the library resources and how they are organized. No prizes, but lots of fun and engagement. It was a win-win. The kids had fun taking a "quiz"/assessment and I received valuable data for the student learning objective (SLO). Kahoot allows you to download the student data into an excel spreadsheet.

We used both desktop computers and iPads.  Each student had his or her own device. I have also introduced our second graders to Kahoot. I tried with group of 4 and in pairs. The pairs worked better, especially with the iPads. Having 4 kids take turns with the iPad was just asking too much.  I will definitely be doing more Kahoots with the students!