Kahoot and the principles of teaching

 Do you know kahoot?

It is a fast developing commercial platform which aims at techers, offering a space to create fast quizzes to be played online - on a PC or a phone. The scores are registered and compared, which makes the game highly competitive and motivating. Therefore the platform becomes still more popular among the teachers and students.

TASK 1

1. Play this kahoot quiz:  https://kahoot.it/challenge/09992845?challenge-id=560ec7a1-e1c2-4ea5-850a-88c60ab1c104_1618432207739
2. Summarise the advantages and disadvantages of such activity in English language teaching. Consider both the views of students AND teachers.

TASK 2

1. Make pairs. 
2. Register into Kahoot and create a quiz of your own.
3. List the types of questions which are offered (including the premium version). Compare with the types available in Moodle.
4. In pairs, try out the quizzes you made. Share the links in the project excel chart, so that more people can try them out.

To consider:

Would you prefer Moodle or Kahoot for constant teaching/learning support? What are the criteria? Enter your considerations into the comment to this blog.