Kahoot! What is Kakoot? Kahoot is a platform in which you can create a kind of questionnaire but is characterised for being a game. The participants, in this case the students are the participants, have to go to this website -> kahoot.it and then, they have to enter a PIN, this PIN is given by the professor or the owner of the questionnaire created.
This particular tool can be useful for language learning because can help to make more dynamic and interesting classes for the students. Thus, Kahoot! can be useful because in nowadays, students are technology's dependent. According to Vera Katyshev, Kahoot! does the teaching/learning process more efficient and productive because a student can receive instant feedback and is a tool that allows create classroom community because students can work in teams.
This tool I will use it in any school context because you are able to adapt it to the needs of your students. This platform could be an excellent form to teach Vocabulary or maybe, do a review of what you had taught before. Furthermore, Kahoot is a game and this is part of "Gamification" and as Figueroa (2015) mentioned in his research, the main objective of Gamification is to increase the participation of the students within educative context.
Limitations: Reflecting on the possible limitations, I found that Kahoot games can create dispute between students because as it was mentioned before, Kahoot is a competitive game.
I invited you to look for this platform and use it with your students! Click here to discover a little more about Kahoot!
By Vanessa Martínez :)
I think that using gamification in the class is an excellent way to motivate students, because sometimes they don´t want to participate in the activities.
ReplyDeleteGood tool! I would like to use it in my class.
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