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Teaching with Technology
 Global - You can connect and play in real time with other players in 180+
countries.
 Free - Creating learning games and playing Kahoot! in your classroom is free.
What can you do with it?
With Kahoot!, YOU are the game designer, so it’s up to you how to play and help
learners unlock their deepest potential! You can create your own kahoots or choose
among thousands of kahoots made by other people. The most important feature for me
is that it is diverse. You can use it for many different reasons:
 Review, revise and reinforce - Revise topics, reinforce knowledge, recap
learning, pre-assess and practice before exams. It is a great tool for revising and
consolidation.
 Re-energize and reward - Create a kahoot to break the ice, re-energize a room,
reward good behavior or just have a little fun.
 Get classroom insights - Test personal knowledge, evaluate understanding or
create a kahoot to assist formative assessment.
 Gather opinions - Think beyond the quiz! Create a kahoot to survey opinions
and insights, facilitate discussion and initiate debate.
 Motivate team work - Kahoot! helps learners develop 21st century skills,
including communication and teamwork. Encourage collaboration in your class
by playing in team mode.
 Join global classrooms - Connect with classrooms in over 180 countries and play
a kahoot together in realtime using screenshare.
 Introduce new topics - Create a kahoot to kick-off a lesson, introduce new
concepts or preview content. Some Kahoot!’ers call this a ‘Blind Kahoot’! It is a
unique way to deliver presentations without slides.
 Turn the learners into leaders - Close the loop on learning! Challenge students to
create their own kahoots, individually or in groups to deepen understanding,
mastery and purpose.This works wonders – the pupils have to put thought into
the questions and it is often quite illuminating to see what they see as difficult
questions. When I see what they find difficult, I get food for thought for
planning the next lesson.
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