How I Plan

Creating engaging classroom assessment with Kahoot

I find a lot of value in assessment via discussion and group participation, but just having conversations all of the time can get stale. Kahoot is a program that allows students to join quizzes remotely from computers. The gamification of the discussion helps it go down smoother and is a method of engagement contemporary students are more familiar with. The tool is also easy enough to use that students can design their own quizzes.

Applications to education standards

ISTE Standard

Empowered Learner - 1.1c - Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways. 

Creative Communicator - 1.6a - Students choose the appropriate platforms and digital tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication. 

Fink's Taxonomy

Quiz creation and participation is a great way for students to apply what they've learned while the social elements speak to the human dimension of learning.

Planning with accountability using Trello

An enormous part of good teaching is good planning. I'm a particular fan of using to-do lists as both a tool of personal organization and as one of public accountability. I've had a lot of jobs where my work affected others and so I was expected to keep my list of ongoing tasks and projects public to those affected. This is true of my work as a teacher too, so I run a public Trello board with all of my upcoming grading and lesson planning tasks so that students and parents can see what I'm working on and when I plan to be done.

Applications to education standards

ISTE Standard

2.2a - Leader - Shape, advance and accelerate a shared vision for empowered learning with technology by engaging with education stakeholders. 

Fink's Taxonomy

Creating an open, accurate schedule is an important part of showing care in the learning process.