Combining the best of technology with the best of people, in and outside of the classroom
And I always thought that Kahoot was a game to play at Christmas. Well actually it is now a great free online gaming system with their students. Kahoot!’s learning games (“kahoots”) can be created easily, for any subject. As Kahoot! may be played using any device, desktop or laptop with a web browser, it is perfect in class in combination with mobile devices.
Sign up for a free Kahoot account
Watch the video ‘a 5 minute guide to Kahoot’
Whilst some may say that teaching hasn’t really changed, it is hard to deny that technology does not have an ever increasing role to play both in and outside of the classroom. Yes it may be true that teaching can be basically broken down into presenting or providing information (knowledge) and then creating opportunities for students to practice and produce ‘outputs’ using that information or knowledge
it may be true that teaching can be basically broken down into presenting or providing information (knowledge) and then creating opportunities for students to practice and produce ‘outputs’ using that information or knowledge, but technology provides so many options to bring the information or knowledge to the students and also new ways for students to work with that knowledge and in ideal circumstances, create new knowledge.
There are many reasons that ardent anti-technology teachers can cite for not wishing to engage too much with technology but possibly one which affects all teachers, (pro or anti technology) is confidence in using the technology. The digital capability of staff is a real concern and we need to build our understanding of and confidence in technology generally.
The Joint Information Systems Committee have been doing a lot of work in this area across Further and Higher Education – check out their Digital Capability work.
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