Christian's Blog; Teaching's of Literature

Kahoot is a simple yet effective tool to use in the classroom to help students learn or assess. I believe most people know how this works, but some don't give it too much thought. I thought it was just for children until I saw my professor use it in my Shakespeare class during my bachelor's. No matter how old or young you are, I believe all students and teachers can find some likelihood to use it in the classroom for its fun and effective use to teach.  The use of Kahoot is stated on their website:  Kahoot! is a cloud-based quiz platform that is ideal for students and teachers. Since the game-based platform allows you to create new quizzes from scratch, it's possible to be creative and offer bespoke learning options for students. ..  Millions of teachers and students unleash the magic of learning with Kahoot!. Create your own Kahoot in minutes or choose from 100+ million ready-to-play games. Engage students virtually with our distance learning features, play in class, an...

Explain your feelings after this first week of class and establish one learning goal for the course. This first week of class was difficult. Think about where I come from; I finished with my masters and got my certificate for teacher and then finish student teaching and the only thing I am set upon now is finding a job. But wait, I still need to do classes. I am try to be honest, and doing classes when I’ve already gotten my certificate when I have more important things to do doesn’t give me the incentive to do these classes. However, I am also respectful for my professors and fellow educators. So of course I’m going to do the work but the passion fire of doing it has been smothered by other important tasks. I would say an important learning goal for me throughout these next few weeks is to be dedicated to the work and be able to turn things on time without upsetting too many people.  Describe your initial thoughts about the tool, Slack. Do you see how it could be used in your own ...