"Well, if you don't want to be a teacher for a day, then find a partner and create a Kahoot," I said last week in an effort to make sure our class time was full and engaging right up until the last day.
(For those who are unaware, Kahoot is a game-based educational tool played by whole classes in real time. Multiple-choice questions are projected on the screen, and students answer the questions with their device. It can be a very engaging way to introduce, review, or assess material.)
"Does it have to be about school?" asked someone.
"No," I replied. "Find an interest you have in common, do some research, and write 10-12 questions."
The notion of having the whole class play their quiz game was instantly engaging, and soon the class was humming along, using all sorts of higher order thinking skills to create some fun time-fillers for those excruciating final days of school.
And that's how we found ourselves competing to showcase our knowledge of "Different Types of Farts" this morning.
First question? Which type is also known as a Ninja Fart?
First answer? Silent, but deadly.
And so on, until we got to the question When do girls fart?
The choices were:
All the time
Only at night
When they are alone
Never
As the time was ticking down, I heard one boy agonizing over his answer. He is the oldest of three brothers, so his experience is somewhat limited. "Wait!" he cried. "Do girls even fart?"
(For those who are unaware, Kahoot is a game-based educational tool played by whole classes in real time. Multiple-choice questions are projected on the screen, and students answer the questions with their device. It can be a very engaging way to introduce, review, or assess material.)
"Does it have to be about school?" asked someone.
"No," I replied. "Find an interest you have in common, do some research, and write 10-12 questions."
The notion of having the whole class play their quiz game was instantly engaging, and soon the class was humming along, using all sorts of higher order thinking skills to create some fun time-fillers for those excruciating final days of school.
And that's how we found ourselves competing to showcase our knowledge of "Different Types of Farts" this morning.
First question? Which type is also known as a Ninja Fart?
First answer? Silent, but deadly.
And so on, until we got to the question When do girls fart?
The choices were:
All the time
Only at night
When they are alone
Never
As the time was ticking down, I heard one boy agonizing over his answer. He is the oldest of three brothers, so his experience is somewhat limited. "Wait!" he cried. "Do girls even fart?"
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