For review opportunities or gathering formative assessment data on individual students, many teachers love Kahoot and Quizizz. And while these tools are awesome and can be played with the whole class, they are actually very solitary in nature. Each student is responsible for their own responses and an unengaged student can remain unengaged in a classroom of their peers. This is one of the reasons that I recommend you mix it up every once in awhile and use Quizlet Live. Quizlet Live takes the solitary experience of game play and requires all students to participate after they are placed together in randomly formed groups. No longer can a student sit back and let the game pass them by; it might just be their answer that leads their group to victory!
To play Quizlet Live, you must first create an account on Quizlet. Quizlet is a program that allows students and teachers to create study sets and then practice their sets through flashcards and mini-games. Quizlet Live lets the teacher take study sets and turn them into classroom games that require group participation. Look at all the awesome features and tools Quizlet provides for teachers and students!
Features
- flashcard creator that allows teachers and students to create study sets
- independent practice within Quizlet in a variety of ways including matching, spelling, and rapid fire recall
- study sets can then be opened in game format by using Quizlet Live
- collaborative /social learning within Quizlet Live
- randomized team creation allowing for flexible grouping
- use your own study sets or search for sets created by fellow users
Game Play
- quiz style game can only be played in Quizlet Live
- students must play in collaborative groups because correct answers are dispersed amongst all group members
- game requires 12 unique terms
- game requires a minimum of six students
- students are randomized into teams
- each student must have their own device: computer, laptop, tablet or phone
- teams race to match all terms with definitions
- incorrect answer resets the entire team score back to zero
- first team to match all 12 (or more) terms, wins
Tools
- classes can be linked to existing Google Classrooms
- study sets can be shared directly to Google Classroom
- classes can be created within Quizlet so that all student names are preloaded for easy group creation
- Android and iOS apps are available if you want to make your gaming portable
If you are interested in getting started with Quizlet and like to explore on your own, check out their Getting Started page. If you would like a little coaching assistance and are a member of the Lebanon Schools staff, email me at zolnier.melanie@lebanonschools.org or fill out the Request for Integration Assistance Form.
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