#3 Kahoot! is FUN

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone,

Today, I decided to do some revision with my Form 2 students on Water and Solutions KSSM syllabus. As they are lower form students, so I thought maybe the revision can be informative but fun.

I have been using Kahoot! as formative assessment to check students' understanding since last two years. It was fun, simple and easy to use.

The questions can be obtained online in Discover button in Kahoot! but this time, I chose to create it myself. This is because, I want to evaluate the understanding of my students based on what had been taught in class.

20 questions on Water and Solution can be viewed here

Students had to join the Kahoot! by entering the Game PIN

The questions will be displayed on the screen and the students will have to choose the answer on their device. 

The number of students who answered correctly and wrongly will be shown after choosing their answers

After all the questions have finished, Kahoot! will show the winner of the quiz based on who got most questions correct.

The winner of the quiz

One new thing that I discover in Kahoot! is that, it can give us detailed analysis on the quiz performed. It can be downloaded in Excel form. 

The report can be downloaded when view report button is clicked

The report is very detail and it can show the analysis for every questions in case we missed it during the session.

Drawbacks 

1. Slow reader students might have difficulties when long questions are displayed as there are time limit for every questions. 

I set the limit for 20 minutes for every questions. There were one question that's a bit long and tricky which needs the students to read it for few times in order to answer it. So, it will be quite disadvantageous for the slow readers as they could not give their best when answering the questions due to the short time frame. This  

Hence, the analysis on that question might not be that reliable and teacher cannot exactly analyse the students. 

2. Poor internet connection

When hosting Kahoot!, there is a possibility that the internet connection is out for a while. If that happens, the students cannot answer the questions and hence, the teachers cannot evaluate the students' understanding based on what was planned. 

Positive Feedback

1. The students are actively engaged in the evaluation. 

Usually, when teachers ask questions in class, only the determined and confident ones volunteer to answer. However, when using Kahoot!, anyone can participate anonymously as they are using their nickname. So, they do not have to be scared or intimidated even if they got it wrong. 

This will somehow increase students' motivation especially the introverts to participate and engage in class. 

2. Teachers can evaluate student' understanding instantly

This is a golden opportunity for teachers to evaluate students' understanding based on what had been learnt in class. 

If teachers identified that most students lack in certain area after the Kahoot! session, they can improvise and focus on the specific area for the next lesson. Hence, teachers can organize their lesson well and prepared. 

3. Of course, the students love it!

Today's generation who loves technology are more than happy to use it in class compared to the traditional learning method.

Most students were glad to use Kahoot! in class

In a nutshell, Kahoot! brings more benefits than harm to our education system. As teachers, we must always try to improvise our lesson for our students so that all of us can have a dynamic educational society. 

That's all from me. Hope that you can benefit from this entry :)

See you in the next entry! 😎

P/S : You can also read my third entry here :)

#2 Editing using Canva & Virtual Sharing in Padlet

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone,

I just finished Chapter 5 Water and Solution with Form 2 Saintifik last week. So, before doing MPC (Mastery Progressive Check) for the topic, I decided to do some revision with the kids. 

I decided to use Padlet and Canva for this lesson

Students had to log in into their Google Account in order to access my Padlet named TMT's Chemistry Revision Wall. We were being introduced with Padlet during our PGDE session in Technology course. For me, Padlet has many benefits in which students and teachers can share the ideas and materials in a creative yet simpler way. 

My Padlet wall before the students uploading their stuffs

My next instruction for them was to do summary on any subtopic in that chapter using Canva. It can be either poster, flyer, info graphic, mind map or anything. 

I have been using Canva since years ago to design any poster and it is very simple to use. I believe, first-hand users like most of my students can easily learn how to use it.

Some of Canva's templates that can be used

I even uploaded my mind map in Padlet as an example for the task so that the students can refer. 

My mind map created using Canva as a reference for the students

Students created posters, info graphic and mind map using Canva

Students happily uploaded their masterpieces in Padlet. 
They also commented and liked others' design

Some of the creative designs by the students can be viewed here

All in all, today's class went well. The students loved the idea of doing revision using Canva and at the same time, they can view and refer other's material in Padlet. 

Drawbacks

Some of the difficulties that I faced when using these tools in class are :

1. Students forgot their Google email and password. Hence, they had to use their friend's ID in order to log in into Canva and Padlet.

2. Students spent too much time in choosing the design and designing instead of doing the revision.

3. Teacher forgot to remind students that they cannot use the Premium features in Canva for example, fancy pictures, fonts and template. So, they had to replace it with the free one which is time-consuming. 

Positive Feedback 

Time management of the class went well as the students were able to finish their task within the given time. They were actively engaged and give good cooperation. 

Students' feedback on today's activity

For teachers who want to use this activity in class, I strongly recommend it and hoping that it will benefit our students not just in academic part but also in life skills 😎

P/S : You can also read my second entry here :)

#1 Google Form as Formative Assesment

Assalamualaikum and hi everyone,

Today, I handled a short quiz with my Form 4 kids. 

I usually do the test traditionally - find the questions, send it for riso, let the students answer, procrastinate to mark, return the paper, discuss and record the marks and repeat it for the next classes. 

Google Form - A lifesaver for evaluating students

Before this, I only knew that Google Form can be used to collect responses, event feed backs, fill in the forms and etc. But, actually we can also evaluate students and instantly mark the test using it! 

This is where the button actually exists haha

Take the Quizzes button in Settings

I had created the questions fitting what they had learned in class. It was a 40 minutes test with 30 marks. The test comprises of 20 marks of Objective questions and 10 marks for subjective questions. 

This is what the questions look like. You can view it online here

The students log into their personal account using their username and password. As the link is a bit long and tedious to write, I asked them to get the link from my Padlet. 

Link to my Padlet is here

Students sat for the online test

Footage of the students during the test

Individual responses and answers

Drawbacks 

1. Technical glitch

It was a bit hassle during the start of the class as there are few computers that cannot connect to the school's Wifi. So, teacher had to use Personal Hot spot to enable them to go online. Some PC were also broken down, so there were few students who had to take turn using the computer. 

There were a few students who forgot their Google password which make it hard for them to get into the Padlet. This was solved by using other's email and password. 

2. Subjective questions are sensitive-case

Some students complained about the questions that they answered correctly turned out to be wrong due to sensitive-case which I ended up to remark this question. 

Some of the answers given by the students 

List of correct answers. For future reference, I should insert all possible answers - Malay and English, starting with capital or non-capital

Positive feedback

1. Go Green

Teacher will usually print the question sheets which includes many pages for a number of students. However, this online test saves the usage of paper and encourage people to go green 💚

2. Time convenient

Saves times as teacher does not have to spend time marking the test as everything is already done by Google hehe. Discussing the answer won't also be a problem because after the students completed their test, the correct answers will be displayed. 

3. Students love it! 

Well, not to deny, today's generations are very immersed in technology. So, the idea of doing this test by online makes them a bit excited.

'Pop-quiz' to evaluate today's activity 

Some of the students' feedback :)

All in all, this Google Form is a must for teachers. 

I hope that this entry benefits you! 💘

P/S : You can also read my first entry here :)