(Kahoot!) Not easy to start at the
beginning but believe in me every time you introduce something new in the class
room, the learners get to love it. It equally brings ice breakers and refreshment
into the classroom. Kahoot enable the teacher to create and share questions and
be able to challenge learners to ask their own questions.
The interactive technology called Clickers
that enables instructors to pose questions to students and immediately collect
and view the responses of the entire class. Of course, no technology
automatically enhances learning; rather, it must be used thoughtfully and
deliberately to advance the learning objectives of a particular course. For
example, an instructor in a large or medium-size class might choose to use
clickers to elicit student participation and engagement to prompt deeper
thinking about a particular question or problem or Monitor students’
understanding of course content in real time, in order to identify and address
areas of confusion and adjust the pace of the course appropriately.
Engaged learners in
shaping and leading their own learning and education have the following benefits
in so doing:
·
greater
sense of ownership over their learning
·
increased
motivation
·
improved
self-esteem
·
greater
achievement
·
improved
relationships with peers and educators
·
increased
self-efficacy.
However, the following ‘costs’ are
associated with technology engaged learning e.g digital literacy among students
is still far from a level playing field and as such some students may be
uncomfortable with it.
Ciao!
