Ice-breaker activity: Group Kahoot!
Warning
Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform, but you need to create an account to get started. Remember that websites that require log-in, may collect personal information about their users.
Try out this step-by-step guide of a fun and engaging way of working together to create a shared product:
DIVIDE into groups. You can do this on the computer by using a list randomizer (random.org). Simply add or copy a list of the first names of the members of your class and press "Randomize". Use the new randomized list to mark off small groups of 3-4 students.
BRAINSTORM together as a group: what kind of quiz are you going to make? Guess the movie? artist? song? game? celebrity? character? city? translation?
WATCH the tutorial How to Create a Kahoot.
Many of you have probably already used the Kahoot! website before, but it is important to make sure that everyone has been given the same basic information before you start.
GO to Kahoot!, sign up for a free account by clicking "Sign up" in the top navigation bar. It will lead you through a quick four-step process.
CREATE! Remember that this is a group effort, so take turns in listening to each other's suggestions and sharing the workload. You will need to help each other with things like vocabulary and spelling (use an online dictionary), finding images (try a free website with copyright free images like Pixabay) and fact-checking your answers.
PLAY! Depending on the size of your class, you can either play the different quizzes at the end of the lesson or you can share the game PINS with your teacher and spread them out by for example ending the final English lesson of the week with a class Kahoot!