“We heard Spanish is awesome today!” said several students in my afternoon class on the day I introduced Quizlet live. I even had coworkers coming up to me all week asking me to show them this new game their kids are all buzzing about! So naturally, I wanted to share it here as well!
How it works
Student engagement
In my class, I keep the same teams as long as different groups are winning. As soon as one team wins a second time, I shuffle teams just by clicking the “shuffle teams” button. I timed them once, and noticed that it takes my students about 60 seconds to complete the game the first time, but they get faster with each round they play, and on average, a game takes about 45 seconds to play, which means we can play 15 times in around 11 minutes. The kids absolutely LOVE it and I can see that it really helps them to learn and retain words quickly! They have also told me how helpful they think it is and how much they feel like they learn by playing. It’s our new favorite game!
Recently, I have been using it to pre-teach vocabulary for a novel we are reading. I assign the students a Quizlet to study for homework and then we play the game at the beginning of class the next day. The students who did their homework are more likely to win, and those that didn’t do it are still learning in the process. It’s a win-win!
Classroom Management with Remote Mouse
The only downside of the game that I see is that I felt a little tethered to my computer because I had to press “start” every 45-60 seconds to begin the next round, and I like to move around my room. However, I found an amazing solution in the Apple App store! (Also available for Android!) It’s called remote mouse, and it allows you to turn any touch screen device into a mouse pad that will control your computer. You have to download the app on both your computer and touch screen device so they will sync, but then it allows you to move around the room and press the start button from anywhere! It’s a game changer!
I can’t wait to try this!
I use Kahoot now and then and enjoy it but I like the idea of the Quizlet live so that students can be teamed up. I was just wondering what tech you use to do this. Do you get chromebooks/ipads for your classes for the day, do they use their phones?
My students had 1:1 Chromebooks that they could use. It works great on their phones too, and we have done that in a pinch if someone’s device wasn’t available.