Teacher’s Corner: Kahoot During Distance Learning

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     I have entered my 3rd week of remote and distance learning, and in many ways, while it has been frustrating, I miss my students, and it is not an ideal teaching platform, in many ways I have been grateful for the opportunities it has afforded. I am naturally an antsy person, and feel the need to always have a creative outlet, probably one of the reasons I became a teacher in the first place. Since I have less time in direct contact with my students, I have been thinking of new activities and creative ways to keep a semblance of classroom community. I am currently working on an interactive PowerPoint board game which will be shared soon on this page, and this week I will be showing you how to still do a Kahoot with your class.

     Many of you may already be familiar with Kahoot; if not, here is a brief overview. Kahoot is a digital platform that allows teachers to create multiple-choice games with their students. I have used it for vocabulary, reading comprehension in stories, and a variety of other type of games; it was particularly useful when I was also in charge of our It’s Academic team. Teachers control the questions, images, and length of time of the game, and this type of visual support and ability to be open with types of questions makes it a perfect platform for a language teacher.

     The best part is, it’s still completely possible to play Kahoot with your students even with distance learning! Many school districts now have an enterprise account with a platform, such as Zoom, Google Meets, or Microsoft Teams. If your students also have access, you can simply share your screen with students and they can see the game being played! I have tried this myself and it works wonderfully. In order to monitor the chat and student engagement I also logged in from my phone so while they were seeing my computer screen I was able to see the chat and video screens.

     What is something that you have done during remote learning to help you maintain contact with your students? If you’re willing to share, get in touch!

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Located near the Tang capital city of Chang’an, site of the modern city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province, in central China.
Soldiers of that time commonly wore a white head cloth, similar to what is still worn by some peasants in China today.  The implication is that the conscripts were so young that they didn’t know how to wrap their head cloths, and needed help from elders.
Before China’s unification under the Qin dynasty in 221 B.C. there were several competing smaller kingdoms.  Han and Qin were two of these kingdoms. Han was located east of famous mountain passes that separated that area from the power base of the Qin dynasty, with its capital in Chang’an. The Qin dynasty itself only lasted about 15 years after unification due to its draconian rule, but soldiers under Qin rule retained a reputation as strong fighters.
The area of Guanxi, meaning “west of the passes”, refers to the area around the capital city of Chang’an.
This is an alternative name for a province in western China, now known as Qinghai, which literally means “blue sea”.  Kokonor Lake, located in Qinghai, is the largest saline lake in China.  
Before China’s unification under the Qin dynasty in 221 B.C. there were several competing smaller kingdoms.  Han and Qin were two of these kingdoms. Han was located east of famous mountain passes that separated that area from the power base of the Qin dynasty, with its capital in Chang’an. The Qin dynasty itself only lasted about 15 years after unification due to its draconian rule, but soldiers under Qin rule retained a reputation as strong fighters.
Oulart Hollow was the site of a famous victory of the Irish rebels over British troops, which took place on May 27, 1798. The rebels killed nearly all the British attackers in this battle. (Source: Maxwell, W. H. History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798. H. H. Bohn, London 1854, pp 92-93, at archive.org)
The phrase "United Men" is elaborated upon in the Notes section below.

Ghetto

An Italian word meaning “foundry.” It originally referred to a part of the city of Venice where the Jews of that city were forced to live; the area was called “the ghetto” because there was a foundry nearby. The term eventually came to refer to any part of a city in which a minority group is forced to live as a result of social, legal, or economic pressure. Because of the restrictions placed upon them, ghetto residents are often impoverished.

"You’re five nine, I am do-uble two"

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"The Currency"

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"Sixty years with the dom-ino stuck"

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رحلنا

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Habibi

Habibi means "my love."

Ra7eel

Ra7eel, or "raheel," means "departure."

3awda

3awda, or "awda," means "returning."

أهلاً

أهلاً, or "ahalan," means "welcome."

a5 ya baba

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golpe

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Carlos

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