Kahoot! is a free interactive platform for creating and hosting quizzes/surveys (known as kahoots) used for audience response, assessment and teaching with gamification at the it's core mechanism. The system works in the cloud and relies on a teaching device (or computer) to control the kahoot and BYOD (Tablets, Phones and, Desktops and Laptops) for students to participate via a web browser or the dedicated app.
The platform consists of multiple choice questions (up to 4 single choice answers) or Jumbles - where a student must arrange up to 4 answers into the correct sequence - which are displayed on the screen using solid colours and shapes for each answer and matching coloured/shaped buttons shapes appearing on the student device. Each question is also timed and scored based on the correctness of the answer and how fast a given a student or team answered it in.
To learn more about how Kahoot! sessions work click here, or click here and scroll down to learn more about the associated pedagogy surrounding the format.
If you're interested in using Kahoot! in your session and would like to know how to get started, please contact Ed Tech services here.