Looking for ideas about how you might use Kahoot? Check out Matt Miller's post on his Ditch That Textbook blog, "10 Ways to Electrify Your Classroom with Kahoot!" Here are a few sample ideas from his post:

• Reading comprehension — After reading an article or chapter in a textbook, Kahoot! can help you assess how much students remembered.
• Current events — Because a Kahoot! can be created so simply, you can give students questions on the most current of topics. If part of your class is following news, a quick Kahoot! can check how up to date they are.
• Identify images — Artwork. Diagrams. Photos of terms. A picture can bring a concept to life, and they can be uploaded (YouTube videos, too) to Kahoot! questions. Use them to ask a question instead of words to better illustrate your content. 
• Turn learners to leaders — Kahoot! promotes this great use of its site: using questioning as an assessment tool. Instead of teachers creating Kahoots, students can create them. Their ability to write good questions and create answers (even the wrong ones!) shows a lot about how well they understand content.

DISCUSSION: Now that you've seen a few examples, how would YOU use Kahoot?

• Vocabulary
• Identify _____ (philosophers, key historical figures, etc)
• pre-check for knowledge 
• reading response
• visual rhetoric
  

Step-by-Step Guide from Kahoot

"Easily create interactive images and videos for your websites, infographics, photo galleries, presentations and more!"

• THINGLINK SAMPLE:

• Other Thinglink sample images

• Here are a few ideas for ways that you might use ThingLink, courtesy of Donna Baumbach (aka "auntytech"):

DISCUSSION: Now that you've seen a few examples, how would YOU use Thinglink?

• Save on real estate in Canvas!! Have a Thinglink image with links to the various Abnormal Psych disorders.
• Student project: students create ThingLink image on a particular person (theorist, author, politician, historical figure, ...)
• ThingLink a map!! E.g., areas on campus students can get involved in. 

GUIDES:

• Create a Thinglink Account
• Creating a Thinglink Image

"Storytelling with maps using Google Tour Builder."

Here are two Tour Builder samples (you will need to have Google Earth installed to be able to access these):

• No place like home
• A world of Experience in One Classroom

Ideas from "Mr. Bradford Online" blog for using Tour Builder:

• Tour a country or civilization: Could be used for teaching geography, topography, climate, etc., of an area. 
• Tour your local community: Create tour of local institutions, businesses, landmarks, etc. 
• Tour famous scientific discoveries: E.g., create a tour of Darwin’s trip around the world and label where he made his discoveries. 
• Create a tour of famous geological features: Create a tour of famous earthquakes, volcanoes, oceans, etc. 
• Tour the setting of a story: Create a map of locations and insert media. 
• Compose a narrative essay: Students use the "tell a story" field to compose different parts of the narrative. Students can use the map/media options to expand on what’s going on in the story.

DISCUSSION: Now that you've seen a few examples, how would YOU use Tour Builder?

Tour Builder Guide

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