The use of Kahoot App in teaching natural history on grammar school

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The use of Kahoot App in teaching natural history on grammar school

Original language description

Mobile devices (tablet, smartphone) have been expanding a lot in Czech schools these days. Either the schools own them, or the pupils themselves, because their price is dropping down and they are becoming available for more people. Tablets offers many possibilities how to use them in education. In our research we deal with usage of these devices in second grade of grammar school (pupils 12-15 of age), namely in Natural history lessons. Of course using the tablet as a notepad, web search or a camera is obvious. But when using special sensors, the tablet can be transformed into a device that can measure temperature, pH or even EKG. Another functions of tablets arise when we equip them with suitable app, which can be acquired from specialized stores (according to the OS type). There are already apps that are focused on Natural history and they contain finished activities for lessons (for example 3D Brain, Dinos 360). We can also find apps that allow the teacher to create his own educational content. In our research we orient on these kinds of apps. This article presents the analysis of Kahoot! Mobile app, which allows to create quizzes and a pupil can use the tablet as a voting device. In lessons we attended, the app met with great success. Because of the research, we also conducted a questionnaire among the pupils of 9th grade of grammar school (14-15 of age), which helped us to find out children’s opinions. In the findings, positive opinions dominate. The pupils also agreed that the app helped them to fixate the curriculum faster.

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

INTED2018 : 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference : conference proceedings

ISBN

978-84-697-9480-7

ISSN

2340-1079

e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

216-220

Publisher name

IATED Academy

Place of publication

Valencia

Event location

Valencia

Event date

Mar 5, 2018

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000447408800030