November 21

Gimkit-

Want something that engages students (and staff at meetings) when you need a quick assessment, much-needed review, or a refresher? Gimkit can be used with any grade or content area. Students can do this individually, in teams or you can project it on the board for the whole group/class to do together.

Created four years ago for a student's school project, Gimkit quickly topped the charts over Kahoot. After many of us fell in love with it, however, it became a paid service.

Great news! Gimkit is now FREE again! Some things remain a paid service, like recording audio, uploading pictures, and making assignments. However, now you can utilize the different modes, make as many basic kits as you want and still share through Google Classroom and Seesaw.

If you haven't used Gimkit, now is the time. Students love it because it looks and acts like a Kahoot, but with additional features. Students earn virtual cash for correct answers and lose money for incorrect answers. They can use their cash to change their background, background music, freeze out an opponent (you have the option to turn off negative choices), get hints, or give them more money per question correct (and many more options).

This is a great way to review your content (in any content area or grade level) with students at the end of a unit, before a test, after a novel, or other assessment times in your curriculum. If you would like help with this, let me know.