While I have heard of Quizlet in the past and I vaguely recall seeing it, I will be honest and say that I hadn't tried it in the classroom. That is until recently, when GIG member Nicole Leach utilized it in her class for her first Integration project, specifically the Quizlet Live feature.
So, I gave it a go with my 4th grade students in the wrapping up of our Steps to Research unit that we have been working on. Upon completing the 5th step I shared out the Set that I had created for 4th Grade Research Process and let the 4th graders explore the different features.
I stressed to students to do the Learn, Flashcards and Match with students as they explored. Write, Spell and Test would be for when they are more secure in the terms as it has them type in the answers.
For the games, I stressed Match as Gravity also has them typing in the answer and is frustrating if you can't spell or type fast enough for the game.
The next class we warmed up with review and then played Quizlet Live.
Quizlet Live is similar to Kahoot in that students put a code in and type in their name. However after that it is very different. Quizlet randomly makes groups of students that are working as a team. It is suggested that they sit by each other so we had to do some musical chairs in class. But NO ONE complained about their groups. Then students get multiple choice questions to answer, when correct they move ahead, when incorrect they start back to 0. Talk about engagement, students were talking to each other about what they thought the answer was, when their scores became higher you could see them spending more time so that they didn't make it back to zero and genuine conversations were happening. In. 4th. Grade. It was AMAZING!
Now, you can't easily download student responses or track student use with Quizlet at least with the free version that I tried. There is a Pro version that costs about $35 for the year. I may have to try it with a few different classes to see if that is something that I want to invest in, and from the outcomes that I just had with the 4th graders, I will be using it again. Next up: 3rd Grade Email.
So, I gave it a go with my 4th grade students in the wrapping up of our Steps to Research unit that we have been working on. Upon completing the 5th step I shared out the Set that I had created for 4th Grade Research Process and let the 4th graders explore the different features.
For the games, I stressed Match as Gravity also has them typing in the answer and is frustrating if you can't spell or type fast enough for the game.
The next class we warmed up with review and then played Quizlet Live.
Quizlet Live is similar to Kahoot in that students put a code in and type in their name. However after that it is very different. Quizlet randomly makes groups of students that are working as a team. It is suggested that they sit by each other so we had to do some musical chairs in class. But NO ONE complained about their groups. Then students get multiple choice questions to answer, when correct they move ahead, when incorrect they start back to 0. Talk about engagement, students were talking to each other about what they thought the answer was, when their scores became higher you could see them spending more time so that they didn't make it back to zero and genuine conversations were happening. In. 4th. Grade. It was AMAZING!
Now, you can't easily download student responses or track student use with Quizlet at least with the free version that I tried. There is a Pro version that costs about $35 for the year. I may have to try it with a few different classes to see if that is something that I want to invest in, and from the outcomes that I just had with the 4th graders, I will be using it again. Next up: 3rd Grade Email.
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