This happened in the middle of last week, when I received an email from Quizlet about Quizlet Live which is a collaborative learning game.
Quizlet Learn
I was excited to try and start using Quizlet with my Software Developer apprentices and it couldn't have been easier using the search to find study sets to start to revise the topics we had already covered, plus adding in study sets that were new topics and using Quizlet to help them master those topics.Quizlet Live
This was the icing on the cake, not only did it test the students knowledge so far, but it encouraged the students to discuss the options, work together, generated excitement and compete to win the round. It was great to hear "again, again", rerunning with the same study set, or swapping to a different set.I've since run Live sessions with other groups and have been extremely impressed with the positive feedback, excitement, wanting to do more, studying without realising, even getting asked to play more games at a different lesson. Yesterday, I managed one of my groups spent 50 minutes on Quizlet Live games on 3 different study sets and I left them wanting more. That was 50 minutes of student centered learning and building communication skills, absolutely priceless.
The video below demonstrates how Quizlet Live works.
https://vimeo.com/161809207
If you want generate excitement in your classroom, encourage students to learn without realising then this a great tool to try.
