Work with students to create a Kahoot! game about your class, and share it with a partner class to learn more about each other!
This activity supports the development of the following social-emotional skills: self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship skills.
Engage students in a conversation about meeting your Empatico partner class. You might explain: "We have an exciting opportunity to get to know a class that is located in another part of the world. We may discover that we share some things in common, and there may also be some differences between us! To learn more about each other, we will create Kahoot! games about our class and community, and then play each other's games."
Ask students the following questions:
Then, use the Kahoot! template below to create a game about your class. Make a copy of the template, and then work with your students to help them come up with their own questions, answers, fun facts, and more!
Share the link to your Kahoot! game with your Empatico partner class, or play your games together during a live virtual exchange by using the Zoom or Microsoft Teams integrations, which allow you to play a game directly within the video conferencing platform.
Guide students through a post-activity reflection by asking the following questions: