Recently, an all-star couple who serve in our student ministry discovered a great game and passed it on to us. It’s called Kahoot. Essentially, it’s the same type of trivia game that you play in restaurants like BW3s except that you can create your own quizzes and surveys with graphics and text.
The way that it works is you create a quiz beforehand and then students log into kahoot.it through their mobile devices. All they have to do is create a username and enter the pin # Kahoot gives you when you create the game. And, of course, you can instantly boot that annoying kid who creates an obscene username. I see you Amandahugandkiss!
We’ve been experimenting with the game for a few weeks and love it. Last week, we used it in our large group setting for the first time, we were able to explain the game, have students log in, and play the game in 5 minutes.
We are in a teaching series called Selfie where all the imagery is build around social media, so our Kahoot game was “Name that App.” We showed the logo for 11 different apps and students had a few seconds to pick the correct answer out of four options. Our students and volunteers loved it! After each question, the game tells you what place you are in and on the main screen it lists the top five players. It’s basically the best game ever.
If you are a teacher, youth worker, give presentations or have a ginormous family you should totally check it out. According to Kahoot’s site, 500 people have played at once and it can accommodate many more. You can use it for surveys or quizzes and anyone with a device that can connect to the internet can play. It’s so much fun! I can’t wait to try it as part of a presentation.
If you have a genius youth group game, I’d love to hear about it. Let’s be real, finding great games is one of the most annoying parts of student ministry. None of us have time to search the web for hours! If you’re fresh out of game ideas, feel free to stop by my friend Jon’s game site: youthgroupgames.org