Hello Teachers
If you are the ones who are looking for applications to create learning games
but are confused by too many different choices and new applications
, this video will give you an overview
of all the popular learning game creation apps today
Because I know it's going to be a lot of work when teachers take the time to figure out registration and learn how to use
it, and then realize it's If it's not suitable for for your needs or your students
or its gameplay is not optimal for the teacher's teaching needs or subject specifics,
within the limit of the video, I will only analyze honestly focus on
the salient and most special features of each application and compare the applications with each other
based on the criteria that I have gathered according to my actual experience so that the teachers have a decision
Specifically, how to use the details of each application
, please watch other videos I have guided or watch the next coming videos
Firstly I will start with Kahoot and Quizizz because they are oldest, and most popular apps now
Previously, Kahoot is the teacher-paced game
that means Teachers control the game progress , students together answer questions in turn in order,
and Quizizz's game is student-paced,
students play at their own pace with the questions displayed on their devices.
But now through many updates In the new update, Kahoot and Quizizz both work with both ways of organizing these games.
So the main difference is the question type of each application.
Both have the most basic type: multiple choice
include fill-in-the-Blank type
Poll type and Open-ended question type
Besides the question, Kahoot and Quizizz can both insert information slides
to explain, illustrate or to Built as an interactive lesson plan
About the different types of questions between the two applications, Kahoot has a question type that
plays according to the arrangement of words. a response sequence,
and WordCloud to collect ideas and comments
it also have Brainstorm mode
to get ideas, then maybe sort the idea into groups and student will vote vote for ideas together
Although there are many types of questions, but actually, with Kahoot's free account
, teachers can only create multiple choice questions and true and false type
With Quizizz's free account mode, teachers are
not limited to questions. Choosing the type of question, all kinds of questions can be used.
Regarding the individual account upgrade packages, it may vary from time to time and promotion,
but after many years of following the policy changes of the 2 applications, I find
Quizizz's upgrade packages always have better prices,
only 1 Super upgrade level has full features
. Kahoot's packages are more expensive with many different levels if you want to use them with all features
and question types and practical features such as inserting audio, inserting video...
A very important issue to keep in mind is the limit on the number of students that can join live play at the same time
With a free account, Kahoot's current maximum is 50 people
, Quizizz's maximum is 100
In fact, at each time, depending on the promotion, the quota may change
and the teacher still need to be aware of this limit to choose the right application for your class size.
But in my experience, no matter which account package you upgrade
, the bandwidth and network connection speed when the teacher host a game is determinant
Same time with Kahoot and Quizizz, people will often remember the name Quizlet
is the old-time application is extremely popular and loved
to create and study flashcards
With Quizlet Live mode, teachers can immediately play with their own set of memory cards that they have created.
That is, the vocabulary or concept cards will be automatically converted into multiple choice
when organizing the game, on the screen. Students will answer the questions
to match the correct term with the definition
while the teacher's screen only shows the progress of the game
One round ends when students correctly answer many questions and destination before
teachers can let students play repeated several rounds,
each round will be the vocabulary and new t term at random from the card library
Since the game is based on a set of flashcards, so in fact,
not all content is suitable for converting into multiple choice questions to play
Quizlet, which will be most suitable for playing content
with a lot of vocabulary, terms or sets. More terms and definitions
And one more thing is that when there is an excellent student who often answers quickly and reaches the finish line
, the round will end immediately,
so Quizlet will not be very suitable for the class where there is a big difference in level.
because it will cause slower students who are only doing a few questions,
then their friends have reached the finish line and the round is over,
this will create a negative playing experience
Similar to Kahoot, Quizizz, the good point of Quizlet Live is that
students do not need to create an account, do not need to log in to play
Quizlet supported on web browsers. or an app on the phone.
A special advantage compared to Kahoot and Quizizz is that, with a free account
Quizlet has almost no limit on the number of players,
but only depending on the quality of the network connection when hosting a game
You ca host for many students play at the same time
If your students are already too familiar with Kahoot, Quizizz or Quizlet
How do teachers find new playing experiences for students
then Gimkit will be one of the first choice
most distinctive feature of Gimkit make it interesting to students that the game mode is very creative
students can play with the traditional mode as Kahoot Quizizz, individually or play in teams
In addition, Gimkit has many other unique game modes.
Students will answer the questions on the screen, if correct, they will receive bonuses
or use different function cards in each game
such as fighting games with Zoombie
game Lava
game Investment: Billionaire
In addition to the usual multiple choice question and answer gameplay However, Gimkit also has special modes that
require interaction and reasoning like in Teams and Impostors
or another game mode here where students will draw answers on the screen
and other students will Have to guess the answer in words from the picture you draw.
It must be said that Gimkit's game modes were created by the founder who is a high school student,
so it captures the player's needs and is very interesting to
students who love fun and tactical games
However, younger students may only be suitable for some Gimkit game modes such as
Basic, Painting, Zoombie or Lava
This advantage of Gimkit also can become a drawback for newcomers
because there are many new game modes, so students and teachers both need time to get used
to the rules and how to play the first time,
but then surely students will be very excited and always expect to play more
Moreover when tracking over the years I found Gimkit always updating features and adding new game modes
Only preparing a set of questions, teachers can host for students to play many times with many different game modes
Regarding question types, Gimkit currently only has multiple choice and essay questions with answers
Gimkit's biggest limitation Maybe it's the free account policy
at the moment that only host for 5 students
But don't worry because Gimkit free completely upgrade the account in 1 month
for each email address very easily, no need payment card information
So when it expires but do not want to upgrade, teachers will have a plan to overcome
Gimkit's upgrade package payment mode is to be paid on a monthly
it's very good when teachers only need to use it short term or for one semester, unlike most other applications
Kahoot Quizizz... is required to buy 1 time package for a whole year
... quite disadvantageous if teachers do not need to use it regularly
With an account upgrade, Gimkit is also not limited to the number of players,
but only depends on the quality of the network
connection. In addition, at a very reasonable price after upgrading, teachers can also use the
GimInk interactive whiteboard tool to work together and submit assignments
A new application that has been released recently and is also loved by many teachers is Blooket
I also have a very complete and detailed video tutorial about Blooket
can be said Blooket quite similar to Gimkit that also play mode is very creative different modes
Just create one set of question, Teachers can host the games with more than 10 different games mode
from the classic play mode from the traditional style like Kahoot and Quizizz
to the unique game modes with luck such as Find Gold, Racing
or require strategy and acumen like Café, Kingdom Building, Castle....
Especially each year Blooket also has new limited modes for festivals.
Similar to Gimkit, because Blooket has many different game modes, teachers need to understand the
characteristics of each game mode to choose accordingly.
But this problem, I have answered it for you in a separate video tutorial of Blooket then
Almost every student will extremely excited and happy during the hours playing with Blooket
and always voluntarily review all to play better
Regarding the question is now Blooket only support 1 multiple choice
Regarding the limit for free accounts, there is not much difference in features
between account packages, but only in the number of students participating in playing at the same time
with a free Blooket account that can hold maximum play. is 60 students
If compared with the criteria of available questionnaires for reference in the user community library,
GimKit and Blooket are new applications, so they will certainly not be as rich as Kahoot and Quizizz
About the criteria question types, in order to match the diverse game modes
, Gimkit and Blooket cannot have as many question types as Kahoo t and Quizizz is
especially the types of questions voted comment ...
Also according to the actual experience of his is different Kahoot and Quizizz
when organizing play with GimKit and Blooket Teachers should have the test
number Ask a little more questions at least 30,40 questions
so that the question does not appear duplicated many times when students play,
especially when playing special game modes
If you want to make learning games for students, but
the connection conditions are not enough. If the network or connection speed is not stable to organize for many students to play at the same time
as the applications mentioned above, then the Wordwall application will be a solution for teachers.
Wordwall is not a game organization. online in the style of students entering the code
on their phones and then playing at the same time. The
way to organize it is that teachers will create games and then send links as exercises for students to do
after students finish. track the results, as well as score statistics, the number of correct and incorrect sentences, the time to do the test, etc..
With such a way of playing, there is no limit to the number of s. The number of players like the games Kahoot, Quizizz, Blooket above
The most impressive point of WordWall is probably the huge number of games
from multiple choice, true false, dial, drag and drop, grouping, find pairs, crosswords, sentence arrangement, etc...
But not for each type of game, we have to create a new set of questions.
The convenient feature is similar to GimKit and Blooket that is with Wordwall. Teachers only need to
create 1 the set of question content and change it into many different game modes
immediately in 1 click and then send it to students
For example, with the content of the game about the names of these countries, I can let the game drag and drop to fill in the diagram
or change it to a match game
or change it to a word sort game.
Or for example, this game is classified by groups
after playing, I can quickly switch to the same questions
but play the game form. gameshow
In each game, there are a series of different interfaces, contexts and design themes,
so it must be said that with Wordwall, students will always have a fun and new learning experience The
advantage of Wordwall in addition to the number of games is more than most other applications today
, it also has a very simple, user-friendly interface
Wordwall also allows paying Monthly account upgrade fee
With a free account, its limit is that the types of games that teachers can create will be less
as well as the number of questions that can be written up to only 5 lessons. .
However, if you do not want to upgrade, the teacher also has a way to overcome it, although it
is a bit inconvenient, to temporarily delete or edit the content to reuse the old question sets.
Number of users of Wordwall now mostly teachers to teach foreign languages
but with diverse games like this, it is possible to meet DC with most subjects and educational levels vary
If Teachers who love Wordwall, surely they will also like
an application that has many similarities with it. Liveworksheet
is a tool that allows to create interactive worksheets directly from pdf files or images. Available with
just a few simple commands, teachers can quickly create many types of
multiple-choice, fill-in, drag-and-drop and even audio- visual ...
Liveworksheet has no limit on the number of participants, if not Organize students into classes
How to use and limit the Liveworksheet, I have very specific video tutorials.
In general, both Wordwall and Liveworksheet are very easy to use and have a rich store of game data available
in most places. All subjects and fields for teachers to refer to and use immediately
Policy for free accounts of L iveworksheet is much more comfortable than Wordwall
Of course, in essence, Liveworksheet is not as entertaining or fun as the above applications,
but it will be very suitable for teachers when there are many documents or lesson files available. files in pdf format or images
but don't want to waste time typing or editing into questions and answers on Wordwall
and still can quickly turn it into interactive exercises
Another application I would like to mention is NearPod
Note that NearPod is not a game-only application like the above applications,
but in essence it is an application known for its ability to create interactive lectures, interactive videos or virtual reality
classroom management, personal learning progress tracking, etc..
But I still mention NearPod in this list because NearPod also has
interactive interactive games for the classroom such as Quiz, Find Pairs, Draw Pictures etc...
and an interesting and lovely game mode, very unique. by NearPod is Climbing….
It can be said that in addition to learning game activities, Nearpod's system of functions is very diverse and rich
enough to meet most needs in the teaching process thanks to its ability to integrate
with applications in the ecosystem. According to
Google and Microsoft , NearPod's account limit is 40 students. For free accounts,
upgrade packages are paid by year or school package.
The next application I would like to introduce is Bamboozle
How to organize Bamboozle's game function is to play in groups. The
teacher will manually divide the class into several teams.
The teams will take turns to randomly select number boxes and answer questions in their turn.
After the students answer, the teacher turns on. The answer results are up and then confirmed right or wrong
It can be seen that this is a very traditional and classic review
game. Although the gameplay is not new, this will still be an option that teachers can sometimes use. needed
Because it is not always possible to have a stable network connection to organize live play together
and not all students can. Everyone has a phone or computer available to play Kahoot, Quizizz when they come to class
And Bamboozle will be suitable for those situations, as long as the teacher has a computer and an internet connection, the
whole class can still participate in playing with the teacher.
In addition to the usual way of adding and subtracting points
, to increase the attractiveness of the game, Bamboozle has easy PowerUp and advanced PowerUp
game modes, which create special function cards such as Double the score, Get lost. Deduct points or get points from your team
These random and lucky features will also make the game more lively
Bamboozle has a limited number of free accounts such as
only dividing 4 good teams the size of the image attached in the question, etc….
In my opinion, these limits are also acceptable and can be overcome if the teacher does not want to upgrade the account
So just now I mentioned 8 different applications to create learning games
. there are many other applications, maybe the teacher asked
but I did not mention it in this list, it could be for many different reasons.
The first could be because its game mode is too picky about the audience. HS can play because it's too complicated
for example Classcraft
Second it may be because the application is good but there is no use mode for a free account that is completely paid
for example BookWidget
The third can This is because the application has features and unstable system platform
, supporting information and unclear user information security policies
such as EduCandy
The fourth is other applications that teachers have asked me. such as
Classpoint, Classkick, ClassDojo, PearDeck...
then those applications belong to the group of applications for classroom management or
creating interactive boards or lessons. Interactive teaching, so I
don't mention it in this video because it's not similar in features.
Through my specific analysis of 8 apps for creating learning games,
I introduced very clearly about the outstanding features, how to organize the game. , the limit of each application
from the perspective of experience and practical experience in the process of teaching their personal
hopes of Teachers will be able to have DC selected to make up the lesson more interesting
if the If you want more specific instructions on which application
, you can leave a comment below the video to let me know
Hello and see you again….