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Session 3: Creating a digital narrative

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Creating a digital narrative  For this task, we have decided to create a tutorial video on how to use Kahoot. Kahoot is defined as a game-based student response system, where teachers become a game show host and students become the competitors (Wang, 2014). The classroom environment is transformed into a game show (Wang, 2014). Players earn points by answering questions in order to appear on the top five on the scoreboard. The competition that arises from competing against each other creates a valuable learning experience for students (Icard, 2014 as cited in Dellos, 2015). In addition, gamification is created through using playful and colourful graphics and audio, which results an increase in engagement (Wang, 2014). This form of game-based learning creates an atmosphere where students are highly engaged and critically thinking (Icard, 2014 as cited in Dellos, 2015). It is a platform that is beneficial for teachers to engage students when introducing new conte...