The Most Motivational Assessment Activities: Abby Lockmondy

I believe that using games as an assessment tool is a wonderful way to engage students while checking their understanding. 

In my experience as a student from elementary school to high school, games were always used as fun competitions in class. My teachers used games like Quizlet, Kahoot, and Blooket to effectively engage us during these assessments, and they also served as "breaks" that let us pause lectures and lessons to have some fun. 

Out of all the games I participated in, one stands above the rest: Quizizz (now known as Wayground). Quizizz is a spectacular learning game similar to Kahoot, used to test students' knowledge. Students use it by joining a game and choosing a fun character avatar, answering multiple-choice questions throughout the game, and finishing with a score and a spot on the leaderboard. 

My high school Spanish teacher assessed our learning on various units with Quizizz, and it immediately engaged me every time. Participating in the competitions was fun and entertaining, and they were easy ways for us to earn points that counted towards our grades while also being assessed on how much we had learned. I totally recommend that teachers of all grades use games like Quizizz because they give students the chance to show what they have learned in an enjoyable way, and they are relaxing, making them a good break from long lessons.