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Guides, switching tips and activity ideas for classrooms and workplaces.

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For teachersSwitching guides

Can you run a class of thirty on a free plan?

Free tiers advertise a player limit and then hide a second one. What Kahoot's cap actually is, what ours actually is, and the number to check before you plan a lesson around any of them.

6 min read

For workplacesMeetings & workshops

The meeting decided nothing again

Most meetings that fail to decide were never set up to. The four things that have to be true before a room can choose, and why "let's take it offline" is usually the sound of one of them missing.

6 min read

For workplacesMeetings & workshops

Icebreakers for adults who did not want an icebreaker

Most icebreakers fail for a structural reason, not a fun one. What the opening of a session is actually for, and five formats that survive a room that would rather get on with it.

7 min read

For workplacesMeetings & workshops

What the feedback form at the end of training does not tell you

The form at the end measures how the session felt, collected at the moment people are least able to judge it. Five checks that measure whether anything changed instead.

7 min read

For workplacesMeetings & workshops

Why nobody asks questions at the all-hands

The silence after "any questions?" is usually read as alignment. It is almost always a cost calculation, and the format is what sets the price. Five changes that get the real questions asked.

7 min read

For teachersSwitching guides

How many players can join a free Kahoot?

The free plan has two different player limits, and which one you get depends on how your account was categorised rather than anything you chose. How to tell which you have, and what to do when a class is bigger than it.

7 min read

For teachersClassroom ideas

What makes an estimation question worth asking

An estimation question looks like a quiz question with a number for an answer, and treating it as one wastes it. What the format is actually for, and five rules for writing questions that produce reasoning instead of guessing.

7 min read

For teachersClassroom ideas

A revision session that keeps thirty students in it

Revision lessons lose the room in the first ten minutes, and usually for structural reasons rather than motivational ones. Six changes that keep thirty students actually answering.

7 min read

For workplacesMeetings & workshops

Retros that surface more than the same three complaints

Most retros drift toward whatever was most recent and most annoying, then produce actions nobody revisits. Five structural changes that get at the problems underneath.

6 min read

For teachersSwitching guides

Quizizz is now Wayground

The rebrand is finished, your account came with you, and nothing you built is lost. Here is what actually changed, and how to think about whether it still fits your classroom.

6 min read