Explore this example of a World War One History classroom discussion.
With Kialo Edu, you can have engaging and well-structured classroom discussions with your students about any given topic. Your students will be able to write claims, collaborate, comment, or vote on each other’s contributions.
- Apply their knowledge through active participation.
- Grasp the complexity of the topic being discussed.
Create your discussion in 5 steps
- Login or signup for Kialo Edu.
- Create a Kialo discussion by clicking on the ‘Create Discussion’ button on the top right of the screen.
- Share the debate with students. To invite students directly to the discussion:
- Click the three horizontal bars at the top-left of the screen to open the Discussion Menu.
- Click ‘Discussion Settings’.
- Click the ‘Invites & Permissions’ tab.
- In the ‘Invite to this Discussion’ section, enter each of the students’ emails separated with a space, or their Kialo Edu usernames if they’ve already signed up. Then, click ‘Invite’.
- Alternatively, you can also create a Discussion Access Link for students to click, which is faster to set up. However, be wary of students sharing the link outside the classroom.
Have a debate! As Writers in the discussion, students can add, edit, and move their own claims, as well as comment on each others’ claims to suggest improvements.
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