Each week you have had a bonus task. You have been required to complete the task and then provide proof (typically taking a screenshot and emailing it to Mr. T). Then, you have been provided bonus slots at the end of each week’s questions where you could take bonus points based upon how well you completed the bonus task.
This week (week 4) is a little bit different . The bonus task is a live Kahoot game. Hopefully all of you have played kahoot before, but if you haven’t… directions will be given below.
We realize that not everyone’s schedule is the same so we are providing 3 separate administrations of the kahoot (all 3 are the same, so please pick just one of the administrations and play only once). In addition, if you absolutely are not available, the static (assigned version) of the kahoot will be available after all 3 administrations are already complete. However, if you do the static version you will not be able to receive as many bonus points. (you will still get some however)
After the kahoots have been played we will post the # of bonus points that should be taken for a given score range. For example we might say something like … “scores between 8000-9000 take 10 bonus points” …. “Scores between 7000-7999 take 9 bonus points” etc. etc. We will then provide you with the answers to fill in for the bonus slots. Please make sure you only take the amount that you earn. We had a couple of people during week 2, who took bonus points without sending the screenshot to Mr. T (hopefully it was just an accident).
Here are the 3 time slots the kahoot should take about 20-30 minutes. Hopefully you can be available for one of these.
Tuesday July 9th 7pm Eastern Standard time
Tuesday July 9th 10pm Eastern Standard time (hopefully this will be easier for our west coast contingent)
Wednesday July 10th 8:30 pm Eastern standard time
The game pin will be posted on the website 10 minutes prior to the start of the kahoot.
YOU MUST USE YOUR MATHWIZ LEAGUE NAME THAT YOU WOULD FIND ON OUR LEADERBOARD. THIS WILL HELP US KEEP TRACK OF WHO IS GETTING HOWEVER MANY POINTS.
Since there are 3 different times. You may finish first in your group, but someone else playing at another time might finish with more points (perhaps because they answered more quickly etc.). A post on our website will be made with the top 5 finishers scores so you can see how you compared not only to the contestants in your group but also to everyone else who played)
For those of you unfamiliar with kahoot.
1. Simply go to kahoot.com a few minutes prior to the start of the contest.
2. Toward the upper right you don’t need to log in or anything… simply click on “play”
3. You will then have a space to put in the game pin which will be provided on our website in the posts section.
4. You will then be asked to type in your “nickname”… please use the one that you use for Mathwiz League. If you have any special characters that you can’t type in… just get it as close as possible to the name that you use.
5. Once you are in you will see the screen for the game. Mr. T will start the game (probably a couple of minutes after the starting time. The questions are multiple choice and they will pop up. They are multiple choice, so you simply click on the correct answer as quickly as you can. You get more points by answering more quickly (but of course make sure you get it right)
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