this is what test anxiety feels like
May 7, 2019 4:17 AM   Subscribe

Kahoot, a phone-based trivia games engine mainly used in the classroom, has also inspired The Kids to come up with remixes and mashups based on its music. Some examples: Sweet Dreams (with the tempo fixed), All Star, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Real Slim Shady, the Jeopardy theme, a Trap remix, and a Dubstep remix.
posted by divabat (8 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
No joke. I actually quite like using kahoot in lessons - I tell people to use fantasy names and that it's really just feedback for me, so that I can see what I need to explain again - but that music is the stuff of nightmares. My class immediately begged me to switch it off, which I did. I think it just adds an extra challenge I don't see much value in.

How neat to see the unlikely places people draw inspiration from though!
posted by sohalt at 5:15 AM on May 7, 2019


... I like the music. It’s way better than sitting there awkwardly in silence while everyone logs in and picks a name.

Sometimes I do a little dance to it.
posted by chainsofreedom at 5:28 AM on May 7, 2019


Wow, the Slim Shady one works really well! This is great; I love mashups. Good job, The Kids!
posted by aka burlap at 5:28 AM on May 7, 2019 [1 favorite]


Big fan of Kahoot - and, as a reminder, here is the "Base" music
posted by rebent at 6:09 AM on May 7, 2019 [1 favorite]


Kahoot music definitely adds to the game show atmosphere of it. My students always want it on. I like when they put up new music around holidays (like spooky for halloween).
posted by gaelenh at 6:29 AM on May 7, 2019


oh man, the Fresh Prince mix uses the album version with all the extra verses (more than the season 1 theme, even)
posted by duffell at 6:37 AM on May 7, 2019


Pumpkin guy dancing to Kahoot will always be my favorite, but I also really like the Sweet Dreams remix.
posted by lilac girl at 9:31 AM on May 7, 2019


I don't know if the Kahoot system would let me, but I really want to make a game to play at queer parties that has the Sweet Dreams version as the soundtrack.

(They might consider the questions to be a bit less... educational)
posted by divabat at 11:47 PM on May 7, 2019


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