The free tool for thoughtful, inclusive discussion.
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Kialoโ€™s award-winning discussion tool is now available as an add-on for Google Classroom!

โœ… 3โ€“5x More Participation
โœ… Backed By Research
โœ… Gold-Standard Privacy

โœ… Teacher-Focused Tools		
โœ… Improve Critical Thinking	
โœ… Totally Free!
	
Kialoโ€™s simple pro/con layout helps students to break down complex arguments into manageable chunks. Starting from a central thesis, students add pros and cons, engaging with each otherโ€™s arguments to build an interactive map of the entire discussion. 

Join over ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ on Kialo today!


โžค To explore an example discussion, visit www.kialo-edu.com/demo.

โžค Read about why Kialo is free at www.kialo-edu.com/pricing-why-kialo-is-free.

โžค Explore the evidence supporting Kialoโ€™s argument-mapping format at www.kialo-edu.com/research.



๐ŸŸฆ ๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ž๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ข?

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿฑ๐˜… ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
It can be hard to get everyone participating in a discussion. Educators report that Kialoโ€™s interactive and collaborative platform massively increases discussion participation!

2๏ธโƒฃ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต
Kialoโ€™s pedagogical impact is backed by research and expert review. We meet ESSA Tier IV standards, are rated Quality Pedagogy by EdTech Impact, and earned Common Sense Educationโ€™s Selection for Learning.

3๏ธโƒฃ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ-๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†
Kialo meets the highest global privacy standards, including GDPR, CCPA, and FERPA. We are a Student Privacy Pledge signatory and offer strict Data Processing Agreements upon request.

4๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€
Kialo is all about supporting educators. We have a huge library of ready-to-go discussion resources, a built-in Grading and Feedback tool, a Tasks feature to keep track of student progress, and other practical tools!

5๏ธโƒฃ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
Research shows that argument-mapping tools like Kialo are highly effective for teaching critical thinking. Use Kialo for curricular discussions and strengthen these skills while still getting through your content!

6๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ!
Unlike most edtechs, Kialo is a nonprofit and entirely funded by a private philanthropic foundation. That means itโ€™s free with no ads or data abuse โ€” forever. 



๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.โ€ โ€“ Dr. Peter Ellerton, Director of The University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ดโ€ฆ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜’ ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ!!โ€ โ€“ Christine O., High school teacher

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต.โ€ โ€“ Ruth M., GCSE teacher
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