Top 5 Game/quiz generators
The “Top” games series continues! It seems the categories are limitless….. Today, I’d like to tackle “Game generators”. A game generator is a site or program that makes it easy for a teacher or student...
View ArticleScrabble – reflection and resources
Scrabble. It’s an iconic word and game. I’m surprised we don’t use it as an adjective – like, “I’ve been scrabbled”. Today, I was going over some of my past writings, all hidden away in boxes and...
View ArticleTop 5 Games for Social and Global Issues
The “Top” games series continues! Today, in celebration of the forthcoming Earth Day, the top 5 games that focus on global/world issues. Global Issues are something that students really get interested...
View ArticleThe #1 … (“funnest” game in ELT)
** Not your ordinary, endless list – just what’s number 1. Draw My Thing I’ve written about this game every time I’ve posted about drawing in the classroom. However, it is much more than...
View ArticleChristmas Gift Giving
Get this widget for your class page and students can leave gifts for each other! Very much like my Christmas idea of giving gifts in class – find it here. Try it – Leave me a gift or leave one for...
View ArticleMontage Maker
Today I was experimenting with a cool way to support your classroom instruction and contextualize the language you are teaching. Even make a game of it! I returned to Grant Robinson, maker of the...
View ArticleEducational Philosophy – a dialogue between Plato, Dewey and Marx
{this is part of the “Captive Mind” series of blog posts – publishing online and decommercializing thought.] This piece of reflection was inspired by a former professor of mine – Dr. Gerald Gutek,...
View ArticleAngel vs Devil Debate
Debate is a great focus for the English language classroom. Students produce a lot of language but they also must internalize that language and “think” as they process the language. It really makes the...
View ArticleDubsmash could be a smash hit
I’ve long loved and supported the use of music in the language classroom. Check out my very popular guide or also any of my karaoke related posts here. Dubsmash is a very popular app where students...
View ArticleGive Me 5 – Vocabulary game
Give Me 5 is a simple vocabulary prompt game that makes for a light lesson and review of main English vocabulary. Download the Give Me 5 cards. Students can be dealt the cards and challenge each other...
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