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Story Circles: An Ordering Activity for PowerPoint.

Story Circles is a useful PowerPoint activity that can be used to present or practice the sequences or the order of the target language....

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Sep 10, 20174 min read

2017 Calendar: A Class Calendar in PowerPoint

I make a new PowerPoint calendar template around this time every year. In this post, I would like to introduce you to the Class Calendar...

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Dec 11, 20165 min read

Random Slides: Improvisation in the classroom

I enjoy using drama, improvisation and role-plays in the classroom, but how could we use PowerPoint to select a random situation or...

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Nov 6, 20166 min read

The Outline View: PowerPoint design for busy teachers

It’s September already! That busy time of year when new classes are starting and teachers are busy. A time of the year when it can be...

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Sep 11, 20162 min read

10 more PowerPoint tips for teachers

Although this is a follow up post to 10 PowerPoint tips for teachers, I prefer to think of it as 10 things I wish someone had told me...

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Apr 25, 20168 min read

Classroom Countdown

Countdown is a TV game show where contestants play word games against the clock. It’s perfect for the classroom. Contents Introduction...

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Feb 15, 20164 min read

Need a timer for your lesson – try a video timer!

Timers are great and there are a lot of apps out there available for smartphones and tablets and most phones have timers built into them....

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Sep 7, 20155 min read

Teaching Time with PowerPoint

There is so much language used to talk about time and we tell the time in two different ways. I always tend to use one way more than the...

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Aug 21, 20153 min read

Error! Can’t get your PowerPoint to work?

Anyone who uses PowerPoint in the classroom has at one point or another faced that moment where things don’t seem to work. Your computer...

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Aug 1, 20155 min read

Gap Fill Exercises – Reviewing the answers with PowerPoint

Whether you love them or hate them, gap fill exercises seem to be everywhere. If you are teaching from a course book you are always going...

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Jul 26, 20153 min read

5 tips for creating activity instructions in PowerPoint

The way you give instructions is what makes or breaks an activity in the classroom. Using graded language, gestures and clear modelling...

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May 17, 20155 min read

Making flashcards in PowerPoint

The other week I was reading Sandy Millin’s fantastic post about useful links for CELTA. There is so much information in that post that...

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Apr 10, 20154 min read

Office Mix: Flipping the classroom with PowerPoint 2013

Office Mix is an add-in for PowerPoint 2013 that adds some new features, but that is what it does, not what it is. On the website,...

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Feb 26, 20154 min read

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