5 Activities to Make Your PowerPoint More Engaging
Is PowerPoint a useful teaching tool? A few days ago on the Teaching English – British Council Facebook page there was a discussion about...
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admeurotrucksimula
Feb 15, 20164 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...
admeurotrucksimula
Feb 1, 20165 min read
PowerPoint Dice
I think dice are an essential part of any teacher’s toolkit. I always keep a bag of 15 dice in my bag because they are so versatile. 15...
admeurotrucksimula
Jan 25, 20162 min read
Star Interviews
Star Interviews is a zero-prep activity that gets students up and moving about. I wanted a variation of class surveys and pair work...
admeurotrucksimula
Jan 16, 20163 min read
Alphabet Games – Playing games with letters
Word games are fun, they are a good exercise of vocabulary and they often become game shows. I am thinking of Countdown, a game show...
admeurotrucksimula
Jan 11, 20164 min read
Classroom Posters: Using PowerPoint to make classroom posters
Classroom posters not only display students’ work, but you can create material to inform and help the students as well. In this week’s...
admeurotrucksimula
Jan 6, 201613 min read
5 ways to play Jeopardy
It’s the beginning of the year and with a few review classes on the horizon, I have been thinking about review activities. This is why I...
admeurotrucksimula
Dec 30, 20155 min read
2015 in review and 2016 in view
Happy New Year! This year has flown by and it doesn’t seem that long ago that I was reflecting on 2014. Tekhnologic had only been around...
admeurotrucksimula
Dec 29, 20153 min read
2016 Calendar – Design your own class calendar!
Hasn’t the year flown by? 2016 is just around the corner, so I am thinking about my class calendars for next year. I teach a few...
admeurotrucksimula
Dec 13, 20155 min read
Clues & Snowflakes
Over the last few weeks I have written some Christmas themed posts, so this week I am introducing a winter themed activity. Contents...
admeurotrucksimula
Dec 6, 20156 min read
Christmas Stocking Fillers: A low-prep Christmas activity
Christmas Stocking Fillers is a low-prep Christmas themed activity that encourages students to describe their likes, dislikes, wants,...
admeurotrucksimula
Nov 30, 20153 min read
The Christmas Quiz
Last December, in the week before Christmas, I created the Christmas Quiz and it was quite a popular template. So, I thought I would...
admeurotrucksimula
Nov 23, 20153 min read
Countdown to Christmas!
Can you believe it’s nearly December? Around this time last year I wrote about making your own class advent calendar, so I thought maybe...
admeurotrucksimula
Nov 15, 20156 min read
Word Bank 2.1 – Vocabulary Lists in Excel
Last year, I wrote a post about using Excel to keep a word bank. It was one of the most popular posts of 2014 and the template was...
admeurotrucksimula
Nov 8, 20155 min read
Decision Brackets: Giving reasons for your choices
Decision Brackets1 is an activity inspired from the world of sports and works like a decision tree but in reverse. It is intended to...
admeurotrucksimula
Nov 1, 20156 min read
Three Circles: A ‘getting to know you’ activity
Recently, Sandy Millin wrote a post about an activity called Hobby Circles. I really liked the idea of the activity, so I tried it out in...
admeurotrucksimula
Oct 25, 20155 min read
Video Diagrams – Part 2: Five activities to get students moving
Back in May I wrote a post called ‘Video Diagrams – Help your students visualize your instructions.’ Since then, I have been using these...
admeurotrucksimula
Oct 11, 20153 min read
Trick or Treat? Part Two: The Board Game Version
Last week I introduced a game for Halloween called Trick or Treat. It was a PowerPoint game where students need both luck and knowledge...
admeurotrucksimula
Oct 4, 20155 min read
Trick or Treat? – The Game
“Trick or Treat?” That’s the question of the month. The question asked in anticipation as people dress up as vampires, witches, goblins...
admeurotrucksimula
Sep 20, 20154 min read
Make your own quiz Part 2: Adding a Score Board
Next week, it will be one year since tekhnologic began. Back in September 2014, one of my first posts was about using PowerPoint to make...
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