Monthly Archives: November 2011

Competition Time

Christmas is coming and we’ve got a copy of Digital Play: Computer games and language aims up for grabs.  All you have to do is find a Christmas game online and create a language learning activity around it.  Instructions need to be clear enough for a teacher to repeat it with their class, fun enough to [...]

Building a sustainable city with Enercities

Level: Intermediate+ Location: Computer room, class set of laptops (or game play for homework) Skills Focus: Reading, Speaking Game: http://www.enercities.eu Enercities is a computer simulation game which lets you build your own city. It is suitable for  intermediate and above students and worth playing for the vocabulary of cities and discussion possibilities. Topics that are relevant include: [...]

Tanooky Tracks – A Gaming Circuit

Level: Upper Intermediate Location: Computer room Skills Focus: Reading Game: Tanooky Tracks A Tanooky is a playful but mischievous spirit that likes to possess objects that most resemble its unique personality the most.  In this game you have to find and collect the objects associated with each of the 12 Tanookies in order to find them.  Why?  Because they are getting [...]

Reward or Punishment: Gamification with Class Dojo

Class Dojo (http://www.classdojo.com) is a realtime behaviour management system for teachers who have an internet-enabled computer and a projector (connected classroom)or IWB. You start by creating an account and setting up a class by typing in the names of your students. Avatars for each student are automatically generated during this process. In class, you select [...]