Wordwall is a free online tool for creating learning activities.
This tool offers a wide variety of activities such as word games, quizzes, wheels, flashcards, matching activities, memory games and even a word search.
It is easy-to-use for both, educators and learners.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY:
Discussion questions
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Activate prior knowledge on the topic
Topic: Cellphones
Procedure: Within WORDWALL, the T will select the RANDOM CARDS. The T will write the following questions, one for each card.
How often do you check your phone?
How many hours a day do you spend on your phone?
What do you use your phone for?
Which apps do you use the most?
Would you like a new phone? Why?
These will lead the discussion about the topic as a warm up activity.
Wheelofnames is a virtual random wheel spinner.
This tool can be used for several classroom activities such as games, brainstorming ideas, as a random name picker, for writing tasks and more. It´s user-friendly.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY:
Let´s play bingo!
Level: Basic
Objective: Revise some lexical items
Topic: Farm animals
Procedure: The T will deliver a bingo card to each student. Also, the T will share a box full of bottle caps that sts will need to play bingo. In advanced, the T will have prepared a wheel with the names of the farm animals sts have learnt. The T will spin the wheel to pick an animal for sts to cover with a cap. The first student to cover all the animals in their card will be the winner of the bingo.
Padlet is an online noticeboard which offers cooperative creation.
It gives teachers a blank slate to customize their own platforms and add multimedia resources. Educators post the board and send the link to students to let them add their own resources or comments to the board. There are numerous layouts like wall, canvas, stream, grid, map, or timelines. The boards are completely customizable with easy features to change the fonts, backgrounds, and security settings.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY:
Writing portfolio
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Learners aving an organized porfolio
Topic: writing a portfolio
Procedure: This resource could work very well as a portfolio to keep record of sts productions. The T will create a wall where sts will paste their writing pieces as posts. The T could allow comments or even likes on their posts.
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