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Author Archives: grahamstanley

Pixels – warmer for classroom discussion of videogames

Here’s a great warmer to help start off any classroom discussion of videogames

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Guest Post #1 : Video Games and Wikis

It is my great pleasure to introduce our first special guest on Digital Play – Shelly Terrell is an English teacher, educator, blogger and all-round inspiration when it comes to educational technology.  In this post, she puts the case for using a wiki to support digital play with learners.

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Scooby Doo and the Temple of Lost Souls

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An engaging game with English audio introduction, middle section and ending. The game is challenging enough for the students to want help (in English) to finish it, therefore lending itself to be used as a listening activity during gameplay.
Alternatively, you could do something with the walkthrough to turn it into a reading. How [...]

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

http://www.arcademaniacs.com/swf/whowantstobeamillionaire2.swf
This is just a quick one – good for a filler or for telling students to do on their own at home.
It’s an entertaining version of the popular TV show – the questions are, on the whole, relevant to English teaching, although some are US-culture specific

Play Win A Million at Online Games HQ
Or download a [...]

Room Fake

Room Fake is another ‘Escape from the Room’ puzzle game that is almost impossible to do without the walkthrough, which I have added below.
This works well as a live listening activity, but I recommend playing it first as a race to see who finishes first in the computer room. With the students in pairs, give [...]

QR Code Gaming

Can you read the  square barcode above? Chances are you can if you have a phone with a camera and a barcode reader. If not, then it’s unlikely unless you take your laptop or a hard copy down to the local supermarket and persuade the person sitting at the checkout to scan it for you. [...]

Top Ten interesting ipod/iphone apps for English language learning

The idea of mobile learning (or M-Learning) is starting to become more and more popular as more people get access to smart phones and other devices that allow them to learn wherever they are.
Although only a small part of m-learning, the apps available for the iphone/ipod touch show what some people are using at the [...]

English Attack – a new fun way of learning English

English Attack is a new way of learning English through videos, games and other online entertainment platforms. Aimed at the 15-35 year-olds and claimed by the founders to be “the world’s first 100% entertainment-focused online resource for improving English language skills”, it is now open for beta testing (you can request an account here) and [...]

Problem solving game to generate conversation

Here’s a problem solving game that is best played in a connected classroom (i.e. a classroom with a PC/data projector) – it’s even better if you have an interactive whiteboard (iwb)

The game is called Crayon Physics Deluxe and a free demo can be downloaded from here: http://www.crayonphysics.com/
You will need to install the game (you cannot [...]

The Uncanny Valley

An interesting video to use with Advanced class interested in video games

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