Word Search: It’s not a dirty word

There seems to me to be some stigma around using the humble word search in your language classes. I think it comes from the challenges and stresses facing the beginning teacher. In the quest to cut down lesson planning and preparation time and reduce their stress...

Free online spinner

A while back, I wrote about a free PowerPoint spinner template you can use in your classes. Today, I want to share with you an editable spinner that you can access online. Its uses are limited only by your imagination (for example, you could put scrambled words or...

Alphastrokes Font Review

      Today, I want to talk about a problem many teachers face, that is, having to use resources for your classes that are ‘not quite right’, and my quest for perfect fonts. In the language school that I work for, sadly, one of the primary...

250+ free fonts for teachers

Here’s a link to 250+ free (for personal or non-commercial use) fonts for teachers. In such a large collection of quality fonts, you’re sure to find something useful for your classroom or worksheet creation. BTW, I’ve recently gone font crazy, diving...

Top tip: Reverse image search

Ever wonder where that photo came from? Reverse image searching is one of those tools that has many applications, from checking to see if your Tinder date used stock photos in her profile, to digging deeper with your web research. Here’s an example of one of my...