Once in a while I read something and I find myself thinking, ''Now, why didn't I think of that?''. Well, Richard Gresswell had such an idea. He started a blog, called it ELTBITES, and challenged us: ''Describe an activity that requires no more than the teacher, students, and possibly making use of the board, pens, and paper. Describe the activity ...

This is a good an excuse as any to listen to a good song, and, at the same time, be reminded of the suffering the great nation had to endure earlier this year. Why not use this video as a springboard for a class discussion on natural disasters, for example? You might like to read this post on activities using songs.

I've always loved this song (written by Jagger/Richards, and released on the Stones' Let It Bleed album towards the end of 1969), and, as you probably already know, I'm very fond of Playing for Change, too. They are good enough reasons for me to link it here in this blog.But how can we use it in our lessons, you might ask. Well, think about it and ...

Regular readers among you will have noticed that I use Purpose Games a lot, and, no, in case you're wondering, I don't earn anything from them. I use them because the tagging games are relatively easy to create, they're free, I haven't found any better, and they suit my purpose (no pun intended) just fine. If you're having students play the games ...

The largely unknown tiny Canarian island of El Hierro will soon become anything but that. By next year, it will become the first island in the world to obtain 100% of its energy needs from renewable energy. A combination of wind and hydroelectrical power will supply electricity to its 11,000 residents and its floating population of foreign workers ...

Here's another game on countries and nationalities. The clue gives you the nationality and you'll have to find the country on the map. You may also like these other games on countries: Countries and Nationalities Arcade Game The Best Countries Flags of the World Capitals of the World Find these Cities

This is just a quick game to help you familiarise/remember the terminology used to describe circles/circumferences.

I set this game up for it to be used to demonstrate that games such as these are useful methods for teaching something you have no idea of. In this case, it's a point-and-click game on parts of the face, and the language I have chosen is Indonesian. Try it! If you're looking for parts of the face/body in English look ...

Continuing the geometry series, here's something to test if you know, for example, the difference between a hexagon and a heptagon, or a parallelogram and a rectangle... Please do register over at Purpose Games - it costs nothing - and post a comment here so I know who to look for!