FLING THE TEACHER

WHAT Creates multiple choice quizzes with a minimum of 15

? questions. One wrong answer means the student has
to start again meaning that it is useful for learning
information. Hints are available to students (ask the
expert, take away 2 wrong answers, see votes as to
which might be the correct answer.)

WHER The ‘Fling the Teacher’ generator can be downloaded onto your computer
E? for free from http://www.contentgenerator.net/forum/index.php?
autocom=downloads&showfile=29.
It creates local html and swf files on your computer.

HOW?
Click on the (create a new game)
icon. You will then see a form where
you can enter the questions and
answers. Click the red arrow to
move on to the next question.
Save the questions as a text file on

your computer using . When you

have entered 15 questions the

icon will become active.

Review the set-up and then press . Your game will be created.

WHY? The game motivates students to repeat the questions until they get all the
answers right. This is the only way that they can see the teacher being
flung. This makes it a good tool for learning discrete pieces of information,
or where repeated attempts would benefit the students. It could be used
to:
• answer multiple choice grammar questions (e.g. accuracy exam
practice).
• activate background knowledge (e.g. the Internationalization of
Food) and follow up with questions about which information was the
most interesting / surprising.
• learn / review information (e.g. nations and nationalities, past simple
forms of verbs, gerunds/infinitives, or vocabulary meanings).
HALF A MIN
WHAT Creates a terminology quiz of at least two questions. It
? presents students with jumbled words and also has an
option to include an accompanying definition. The
students have to work out what each word is before the
time runs out. The terms are presented in a random
order each time the game is played.

WHE The ‘Half a Min’ generator can be downloaded onto your computer for free
RE? from http://www.contentgenerator.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=452.
It creates local html and swf files on your computer.

HOW?
Click on the (create a new game) icon.
You will then see a form where you can
enter the questions and answers. Click the
red arrow to move on to the next
question.
Save the questions as a text file on your
computer using . When you have

entered 3 questions the icon will

become active. Press this so that you can review the set-up and then press
‘generate quiz’. Your game will be created.

WHY? Students have to unjumble the letters making it a good game for focusing
on spelling. The optional definition setting can be used to give the meaning
or an example sentence. The time limit makes the game more fun and
challenging.
• learn / review information (e.g. past simple forms of verbs, or
vocabulary meanings).
JEOPARDY LABS
WHAT Creates a jeopardy game which can be
? played by 1 – 10 teams. The game will
present questions which can be answered
orally. Then the answer can be checked
and points assigned before continuing to
the next questions.

WHE The ‘Jeopardy Labs’ game is free. You create the game online and are
RE? given two unique urls, one to access the game and the other to make
further edits. The editing facility is password protected so only you can
make changes. You can find ‘Jeopardy Labs’ at http://jeopardylabs.com.

HOW? Click on ‘start building’ on the home page.

Enter a password and click ‘start building’.
Enter a title for the quiz. Then enter five
different categories across the top of the
columns. Click on the boxes in the grid
and create your questions.
Be careful creating questions because,
when you are playing the game, the
“Answer” will be presented and the
students have to supply the “Question”.
So, you need to write the question in the
“Answer” box and the answer in the “Question” box. Hit ‘save’ when
you’ve finished creating each question.
Click ‘save’ on the main grid to save your game and create the unique urls
for your game. You can always go back and edit your game (providing
you’ve remembered the password.)

WHY? The students accrue points by answering questions correctly. This makes it
an ideal game for reviewing information they should have learned. It can
be used to:
• review information (e.g. passive voice with the following categories –
present simple passive, past simple passive, active or passive in the
present simple, active or passive in the simple past, active or
 passive in present simple or simple past).

KUBBU
WHAT On Kubbu you can create games and quizzes, make
? them available to students or groups and then view
and analyze their results. The free version is limited
to 30 students and 15 activities at a time. Students’
results are stored for 30 days. There are even some
activities which have already been created and
shared by other teachers.

WHE You can register for Kubbu at http://www.kubbu.com. After you sign up, you
RE? can create activities which can be accessed from the website or printed
out.

HOW? Once you have registered Kubbu, you will have access to great tutorials
that will guide you through every stage of the process. These are available
from the “help” tab.
WHY? Activities can be created which students can access online. The advantage
of this site is that it allows you to track students’ results. It is useful for
teaching and reviewing information. This makes it especially useful for
grammar and vocabulary exercises.

Composer allows you to add text, sound and pictures. This is still useful for
grammar and vocabulary exercises, but also allows more skills-based
exercises to be prepared.

MATCH UP
WHAT Creates a matching quiz with up to six items. There is the
? option to include a time limit .

WHE The ‘Match Up’ generator can be downloaded onto your computer for free
RE? from http://www.contentgenerator.net/forum/index.php?
autocom=downloads&showfile=20.
It creates local html and swf files on your computer.
HOW?
Click on the (create a new game) icon.
You will then see a form where you can
enter the items to be matched. You don’t
need to mix the order, the program will do
that for you.
Save the questions as a text file on your
computer using . You can then press the

icon to enter quiz set-up. Then press

‘generate quiz’ and your game will be created.

WHY? This is suitable for any matching activity although it is limited to only six
items. It would be useful for:
• matching words with definitions.
• matching sentence halves.

MULTI-CHOICE
WHAT This program can be used to create three different
? multiple-choice quizzes:
• The Big Quiz - designed for interactive whiteboard
/ projector use
• Quiz + Text - a mini quiz together with a
customisable rich-text area - meaning you can provide users with a
reading text or even a mini-webquest
 • Mini-quiz - a mini-quiz that can be added to an existing page or used
as part of a larger development. Ideal as a quick quiz to engage
users.

WHE The ‘Multi-choice’ generator can be downloaded onto your computer for
RE? free from http://www.contentgenerator.net/forum/index.php?
autocom=downloads&showfile=16 despite the warning that the file is
broken.
It creates local html and swf files on your computer.

HOW?
Click on the (create a new game) icon. You will
then see three options to choose the type of quiz
you want to create. If you choose ‘Quiz + Text’ you
will have the opportunity to enter and edit a text of
your choice. After you press ‘continue’, you will
create the multiple choice questions. You must enter
at least one incorrect answer, with a maximum of
three incorrect answers.
Save the questions as a text file on your computer

using . You can then press the icon to enter

quiz set-up. There is an option to set a time-limit for
students to answer each question. Then press
‘generate quiz’ and your game will be created.

WHY? This is suitable for any multiple choice activity, with or without an
accompanying text. It would be useful for:
• reading texts.
• questions about a model essay/paragraph.
• vocabulary questions.
• grammar questions.

TEACHER INVADERS
WHAT Creates quizzes with a minimum of 3 questions where
? students have to select letters to type in the answer.
Students shoot the invading teachers and avoid being
shot in a typical arcade game format. They have to
answer questions at regular intervals and can only
continue shooting the teacher invaders if they answer
 these correctly.

WHE The ‘Teacher Invaders’ generator can be downloaded onto your computer
RE? for free from http://www.contentgenerator.net/forum/index.php?
autocom=downloads&showfile=27.
It creates local html and swf files on your computer.

HOW?
Click on the (create a new game)
icon. You will then see a form where
you can enter the questions and
answers. Click the red arrow to
move on to the next question.
Save the questions as a text file on

your computer using . When you

have entered 3 questions the icon

will become active.

Review the set-up and then press . Your game will be created.

WHY? Students have to write the answer making it a good game for focusing on
spelling words accurately. The students can only shoot the invading
teachers if they answer questions correctly. This makes it a good tool for
learning discrete pieces of information, or where repeated attempts would
benefit the students. It could be used to:
• learn / review information (e.g. past simple forms of verbs, or
vocabulary meanings).
WORDSMYTH NOW
WIDGET
WHAT This widget can be added to the favorite/bookmark
? toolbar of your browser so that you always have a
dictionary to hand. It can be used with many browsers,
such as Firefox and Chrome but does not function as
well with Internet Explorer.

WHER The Wordsmyth Now widget can be found at http://new.wordsmyth.net.

E?

HOW? Choose your desired

dictionary level (beginners,
children or advanced) and
drag or add the Wordsmyth
NOW link to your Bookmarks
bar. If you cannot see the
bookmarks toolbar, you may
need to enable it. It can
usually be found under the
‘view’ menu of your browser.
For Internet Explorer, you
should right-click on the link
and save it to your ‘favorites’.
A message box will appear,
warning you that you are
adding a link that ‘may not be
safe’. This is a generic
warning, and you can safely
add the link to your ‘links’ folder. If you cannot see your links toolbar on
your browser window, you can select it in the toolbars menu, found under
‘view’. Once complete, use your mouse to select any word on any web
page, and then click the ‘Wordsmyth Now’ button on your toolbar. If you
have not selected a word, clicking the link will launch Wordsmyth and will
let you enter any word you with for quick look up.

WHY? Students will have quick access to a good English-English dictionary

whenever they are on line.
WORDSMYTH
WORKSHEETS
WHAT Not a game and not really online. These
? worksheets are super-easy to prepare as they
use definitions and example sentences from the
Wordsmyth dictionary. All you need to do is enter the words, maximum of
15 words per worksheet. If a word has multiple meanings, you can choose
which meaning you want. You can even edit the dictionary definitions. The
worksheets are stored on the Wordsmyth server so they are easy to share.
There are two types of worksheet that you can prepare:
• ‘Matching Quiz Builder’ – for matching words with definitions.
• ‘Fill-in Maker’ – for matching words to blanks in example sentences.

WHER You can find the Wordsmyth Worksheets at http://new.wordsmyth.net.

E?

HOW? Matching Quiz Builder and Fill-in Quiz

Maker:
Select the type of worksheet from the tabs
at the top.
Choose the dictionary level: advanced,
children’s or beginner’s. Type the words for
your quiz in the box, separating them with
a space. Give the quiz a title and click on
‘next’.
Choose the meanings you wish to use for
the quiz and click ‘customize’ if you want to
change or annotate any of the definitions
or example sentences.
Click ‘next’ and your quiz is ready.
Click ‘randomize’ at the bottom of the page
to randomize the order of the questions
and then ‘print’ to print out the worksheet.
WHY? It’s a really quick and easy way to produce vocabulary worksheets.

XTRANORMAL
WHAT Create monologues and dialogues online
? in a range of different scenes and using
different ‘actors’. You can control what
the characters say, some of their
movements and expressions, and even
the camera angles as you create
‘movies’.
The characters read out what you type
and there are a variety of voices to
choose from. The only problem is that, as
with all programs that read out what you type, the speech sounds a bit
stilted.

WHER You can create your movies at http://www.xtranormal.com/. You need to

E? create an account first. The completed movie is published online and a
unique url will be created which you can share with your students or which
they can share with you.

HOW? Choose a showpak and decide if you

want to create a movie with one or two
actors.
Each showpak contains several
different locations and actors. You can
select these at the bottom of the page.
Write the script that you want the
actor(s) to say. Drag action icons into
the script. These will allow you to direct
the action.
Click action to preview your work. You will be able to keep editing after
this. When you are happy with your movie, click ‘it’s a wrap’. A higher
quality version of your movie will then be created and you will have a
 unique url to share the movie with others. Even at this stage, if you’re not
happy, you can still go back and edit the movie.

WHY? The voices do not sound natural and this limits possible uses. However, you
could use this to:
• practice listening to numbers, spelling of words, etc.
• have students prepare and film dialogues to practice a particular
language point, or to create an IELTS interview with their possible
answers to set questions.
• have students write a paragraph on a topic and then create a movie
for it
• do a dictogloss/grammar dictation. Students listen to a movie three
times and note down as much as they can, focusing on content
words. Then they recreate the text using http://primarypad.com (or
in the future possibly using google wave, as they have purchased
the original etherpad.com.)
• use the option of having actors look at the camera or away from the
camera to talk about the importance of eye contact during a
presentation