Teaching without Technology

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd teaches you how to work with sentence strips to get students to practice material that they are to be responsible for, for class. Good for classes of all subjects with a little imagination. Sizes of classes can vary for this particular activity.

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd teaches you how to initiate the messenger game. Great for a brief activity to give to students either at the beginning or end of the class. Also good for a middle-of-the-class activity to get your students to chill out for a second, although the prep time can be considerable if you have a large class. Great for language classes of all levels, although might be good for younger students since most of the older students will consider this quite babyish.

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd teaches you a very basic warm-up / cool-down activity to help exercise your students' brains! Warning: This will hurt a little bit. But hey, no pain no gain, right?

In this video, English teacher Todd discusses games that involve categorizing different words and concepts. All teachers should consider implementing these activities to some extent in their classroom, especially given the research on chunking. Please see Barbara Oakley's book, A Mind for Numbers, for more in depth research on the concept of "chunking."

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd teaches you an easy idea-generating game to get your students more active in class. Conversely, can also work to chill your students out. Good for small-medium sized classes.

WARM-UP / COOL - DOWN In this activity, Todd teaches you a quick activity to help your students memorize letters of the alphabet and reinforce and possibly other useful facts for your class. It's the equivalent of a hangman game or a Wheel of Fortune game! Great for medium-large classes. Watch and see!

In this activity, students are challenged to answer questions and travel around the classroom until they can't answer anymore questions. Once they are unable to answer any more review questions, then they are forced to sit down and the new winning student then proceeds to try to answer more questions and travel around the world.

In this episode, Todd explores the option of engaging students in improvisation-based activities that are designed to reinforce understanding of material.

In this episode of Teaching without Technology, Todd teaches you various kinds of voting activities that you can run with your classes.

In this video, Todd teaches you how to perform the Two Truths and a Lie game. Great for warmups or cool downs in any class! Highly recommended!

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd teaches you an activity to help test your students' memories. Great for medium-large classes.

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd teaches you how to conduct a very funny improvisation activity to get your students in a good mood before class begins. Great for language classes of all sizes.

In this episode, Todd teaches you a great warm-up/cool-down activity for your classes whereby students change chairs given certain similarities. Great for English classes!

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd shows you a fun memory game to be initiated at the beginning or end of the class. Perfect for language classes.