Teaching without Technology

In this activity, Todd teaches the tableaux game whereby students form human statues and have other students guess what it is that they are forming. Great for language classes.

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd teaches you how to get your students more active in class, starting with this really nice beginning warm-up activity that will get your students up out of their seats and at the board. This is great for language classes but can also be used by some really thrifty non-language teachers as well (think scientific processes!).

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!

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN In this video, Todd teaches you how to get language students to explore the syntax and semantics of sentences. Helps to reinforce good grammar and spelling in your classes. Great for smaller classes!

In this activity, Todd teaches you how to use Tic Tac Toe to help students review material that they will be responsible for. This is a short clip, but guaranteed to get you thinking about different creative ways to engage students with this very simple game.

One version of the Hot Seat game is the "Cuckoo game," whereby students try to get one student to say a word by providing clues. Great for EFL and ESL classes, but also good for reviewing any sort of material that the teacher expects students to know.

In this video, Todd discussions an activity that you can do with postcards to review material. This activity is particularly effective for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

In this video, Todd explores the options for using Jeopardy to help your students review material. Although Todd teaches English in Korea (as of 2015), this activity will be relevant to teachers in other subjects as well!

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN This activity is very popular in EFL/ESL circles and involves students silently whispering sentences to each other to practice their learning skills. Great for a warm-up/cool-down and classes that are medium-large. This activity may also be useful only for classes of younger students since most of the older students--unless they are at lower proficiencies--tend to think this game is babyish.

WARM-UP / COOL-DOWN This activity requires students to recall words that they should have learned, on a continuum. Admittedly, this activity is language-centric although it could work for other classes as well, depending on the context. Good for a break from the curriculum. Great for EFL classes.

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 video, English teacher Todd discusses ways to use auctions to review material! Great for EFL classes, but other subjects as well!

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!