Technology against all odds?

Nowadays, the use of technology and the myth of mobile phones being a threat in the classrooms  is becoming more and more debunked.
As we saw previously, we have a wide variety of options to include Technology, sometimes even in contexts in which we are lacking of Internet Connection.
On of the options is to include games. It is often said that games at the beginning and/or at the end of the lesson helps our brains to relax and change children's mood and predisposition to learn and to recycle some aspects of the language such as vocabulary. So games are, for us as teachers, a good way to revise vocabulary and have fun!
For example ''Charades''. You can download this app easily on Play Store for Android. You can the customize it by adding the specific words or phrases you are revising with your students. It's a competition game played in groups, so children and teens usually love it!

Another possibility is to use Whatsapp groups to do activities with emojis, for example, to tell a story, or play a competition game with emojis while revising the topic of feelings.

The last, but not least option is to use QR codes to do a trasure hunt, for instance. It will be explined in the next post and you'll be able to see how much we can do with technology. So next time your students want to  use their phones, take this opportunity to make it a worthwhile experience for you and for them! Take advantage of technology and don't be afraid of it!