TEACHING TOOLS

Teaching Tools introduces a selection of digital tools that instructors may use to support different aspects of teaching and learning. The tools featured in this section offer practical possibilities for learner interaction and participation, formative assessment, feedback, materials development, differentiation, classroom management, and collaborative learning. Each tool is presented with a brief overview of its main purpose and a practical example of how it might be used in a language teaching context. Instructors are encouraged to explore the tools according to their own teaching objectives, learner needs, and classroom contexts, and to select technology based on its pedagogical value rather than the technology itself.

Padlet

Useful for: Brainstorming · Collaborative writing · Sharing student work · Exit tickets

Padlet provides a shared digital space where learners can contribute and organise text, images, links, audio, video, and other content. It is particularly useful when ideas or student work from the whole class need to be collected and displayed in one place.

Try it in class:
Before a speaking lesson, post a discussion question and ask each pair to contribute one idea. Learners then read another pair’s response and add a follow-up question or comment.

Official website: https://padlet.com/

Mentimeter

Useful for: Polls · Word clouds · Anonymous responses · Checking understanding

Mentimeter allows instructors to collect responses from learners and display them immediately. Anonymous participation can be particularly useful when instructors want to hear from the whole class rather than only from confident volunteers.

Try it in class:
Present a statement before a discussion. Students vote individually, discuss the issue in pairs, and vote again afterwards. Compare whether the discussion changed the class response.

Official website: https://www.mentimeter.com/?utm

Wayground

formerly Quizizz

Useful for: Formative assessment · Retrieval practice · Interactive review · Independent practice

Wayground can be used to create interactive assessments, presentations, videos, flashcards, and other learning activities. Activities can be delivered live or assigned for independent practice.

Try it in class:
Give learners five diagnostic questions before teaching a grammar point. Use their responses to identify what they already know and which areas require further attention.

Official website: https://wayground.com/?utm

Wordwall

Useful for: Vocabulary · Grammar · Categorising · Matching · Quick review

Wordwall allows instructors to create short interactive activities using formats such as matching, sorting, quizzes, flashcards, speaking cards, sentence completion, and random wheels.

Try it in class:
Create a Group Sort activity containing examples of two target language structures. Instead of simply sorting them, ask pairs to explain the rule they used to make each decision.

Official website: https://wordwall.net/?utm_

Canva

Useful for: Visual projects · Posters · Infographics · Presentations · Student-created content

Canva can be used both for preparing visual teaching materials and for learner production. Students can create posters, infographics, visual summaries, and presentations that require them to reorganise language and information for an audience.

Try it in class:
After a reading lesson, ask groups to transform the text into a one-page infographic containing five key ideas and no more than 50 words.

Official website: https://www.canva.com/tr_tr/?utm_

Google Forms

Useful for: Exit tickets · Quizzes · Self-assessment · Surveys · Collecting responses

Google Forms allows instructors to create questionnaires and quizzes using different question types. Responses can be collected in one place and reviewed individually or as a class summary.

Try it in class:
Use a three-question exit ticket: one question checking the lesson objective, one asking learners what they still find difficult, and one asking them to rate their confidence.

Official website: https://workspace.google.com/products/forms/?utm_

Twee

Useful for: ELT materials · Reading · Listening · Vocabulary · Grammar · Speaking

Twee is designed specifically for English language teachers. It provides AI-supported tools for creating texts, questions, vocabulary activities, discussion prompts, grammar practice, and activities based on audio or video.

Try it in class:
Choose a short authentic video and generate possible comprehension questions. Select and edit the questions that best match your lesson objective, then add a discussion question that moves learners beyond comprehension.

Official website: https://twee.com/?utm

Diffit

Useful for: Differentiation · Adapting texts · Scaffolding · Mixed-level classes

Diffit helps instructors adapt instructional materials for learners with different needs and levels of language support.

Try it in class:
Take one authentic article and prepare two versions with different levels of linguistic support. Both groups can then discuss the same topic, allowing differentiation without separating learners into completely different content.

Official website: https://app.diffit.me/?utm

Curipod

Useful for: Writing · Learner responses · Feedback · Revision · Participation

Curipod supports interactive lessons in which learners can respond to prompts, write, discuss, receive feedback, and revise their work.

Try it in class:
Give learners a short writing prompt. After their first response, allow them to receive feedback and revise the same response. Afterwards, ask them to identify what changed between their first and second versions.

Official website: https://curipod.com/?utm

Classroomscreen

Useful for: Timing · Grouping · Instructions · Random selection · Classroom routines

Classroomscreen brings several simple classroom-management tools together on one projected screen, including timers, randomisers, group makers, polls, QR codes, traffic lights, clocks, and work symbols.

Try it in class:
During a speaking task, display the instructions, interaction pattern, and a five-minute timer on the same screen. Learners can refer back to the task requirements without repeatedly asking the instructor.

Official website: https://classroomscreen.com/?utm

Formative

Useful for: Formative assessment · Live responses · Monitoring learning · Feedback

Formative allows instructors to see learner responses while an activity is taking place. This makes it useful for identifying patterns of understanding and misunderstanding before moving on.

Try it in class:
Give four short language questions during the lesson and monitor the responses. If many learners make the same error, pause the activity, address the issue, and give a new example to see whether understanding has changed.

Official website: https://www.formative.com/?utm

QuestionWell

Useful for: Question generation · Reading comprehension · Quiz preparation · Exit tickets

QuestionWell helps instructors generate questions and instructional materials from a topic, text, or other source material. It can provide a useful starting point when instructors need a range of possible questions to select from and adapt.

Try it in class:
Use a reading passage to generate a set of possible comprehension questions. Select only those that match your learning objective and revise the wording or distractors where necessary.

Official website: https://questionwell.org/?utm

Brisk Teaching

Useful for: Adapting materials · Creating resources · Feedback · Working with online content

Brisk Teaching works within digital environments that instructors may already be using, including online articles, Google Docs, presentations, and YouTube. It can support material creation, adaptation, and feedback without requiring instructors to move all of their content to a separate platform.

Try it in class preparation:
Open an authentic online article and use Brisk to create or adapt learning materials from it. Review the generated content, adjust the language level and questions, and retain the authentic source as the basis of the lesson.

Official website: https://www.briskteaching.com/?utm