Digital technology has become an important part of my teaching practice, helping me transform ideas into engaging learning experiences and giving pupils opportunities to create, collaborate, communicate and express themselves in different ways.
In this Digital Toolbox, I share some of the digital tools I use in my English lessons and European projects. Each tool serves a different purpose – from creating interactive activities and digital stories to designing visual material, collaborating with others and making learning more playful.
🔍Explore the tools below and discover examples of how I use them with my pupils.
🎨 Canva
Create • Design • Present
Canva is useful for creating visually engaging presentations, posters, infographics, videos, photo collages and digital content for classroom and project activities.
Explore my Canva creations
💡 Genially
Explore • Interact • Play
Genially can turn learning content into interactive experiences. I use it for presentations, games, quizzes, escape-room activities and other engaging classroom resources.
Explore my Genially activities
🟣 Padlet
Collaborate • Share • Connect
Padlet provides a simple and creative space where pupils can share ideas, collaborate, present their work and communicate with their classmates and project partners.
Explore my Padlet creations
📚 Book Creator
Write • Create • Publish
Book Creator gives us the opportunity to become authors and create digital books combining text, images, drawings, audio and video.
Explore my Book Creator work
🌀 Prezi
Present • Connect • Inspire
Prezi is useful for creating dynamic presentations in which ideas are connected visually, helping the viewer explore information in a more engaging way.
Explore my Prezi overview of eTwinning project work
🎯 Wayground
Quiz • Practise • Learn
Wayground helps me turn revision and assessment into interactive learning experiences through quizzes, questions and game-based activities.
Explore my Wayground creations
🏆 Kahoot!
Play • Challenge • Learn
Kahoot! brings a playful element to learning. I use it for revision, vocabulary practice, checking understanding and classroom challenges.
Explore my Kahoot! quizzes
🧩 Wordwall
Play • Practise • Learn
Wordwall can create engaging interactive activities and games for vocabulary practice, revision and language learning.
Explore my Wordwall activities
🌟 Technology with a purpose
For me, digital tools are not an end in themselves. They are means of encouraging pupils to participate actively, collaborate with others, create meaningful products and take greater ownership of their learning.
Examine the tools, discover the activities and, most importantly, find ideas that you can adapt to your own classroom!