I wanted to share a tool I built for my classes. I love playing Charades/Heads Up to practice vocabulary, but I wanted to be able to use my own sets of vocabulary for review.
I built a web-based version that runs right in the browser.
Features I added specifically for teachers:
- Motion Control: Uses the phone's accelerometer (tilt down for correct, up for pass).
- Custom Lists: You can use your own saved lists and pull them up quickly to show in the game.
- Review Mode: At the end of the game, there is a screen that shows all of the words that were shown. You can tap any word to enlarge it for review.
- Combo Hot Streak: If the player guesses three words in under ten seconds, you get a bonus of 5 points.
- Sounds: The game plays some fun voices for correct/pass that my students find quite amusing.
It’s completely free to use. I’d love to hear if this is useful for your classrooms or if you have any feature requests!
P.S. – This tool is part of a bigger site I'm working on (ESL Tools) with some other useful tools and lots of other cool stuff!
by Hot_Orchid_9151