I came across Decide Now by accident last week and immediately thought it might be a handy little app for the classroom. Basically the app is a ‘fun’ app to help you make a choice. For example if you are at a loss for what to do in an evening you spin the wheel and it will make a choice for you. What is of more use for the ELT classroom is in the paid version (69p) you can create your own ‘wheels’.
Herein lies its use in the classroom. There are numerous possibilities it can be put to. Get the students to put in infinitives of irregular verbs and you have an instant revision game – spin the wheel and give a point to person who can name the past form etc. Alternatively add words from a previous lesson and use it for revision or add topics that you want students to talk about, spin and then talk. Learners can even make their own wheels on a topic oftheir choice.
Ok it is not earth shattering but it adds another way of doing something and therefore another way to engage the class.