DimmiDeck product updates and competitions
We did it guys! We reached our funding on Kickstarter and even surpassed it a little bit!
Thank you so much to all our backers – DimmiDeck is now live and kicking and we can’t wait to send out our decks to our backers.
If you missed out, don’t worry! You can pre-order your DimmiDeck using the link below and not pay anything until the product is ready to ship.
Thanks again to everyone so far, we’ll be in touch in a couple of days with more news.
Anthony and Alessandra
And we couldn’t be happier. TEFLGamer.com has given a positive first review to DimmiDeck just two days before the Kickstarter campaign finishes.
“When I first saw DimmiDeck, I thought it must have been the work of one of the big publishers, because it looked so polished and ambitious. It’s actually the work of a particularly ingenious couple and it deserves a very serious look.”
You can read the rest of the review here. Also, if you use games as a resource in your language lessons frequently, why not follow the TEFLGamer blog?
We are now live on Kickstarter!
‘Early Birds’ get a 15% discount on the DimmiDeck – limited to the first 150 backers! We are also offering discounts on double decks, limited edition ‘large’ decks and bulk orders as well as Kickstarter Exclusive Cards (scroll down to see!)
For the past year we have been testing, tweaking and improving the DimmiDeck to reduce preparation time and make our language lessons more engaging and more fun.
We’re so happy with the 50 characters that made it into the final deck. 100s of activities, dozens of games and tonnes of vocabulary. Total engagement with minimal preparation. If you’re a language teacher, you’re going to love this deck of cards!
Each of the 50 DimmiDeck characters has 9 different vocabulary sets (plus some surprises…) built into each card. The same card can be used for teaching a dozen different words.
Don’t have any time to prepare? No problem, any card you choose will show one of the desired vocab topics. Got a little more time? Check out our ‘quick reference’ guide to varied vocabulary sets (plus a sneak peak at all the cards!)
Kickstarter is ‘all or nothing’. We either reach our goal and print a large run of DimmiDecks for language teachers all over the world, or we don’t.
Support us today and as well as being the first to get your DimmiDeck, you can look forward to free activities and lesson plans, future products that expand on new ideas and vocabulary topics, a community of language teachers sharing activities and advice for free and support from us here at DimmiDeck.
What are you waiting for? Check out our Kickstarter campaign, watch our video, try our free activity ideas, see our productions stills and, most importantly, order your DimmiDeck before the discount expires!
Thank you for your support!
Anthony and Alessandra
We officially launch the DimmiDeck on Kickstarter on Monday 23rd of January! We can’t wait to show you through the cards, explain how they work and offer them to you for preorder. If you haven’t yet checked out our DimmiDeck Infographic then what are you waiting for? DimmiDeck is the the ultimate flexible resource for teaching second languages!
We can’t tell you much now, only that you should check our website, Facebook, Twitter and newsletter for how you can get your hands on a copy. Here’s a tip – the early bird gets the worm, as they say, and the earliest birds will be those on our mailing list.
Also, keep your eyes open for some new content in the coming days.
We can’t wait!
Anthony and Alessandra
Patrice Palmer!
Thanks to the hundreds of you that entered the giveaway.
“Patrice Palmer, M.Ed., M.A., TESL has 20 years’ experience as an ESL Teacher, TESL Trainer, and Curriculum Writer in Canada including 7 years in Hong Kong. Patrice has taught students from 8 to 80 years in a variety of programs such as ESP, EAP, Business English, and language programs for new immigrants in Canada. Patrice now works as a teacherpreneur (www.teacherpreneur.ca) doing the things that she loves such as writing courses, sharing teaching materials, instructional coaching and travelling at any time of the year to conduct short-term training around the world. Please visit (www.patricepalmer.ca) for free ESL teaching resources.”
Congratulations Patrice! We hope you enjoy the subscription.
Everyone else, stay tuned for future competitions and teaching-related giveaways!
Have a great week!
Anthony
We are currently taking a few days off while we prepare to return to Italy after the Christmas break, so there’ll be a smaller blog update this week. Christmas may be over for us in the UK, but in Italy there’s still one big event left to finish off the Christmas period – Epiphany.
We’re thrilled to announce the winner of our first giveaway – Lilit Bekaryan! Lilit now joins thousands of enthusiastic, creative teachers who use www.onestopenglish.com every day.
Lilit is a PhD, DELTA and CELTA qualified teacher who teachers at university level in Armenia.
We received entries from all types of English teachers all over the world so thank you for entering! Keep your eyes open for our next giveaway in January!
Free One Stop English subscription for one DimmiDeck subscriber!
It’s Christmas! And to get you in the spirit of giving, DimmiDeck are giving away a 1 year subscription to the internets largest and most popular database of teaching materials. You’ll need to move fast though, the competition runs only until Friday 23rd December 2016.
Hi guys! I’m Anthony, an English teacher and co-creator of DimmiDeck.
The DimmiDeck is all about communicative language teaching and creating games and activities with your students that focus on talking and using their second language. However the communicative approach is more than just adding a few new activities to your lessons, it requires a conscious change in various aspects of your teaching style and creating a new culture of chatting, sharing and positivity inside your classroom.