Vocabulary Voyage · Secondary
Captain Reef
A thirty-island vocabulary voyage — 900 words, spaced repetition that resurfaces what you nearly forgot, and full offline play.
30 islands
900 words
Offline PWA
Mourad Mekki · The Studio · 2026
A catalogue of teaching technology.
English teacher at Al Khazna School, Abu Dhabi — and a builder of the platforms, games, generators, and quiet utilities that run the classroom alongside the lessons.
Scan & share every tool
Every project here was made for a real classroom on a real Monday morning — not for a pitch deck, not for a stage. The work is shaped by the quiet rule that any tool worth keeping has to solve a problem a teacher actually walks into a lesson with.
Studio Principles · Al Khazna School, Abu Dhabi
Latest from the studio · July 2026
New this term.
Three new student games join the catalogue, and five tools in daily classroom use have grown — including a rename. Everything below is live now.
New releases
Early Literacy · Ages 5–8
Captain Reef Junior
The reef made safe for the youngest learners — six islands, six audio-first modes, no login, no tracking, entirely offline.
6 islands
Listen & tap
Privacy-first
Spelling Mastery · Cycle 2
Jungle Safari Spelling Quest
A board-game spelling expedition with a Leitner mastery engine underneath — 400+ graded words, boss battles, and a Teacher Studio.
400+ words
Mastery engine
Teacher Studio
Fresh updates
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Spelling Arena Rebuilt from a quick-fire round into a cinematic boss-fight arena for Grades 9–12 — gem gates, ranks and XP, and an in-app Teacher Studio, aligned to MoE Term 3.
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Grammar Academy Expanded across Cycle 2 & Cycle 3 — all grades and streams — with a teacher dashboard tracking per-student mastery.
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UAE WordCraft A new teacher annotation layer lands feedback on the draft, with redesigned certificates and a completed MoE compliance audit.
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Dictation Monster A rebuilt real-time leaderboard on Firestore with anonymous sign-in — reliable, competitive, and holding no student names.
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Certificate Studio is now OwlMark Studio The bilingual certificate studio has a new name and a rebuilt layout engine for reliable print output, with reusable saved project files.
New Flagship Addition
A complete assessment command centre.
The newest platform in the studio — built to carry an entire classroom assessment cycle, end to end.
New
Flagship Tool
Teacher Workflow System
Exam & Gradebook Studio
A privacy-conscious exam creation, student submission, retake control, anti-cheating, and gradebook system for modern classrooms.
Create exams, distribute student access, receive submissions, manage retakes, monitor integrity warnings, and view results through one connected gradebook. Students work through class and number-based access while teachers control submissions, scores, reports, and exam settings from a single dashboard.
From exam creation to classroom evidence — one connected teacher workflow.
- Exam Builder
- Student Portal
- One-Attempt Control
- Teacher-Approved Retakes
- Anti-Cheating Warnings
- Multi-Class Gradebook
- PDF Reports
- Privacy-Conscious
Companion page: Teacher Manual — the official guide to the Studio.
The flagship four.
Four long-running platforms that became daily classroom companions. Each one is a small product, not an entry in a list.
04 · Featured
Featured Collaboration · Spotlight
A proud partnership.
One project that grew out of a teacher’s brilliant idea — and became one of the studio’s most ambitious platforms. This one belongs at the front.
Reading · Built in Partnership
ReadQuest 2026
Proud to have been part of this wonderful work by Mrs Shama Gulnaz — she imagined a reading-as-quest platform for the UAE CCG; we designed and built it together. A reading adventure for Grades 5–8 across all three GLG pathways: eighteen CCG-aligned stories, XP and eight unlockable badges, a smart quiz engine (MCQ, true/false, short answer), live sync, and a teacher dashboard with class codes, PDF reports and CSV export.
Featured Collaboration
With Mrs Shama Gulnaz — Concept & Vision
Collaborative classroom work.
Pages and platforms created with colleagues — where teacher expertise, classroom needs, and design polish meet.
05 · Collaborations
Teaching, tools & tiny revolutions.
Three working principles behind every project in the catalogue — the small editorial rules that decide what gets built, and what doesn’t.
03 · Principles
Principle One
Teaching
The work begins in the classroom. Every tool here started as a Monday-morning problem before it became a project — a student stuck on essay structure, a vocabulary list that wouldn’t stick, a marking pile that grew faster than the lessons.
Where the work starts.
Principle Two
Tools
Small, well-made instruments — designed to solve one thing properly, then disappear into the lesson. No flashing dashboards, no novelty modes; just the quiet utility a teacher reaches for at 7:50 am.
What the work becomes.
Principle Three
Tiny Revolutions
The change is rarely loud. A faster feedback loop, a clearer next step, a student who finally sees the pattern — and the lesson moves forward without anyone calling it innovation.
Why the work matters.
Complete library.
Every project in the studio, organised the way the work actually breaks down.
19 projects
Filter by
The atlas, charted.
A reference map of the whole catalogue — organised the way the studio actually thinks about it. Five chapters, indexed and addressable. Jump to a chapter, or open any project directly from the table.
V · Chapters
Writing & Reading Ecosystem
Where language is made & met.
The platforms students submit to, and the comprehension engines teachers build — the tools that shape how words are written and how they are read.
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Grammar Systems
The grammar curriculum, rebuilt.
A complete grammar track — module-by-module sequencing, interactive handbook chapters, and an exam-grade mastery layer for the senior students.
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Gamified Learning
Practice, turned into sport.
Vocabulary, spelling and listening drilled inside live game loops — streaks, leaderboards, and small competitive rounds students return to without prompting.
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Assessment & Diagnostics
The data and the recovery.
Curriculum-aligned diagnostics that map where each student stands — and what to do next. Built to measure first, then intervene with purpose.
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Teacher Utilities & Companions
The quiet workshop.
Small, sharp tools that sit behind the larger platforms — generators, builders, and admin companions that quietly take work off the teacher’s desk.
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From the studio
Good edtech doesn’t shout. It shows up, does the work, and disappears into the lesson — leaving the teacher with more time, and the student with something they didn’t have an hour ago.
Mourad Mekki · Field Notes
Field Notes & Feedback
Voices from the classroom.
Field notes from the classrooms, staffrooms, and departments where these tools have quietly found a home.
06 · Voices
On Exam Revision Platforms
Thank you, Mr. Mourad. Your platforms are truly excellent and have made a meaningful difference for my students. Our most recent collaboration transforming the booklet into a fully interactive platform proved exceptionally beneficial, offering learners a clearer, more engaging, and more effective path through the material. Your work reflects a rare blend of academic precision and thoughtful design, and I am genuinely grateful to have been part of it.
On AI, Revision & Grammar Made Simple
Mr. Mourad consistently goes above and beyond to embrace the evolving role of AI in education and apply it meaningfully within the classroom. Revision lessons can often feel dry, repetitive, and overwhelming, particularly for EAL learners, yet his use of tools such as Grammar Made Simple has transformed the learning experience for students.
What stands out most is his ability to use AI not as a gimmick, but as a practical educational tool that genuinely improves engagement and understanding. The platform allows students, especially weaker learners, to work at their own pace and build confidence while assessing their understanding independently. At the same time, the activities remain closely aligned with the curriculum, ensuring that students can directly transfer the grammar skills they develop into their essay writing and wider academic work.
Mr. Mourad’s forward-thinking approach, adaptability, and commitment to improving student outcomes through innovative teaching strategies make him a highly valued teacher.
On Educational Tools & Classroom Use
I truly enjoyed exploring your educational tools and pages. They are thoughtfully designed, engaging, and genuinely helpful for both teachers and students. I especially appreciate how they simplify classroom tasks while making learning more interactive and motivating for students.
On UAE WordCraft & Writing Feedback
I found UAE WordCraft to be a very useful and engaging writing platform. The feedback feature is especially helpful, as it supports learning and helps users improve their skills in a meaningful way. It is a great initiative and a wonderful effort in creating such a valuable platform.
On Interactive Learning & Collaboration
I have accessed and used the amazing interactive work created by Mr. Mourad. The interactive approach enhances engagement and makes learning more relevant for Gen Z students. It also helps scaffold learning for weaker students and enables them to learn at their own pace.
It was a pleasure to collaborate with him on another Grade 9 website. His humility and ever-willing nature have inspired many of us to become adventurers and go beyond for our students.
On Cycle 3 Learning Hubs
Mourad Mekki’s platforms have become valuable learning hubs for Cycle 3 students, offering engaging spaces where learners can practise, revise, and prepare effectively for their exams while continuously improving their English language skills. These platforms provide an outstanding and comprehensive learning experience through interactive, gamified, and student-friendly elements that keep learners motivated, involved, and eager to improve. With well-organized content, a wide variety of activities, and thoughtful design, they serve as excellent resources for both independent learning and classroom support.
Selected comments from colleagues and collaborators who have used or reviewed Mourad Mekki’s educational platforms.
About the creator.
A short note on who built these tools, where they were built, and the four working principles that shape every project before it ships.
Portrait No. 01
A teacher who builds — turning classroom problems into small, well-made tools that quietly change how students learn.
Mourad Mekki is an English Teacher and EdTech Innovator creating interactive educational platforms, AI-assisted classroom tools, writing mastery systems, printable resources, and game-based learning experiences for teachers and students.
What began as small fixes — a quick vocabulary deck, a simpler grading sheet — has grown into a working studio of platforms used every week in real classrooms. Every project in this catalogue was made to solve a real problem someone walked into a lesson with: a student stuck on essay structure, a teacher buried in admin, a parent looking for a meaningful reading routine.
Mourad Mekki
English Teacher & EdTech Innovator
Pedagogy first
Every feature has to earn its place in a real lesson.
Teacher-built
Designed in the staffroom, tested in the classroom.
Quietly powerful
AI used where it helps; restraint where it doesn’t.
Always evolving
New tools shipped each term, refined with student feedback.