“I don’t do things because they’re cool. I do them because they’re good.”
Ola Brorson has taught English for over two decades. In 2025 he was nominated for Guldäpplet - Sweden’s most respected award for teachers who develop their teaching with digital tools. He happily tries new things - but only what actually works stays in his classroom. Escaply is one of those tools.
Ola Brorson teaches English at Mobergsskolan in Växjö. He uses digital tools to create clarity, variety and engagement - but he’s careful that the technology never becomes an end in itself. For him, it all starts with the same question:
“I don’t do things because they’re cool. I do things because they’re good. I’m always asking: what can I use this for? How can I change it to fit my classroom?”
That’s why Escaply stuck.
Ola uses Escaply in several ways: as a diagnostic before a new topic, as active learning during the lesson, and as a way to wrap up and revise. For him it isn’t about students ‘playing games’ in general. It’s about creating a situation where students need to read, think, collaborate and use the content to move forward.
“What it does is let me go so quickly from a theory part, a concept part, to making it interactive and varied. That creates motivation.”
As an English teacher, Ola sees a particular strength in how Escaply gets students reading more - without reading feeling like an isolated task. The text becomes part of the adventure. To solve the challenge, students have to understand what they read.
“Reading is so important. I try to get them to read as much as possible - so it ends up that they have to read a lot of text to get through it.”
It’s that combination Ola keeps coming back to: clear content, active learning, and a classroom where more students want to take part.
“I thought it was really good - effective and engaging. It’s easy to get started, it engages the classroom, and the learning becomes active.”
For Ola, engagement isn’t a bonus. It’s a precondition. When students lean in, discuss, try again and want to keep going, something happens in the classroom - and learning becomes visible, not just to the teacher but to the students themselves.
Escaply doesn’t replace the teacher. It gives the teacher a way to make the content more alive. And for a teacher like Ola, that’s exactly where the value is: not in the technology itself, but in what it makes possible in the classroom.
Ola Brorson
English teacher, Mobergsskolan, Växjö · Guldäpplet 2025 nominee
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