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Hi, I’m Vik. Teacher first, tinkerer second.

I teach English, dream up little classroom tools, and build them between lessons. This is the story of how my teaching ideas became Teacher Made Apps.

Portrait of Vik

Vik

Canadian English teacher & independent software developer

Based in Indonesia · teaching online

Hello! I am Vik. By day I teach English — mostly to children, online — and in the evenings and holidays I build the classroom tools I always wished existed.

I am a Canadian native English speaker with a bachelor’s degree in teaching and TESOL certification. I began teaching in 2019 and spent around three years teaching in China. Since then I have lived in Indonesia and taught online, from complete beginners to adults.

Teaching online is what made the apps happen. A soundboard that floats over Zoom, student names with star rewards, a board game I can fill with the week’s words — each one began as a fix for something that actually happened in a lesson. If it does not help in front of real students, it does not ship.

The question I kept hearing from colleagues was simple: “can I have a copy?” That is how this site started. Publishing these tools is my way of sharing them with teachers who need the same things.

“I wanted classroom software that was simple, customizable and actually useful during real lessons, so I started building my own. These are the same tools I use in my classes.”
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How I build

A few principles behind every app

They are not complicated rules, just the things that matter when software has to work in front of thirty students.

  • Real lessons first

    Every feature exists because it solved a problem in an actual lesson. If it does not help in class, it does not ship.

  • Simple and offline

    No accounts, no signing in and no internet dependency. Classroom software should not fail because the Wi-Fi did.

  • Customisable by teachers

    Your materials, your class list and your style. The apps adapt to how you teach, not the other way around.

  • Fair and transparent

    One-time purchase, honest system requirements and free updates for the version you buy. Ask before buying and I will answer straight.

What would make your lessons easier?

Feature requests from teachers shape what gets built next. If you have an idea, or a problem classroom software should solve, I would genuinely like to hear it.

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