How to teacher 101

Hello there! This is our last week of school and I wanted to reflect on this terms Educational Technologies class. First of all, I want to thank my lecturer for all her efforts and her wisdom. I learned so many things about teaching and using technology for pedagogy. If I were to create a KWL chart (😊), I would say I knew nothing, basically. There were a few things I was curious about, like how to blog, how to create word clouds, how to edit a video... I learned all of the above and many more; I learned many pedagogical websites that me and my students will use for sure, I learned how I can contribute to my student's digital life, as well as their physical life, I learned how my work at school shouldn't have to be limited to school grounds, I learned how to be a different teacher… I think the most important part of this lesson was how our teacher guided us through the process, as a 21st century teacher, instead of giving us the concrete information. We learned wha...

Hello there! This week, my goal was to create a magazine cover. Even though it took a while to make it, I had fun creating it. My first goal was to choose my topic. I decided on traveling because it is a topic where I can find many resources. Later, I picked some "articles" that will be on my cover and some photos that I can use. After that, I looked for a website that would help me create a cover. I picked venngage because it gives you templates to work on but the whole thing is limited to your creativity. The last step was me being creative :). I will share my cover down below and I hope you'll like it.  

Hello there! This week our task was to explore web 2.0 tools and pick 3 of them to create an infographic. I knew a part of them but I learned so many more. We learned about Padlet in class,for example, but I learned about vialogues and lessonwriter as well. Vialogues is a tool where you can create video discussion. Lessonwriter is a tool that you can share paragraphs for reading class and the tool will generate material for you. These are not the only ones I found but they are what interested me. I will share my infographic down below and I hope you'll like it.

Digital Storytelling! Hello there! This week we attempted digital storytelling! What is digital storytelling you might ask, it is a short form of digital media production that allows everyday people to share aspects of their story (retrieved from wikipedia.com ). So, me and my friend Melissa decided to make a storytelling video. First step we took was to come up with a story to tell. It really pushed our imagination to it's limits. After deciding, we did some research on (spoiler alert) dinosaurs. Since Melissa came up with the idea, she wrote the script, and I planned our video. After planning, we recorded our voices and retrieved our visuals from pixton.com . At this step, I was a little confused because I needed to edit a video,which I have never done before. A few trials later, I finished the video!!  Now is the time to get your feedback. Please check our video below and tell us what you think. Adventure of the Archaeologists Written by: Melissa Kaya Animated b...

Hello there! This week, me and my friends, Tuba and Elif , created a padlet. Padlet is an online wall where you can share your own ideas and opinions. You can also use it as a group, like us. We decided that we will share our ideas about traffic, but realized we don't know much of it. So we created a Kwl chart. Kwl charts have 3 or more sections that you can customize. We used three parts, left part for what we already know, middle part for questions that we have and right side for the answers for those questions. If you wish to check it out, it's right here! Hope you'll like it.

Hello guys, The topic of today is a way of practising English collobaratively. It is called Wiki. It is a kind of different and modern technological invention. It not only helps students work together, but also it gives the students a chance to get the correct information that they need to know. Wikis could be helpful during English Language Teaching Classes. We would like to share  our classroom wiki  with you that  me and my classmate,  Melisa , made as an example. For today’s class we were supposed to review a movie. We decided to watch the movie called Limitless. It is pretty fascinating. The main character is Bradley Cooper. You can read our review here , feel free to read it! 

Hello there! I created my first podcast about changing the world and it was a little hard for me. I think it's a deep subject that requires determination at its finest but so does the world.  Personally I think I would use podcasting in my future classes to hear my students' voices who sit afar. Another way I might use it would be to make up for the absent students missed education.  Podcasting can be a great opportunity to use in classes. I think every 21st century teacher should learn about it.