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You've got a second chance! or Should I Say SECOND LIFE

  Hi everyone! If I say that you could be whatever you want, would you believe me? Probably not. Let me explain a little bit. Last week, our instructor told us about Second Life which is a new world (or I can say life) online. In Second Life, we have a new world and a new us. We can create an avatar with the appearance we want. In short, we can be whomever we want to be and do whatever we want to do. This app also used as an educational tool. One example of it is my instructor Tuncer Can's project which brought about a lot of attention. If you want to learn more about his work, you can check it online. As an example, I created myself and became a vampire. Here is my selfie as a vampire in SecondLife. I think you should try it, too. If you want to, you can click here in order to reach SecondLife.

How to request? Powtoon Supported Content

  Hi everyone! It's time to have fun. By fun, I mean fun while teaching. Teaching could be a lot boring sometimes, especially if you use old traditions. Today, it is time to be creative and make teaching fun for yourself and also for your students. With the help of a super useful website called Powtoon, you can create different animations and be creative as much as you want. Powtoon presents you with two options which are free membership or pro membership. Even if, with its free membership you can create many different presentations. Words can be boring sometimes, so I want you to see what I have done on Powtoon. In order to teach the form of "word like to" I created a short video. You can click the play button and enjoy yourselves.

A Little Help of Augmented Reality

  Hi everyone! Have you ever heard about a thing called Augmented Reality (AR)? It's kind of a technology that builds a bridge between your world and a digital world. There are many spaces where augmented reality is used; however, I'm gonna talk about AR in teaching. Last week, we learned about an app called HP Reveal. This app helps you to add some 3D graphics in the real world by means of your smartphone's camera. I think it can be very useful in teaching, so there is an example of mine. Enjoy...

Duolingo & Memrise | Have Fun!

Hi everyone! I know that vocabulary learning is a big thing most of the people because with traditional techniques it’s so boring. However, technology brings its benefits with itself and gives us different opportunities to learn languages. Today, want to talk about two different application I found very useful. Firstly, I’m gonna talk about Duolingo. It’s an application within which you can find different languages to learn. If you ask why Duolingo, I would say that it’s not boring and old school. Today, we don’t like anything that brings the need of vomiting, also anything that is boring won’t help you to learn something because your motivation will be much lower each day. In a nutshell, please try it and inform me on your thoughts. Click Here to reach Duolingo. Secondly, Memrise would be a good choice to work on. Memrise simply the same thing with Duolingo but there is one thing that made my mind blown. That thing is the camera detection system of Memrise. You can hold your p

Let’s Learn About English Authors

  Hi everyone! Together, let’s learn about English authors who have been very influential to English Literature. While working on English Literature I preferred to use Quizlet because it is a very useful application that allows you to prepare flash cards and turn them into quizzes. I know that preparing flash cards is a hard thing to do with paper and scissors but with the help of Quizlet everything is much easier. As you can see in the screenshot on the left, there are different options as flash cards, learning section and test. I have prepared an example for you to understand much better. You click here to see my Quizlet.

Secrets of a Paragraph - Padlet Supported Content

  Hi friends! Today, I was going to talk about paragraph writing and it's secrets; however, I decided to show you a website and explain paragraph writing on the website. It's called Padlet . Padlet is a website that helps you to create different kinds of boards. As teachers or students, you can add things to those boards, and explain your point in whatever topic you're talking about. I have created a Padlet for you to understand paragraph writing and be confident with your paragraphs. I hope it helps you. See you. Click Here to See My Padlet 

A Better and More Modern Way of Homework

Hi everyone! It's been a week since I uploaded my last post. I hope you're doing well. Today, I'm going to talk about a much modern and better way of giving homework. You may have heard about  Seesaw  before. It is a website which allows you to give homework or do activities with your students easily. We can say that it is a social media for teachers and students. With Seesaw, you can easily follow your students' performance and progression. So as to give an example, I created a 2nd-grade activity. You can click here  and see what kind of an activity I have uploaded.

CREATE YOUR CANVA!

Hi everyone! Have you ever heard about Canva? It is an application that helps you with pre-made drafts of different kinds of cards. You can use these cards in order to fulfill different purposes but today I want to mention its use in education. Canva can be used in education while studying special days and holidays of a country, creating brochures, or you can give your students reading lists and they create a summary of a book by using different photos and they can present their cards in class. You can see an example of mine above. I have created a Canva in the name of a Turkish Holiday. Click Here to Go Canva!

Gamification in ELT

 Hi everyone! Today's topic is Gamification and ELT. This video includes; What is Gamification? Why do we use it in ELT? Also, an example of by mentioning a game. I hope you enjoy!

Why Student Centered Learning?

Hi everyone! In this podcast, I'm talking about Student Centered Learning and Why to apply it? After a brief explanation of it, I mention what is the benefit of Student Centered Learning. If you want to know more about it, you can click the link down below. Why Student Centered Learning? Click Here!