Is This a Goodbye, (Again)?

 Hello my future colleagues, this term has been a fulfilling exploration of current issues in ELT. I’ve grown as both a learner and future teacher.

The course had both negative and positive sides for me. It was fun mixing English Language teaching with technology together, but it was challenging sometimes because I had to use new tools that I haven’t used before. Once I managed to use them successfully, there wasn’t a problem for me anymore. Using technology in the course this much has motivated me to participate and do the assignments, for sure. It was easy and a plus for me to work with pairs, but as I said, it was sometimes difficult due to my lack of technology knowledge. 

My least ideal task was creating a corpus based material. Corpus based materials were just too complex for me. My most ideal one was definitely flipped classroom task. We had so much fun with my pair while both preparing the video and the worksheet.

My suggestion would be, maybe if we had practice in class, we might have had less difficulties while preparing the assignments. We learned how to use the website in the lesson, but sometimes we couldn’t practice using all of them during the lesson. 

My future colleagues who are going to take this course, I have something to say, just do not be scared! I know that new experiences may be scary sometimes, especially if you are a person who is as far as from the technology as me, but it is going to be so much fun! Just do your best, and let yourself in to the technology word. After all, we are the children of the technology. :)

This course definitely boosted both my teaching and tech skills, a powerful combo for future classrooms, and future teacher me.

Thanks for witnessing my experiences. Goodbye, or see you soon, who knows?

Let’s Have a Party: Creating an AI-Integrated Teaching Material

 Hello my future colleagues, today I am going to tell you about my Canva experience while creating an AI Integrated Teaching Material.

Me and my friend Ayşe Rümeysa Şahin prefered using Canva for this assignment. It definitely added a creat touch to our worksheet. We both already knew how to use Canva, so we didn’t have any difficulties.

Our target audience was 5th grade learners and we chose the topic Party Time from the MEB course book. Our focus was mainly on vocabulary. First, we prepared multiple choiced questions for our students, then we asked them to describe their ideal party with writing a paragraph. Then we asked to use QuillBot and look at alternative word suggestions and synonyms in their paragraphs. Lastly, the students should discuss how varying word choices can impact the overall tone and richness of their writing.

We had fun while preparing this assignment. Here is our material, and here is my pair Ayşe’s blog if you want to have a look.

Take care. See you soon!

Creating an AR/VR Integrated Teaching Material: Using Canva! Again?..

Hello my future colleagues, today I am going to tell you about my Canva experience while creating an AR/VR Integrated Teaching Material.

Me and my friend Ayşe Rümeysa Şahin used Canva for this task. Using Canva for ourAR/VR teaching material was exciting. Canva's easy design tools helped us mix 3D models and videos seamlessly. It was like painting with digital tools. Collaborating with others was simple, making the whole process enjoyable.

In language teaching, AR/VR tech is like a magic trick. AR adds cool stuff to regular lessons, making them more fun. VR takes students to new places for language practice. Imagine learning English by exploring a virtual city! Mixing Canva and AR/VR brings fun and learning together.

This combo makes teaching more interesting and helps students understand better. It's like adding colors and pictures to a book, but in a digital way. It's a new way of teaching that makes learning a language an adventure. With Canva and AR/VR, education becomes a cool mix of creativity and technology.

Here is our material, and my friend's blog, if you want to have a look.

See you soon, take care!