Closing The Term!

 

Hello my future colleagues, we are at the end of the term and today’s post is going to be about my experiences briefly, and my thoughts and learning process about technology & language integration as we are mainly focusing on that while taking the Educational Technologies course.

I would not say that technology was one of the most important features while learning a new language, but my thoughts have changed positively after taking this course. Of course I was saying that technology can be useful for language learners because of the technological sources, but I wouldn’t say more. As I am going to be a teacher and planning on working with children and teenagers, briefly 21^st century learners, they are too integrated with technology and using technological methods while teaching them a new language will draw their attention to the lesson for sure. Besides using the technological sources, we can not see technology as a distant part of anything else as everything is integrated with technology, it is a huge part of our lives and it is everywhere, especially for the 21^st century learners.

We have learned so many things and have done many tasks while taking this course. I think my favorite ones were creating a podcast and digital storytelling. I had so much fun doing them together with my friends, and I enjoyed talking with other people and hearing their answers while creating a podcast.

I would definitely say that this course was very useful for me, I learned using many digital programs that I have never used before and I think I will use them more effectively when I become a teacher in the future. It was so useful for us that our teacher provided us with many examples while giving the tasks. My advice for the course would having more tasks that require communication with other people such as podcasting, because that one was my favorite.

Sharing my experiences with you all was so much fun, take care and see you soon! 😊

Gen Z - 21st Century Learners & Technology

Hello my future colleagues, today we will be discussing about 21st century learning & technology. 

Think about your parents. Although you have a lot in common, you also have many differences with them, and by generalizing, I can say that most of these differences are due to generational differences. Each generation's people have different features and skills, so their learning methods are different from each other. Us future teachers have to keep up with recent methods and techniques while studying with our students and while doing this, technology will be our biggest helper and support.

pic from: https://elearningindustry.com/technology-benefits-learning

So what is 21st century learning? We can briefly say that it is a learning model which is student-centered. Learners play the bigger role in the 21st century learning. There are some skills that a 21st century learner must have. Some of these skills are critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, digital literacy, creativity and having a great communication with others. Besides the learner, the teacher must have some features too. 21^st century learning features are also important for language teaching since language learning also requires communication skills. Technology is greatly integrated in education in 21^st century. Both teacher and students must use technology well. It is also important to use technology in classroom to draw students’ attention and also it will be much more easier for students to understand the lesson.

You can share your ideas and we can discuss about them in the comments. See you all!