The End

Another term is completed which means I will no longer post any more. Just like the last time, it was an amazing journey. I got to participate in so many different tasks. The most fun task was definitely augmented reality task. Milan was always my favorite city and I’ve always wanted to visit. The most challenging part of this term was definitely creating videos because it is a very tiring process. 

Group projects were a great opportunity to communicate and learn. I won’t forget this wonderful times because I have never been so active in a class and also I have never enjoyed a class this much before.

Unfortunately I can’t say “see you on the next post”

So I will just say GOODBYE ;(

A Technology-Enhanced Project

 On today's task we were asked to create a technology-enhanced project. We integrated technology into a coursebook by creating a task. We decided to give students an indtroduction vlog task so we can evaluate their level of english on four basic language skills. 

Here is the webquest;

https://www.createwebquest.com/node/61829

Also here is Kutay's blog;

https://kutays21stlanguagelearning.blogspot.com/p/back-with-second-semester.html

Augmented Reality

 Today is a very different day because for the first time I got to use augmented reality for a project. I was already familiar with augmented reality. By spawning lions or dogs into my room, I know how it works and what it does. In this project I used canva to create handouts and worksheets to guide students on how to travel Milan. I found 360 videos for some of the places and a museum tour. Google arts and culture, YouTube were my main source of tools. I found it hard to embed a QR code into a photo so I just used a small QR code image. I will also upload a video on how to use the QR code to go to the links.

Click here to see the project.

See you on the next post.

Flipped Grammar Teaching Video

 Hello everyboy, today I am back with another task. On this week's task, we were asked to create another video explaning a grammar subject. We explanied will and be going to. We used an image and then I edited words on to that image to create a classroom-like enviroment. I feel like our editing is starting to improve which is great. We used the Movavi video editor. Kutay prepared a quiz related to the grammar subject. We both narrated the video. This time we didn't put too much time on trying to find the perfect animations instead we focused on the content. I am personlly very proud of the video we created. Since I have the editing app, I do the editing but we always plan together.I really had fun making this video.

If you want to check our video, click here.

Also check out my partner Kutay's blog.

Here's the link to the image I found.

Lastly here's the quiz we preapered using quizizz.com There was also a link to the interactive quiz but it is not avaliable because it had a time limit.

Flipped Vocabulary Task

On today's task, we were asked to create a teaching video including animations for fifth grade children. I think showing videos for young learners is a great way to get children's attention and help them focus. When we made the video, we couldn't find a website to create our video so we found some animations online and tried to put them together. It was very difficult to do so because I am not good at editing but still, I tried my best. We spent a week for finding the animations that have the same style and for ten animals, it can be a tiring process. We then recorded our voices for the ten animals. We uploaded the video on the streaming platform YouTube and excluded it from the public.

If you want to check my partner Kutay's blog here’s the link:

https://kutays21stlanguagelearning.blogspot.com/p/word-cloud.html?m=1

Also click here if you wish to see the video we made.

See you on the next post!

Getting Back!

Introduction

Well as you know, last year I had a course called "Educatinal Technologies" and our instructor wanted us to create a blog and at the end of the course I said goodbye to this blog. This semester I have a new course called "Material Design" so our insturctor wanted us to cotinue the blog and post our given tasks here. I will probably post worksheets, how to create materials for your students etc.

So happy to be back again!

Language Awarness Task

The first task was to create a language awarness task using any corpus with a partner. In this task, We had to prepare a worksheet using corpus. The worksheet could be about confused grammar or vocabulary items so we chose the difference between "get" and "take". Students can easily search take and get and see the differences by looking at different examples.

If you want to check out my partner Kutay's blog click here.

Also here's the worksheet you can click on them to see them better;

     

This Is A Goodbye... (Final Post)

    Every thing has a start and an end. I started this blog on  9 November 2020 and I've had so much memories while making content for this blog. I want to talk about education and technology for the last time. Before I started this blog, I always knew that technology and education were great combination. I mean we live in 21st century and technology has affected everthing. However, what I didn't know was that education and technology is almost inseparable now. I get to learn with so many different tools that I didn't know existed. If I ever become a teacher, I will definitely use some of the tools to make my teaching better.  I now have the ability to contribute my teaching with technology thanks to this blog and this course. 

    Considering the tasks, I really enjoyed the magazine cover one because I was able to create what I had in mind and I was in control. I feel like homeworks shouldn't be just what the teacher commands instead, It should also be about getting the students attention by giving them freedom. I didn't really enjoy group projects because it was hard for me to find partners since I am a transfer student from another university so I don't know a lot of people.  Lastly I feel like since we are Elt studetns, we should know what is going on around world and keep up with the technology. That is why we are taking this course in the first place.

    Anyways, It was a really great and fun journey and I feel kinda sad to end this blog. I don't like goodbyes or sad endings so I'm just going to say a big GOODBYE!

How to Skateboard-DS

Hello everyone,

In today's task I was asked to prepare a digital story. I chose to teach skateboarding. I started skating 2 months ago and I wanted to share this experince. I used Movavi Video Editor because it was simple and easy to use. It is a great tool but you have to pay for it if you don't want a huge watermark on your video. Luckly my friend has the premium version so I was relieved.  I added transitions and the app's music. I feel like in the future some homeworks will include digital storytelling because learning editing can actually make a lot of money. Of course this is my first editing a video so the editing looks very amateur. Teaching kids how to edit by giving them homework will probably a stable homework in to the future.

Anyways here's the video, hope you enjoy!

 

Infographic

Today, I was asked to create an infographic. It was the hardest task so far. I had to get information about covid and then make it look appealing. Don't get me wrong I had fun but still it was hard. The hardest part was to make the template. I tried really hard but ended up using pre-made.I used "easel.ly" and just like the name, it was super easy. I think more and more people should start using infographics to teach.

Here is the infographic;

See you on the next post! :3

 

The Runway Magazine

 In today's task, I was asked to create a magazine cover. The idea behind runway was futuristic fashion magazine and how magazines would look like into the future. The title saying "trends on mars" is the best indicator that this magazine doesn't belong in our time zone. Usualy fall-winter season goes from July to December but the issue date is march, the reason behind this is that climate change affected fashion so fall-winter starts early. The name of the magazine is actually a reference to the movie "The Devil Wears Prada". In the movie, the name of the magazine was also runway. I enjoyed completing  the task because it allowed me to be creative and the task itself was fun. I used postermywall website because it was the easiest to use among other poster creating websites. 

-See you on the next post!

-Here's the magazine cover;

Padlet Exprience

This week's task was to create a group padlet and write about things.We chose air pollution.The first thing was to invite other group members into the padlet.After that we started write our own things and create harmony.Padlet is a good app when it comes to create small projects like this and can be recomended to other students.The customisation is actually pretty remarkable and you can do a lot of stuff to give your page a personality.Padlet and other apps like padlet contribute to the student's creativity and make the task more fun.21st century learning actually allows students to be more creative.That is why I love 21st century,technologhy and trying new stuff every week.

Also here's the link, If you wanna check it out :)

https://tr.padlet.com/burakberksahin/vb641se5go85zxqn

I would also like to thank my project-friends to have a journey with me and create a great enviroment to work with.

Wiki Experince

When I have a project or when I want to learn new stuff,I usually use wiki so writing something to it was actually a very different experience.I talked about the novel "The Notebook" because that kind of love story is written once in a lifetme.Still today none other romance book suprassed the success of "The Notebook".It's a little bit different than blogging because I don't have to be formal while writing but on wiki I had to be.Helping people to read antoher book and sharing my thoughts was truly an amazing experince and I would like to do another task like this into future.

Here is the link to the review:

http://bookreviews.pbworks.com/w/page/142307181/The%20Notebook%20by%20Nicholas%20Sparks

See you on the next post!

What To Change In This World?(Podcasting)

 Today I was asked to try podcasting and let me tell you it was a challenge!t.I didn't want to just write it and then read it.I actually wanted to get the whole podcasting feel so opening up my mic talking to it made feel like a radio host.It was another challenge to actually upload this audio.I had to sign up for soundcloud like I'm some kind of rapper.I would definitily give this assignment to my class because it's such a creative way to learn about both technology and education.The only difficult part was uploading and recording but if you are a compture whiz you would probably have no issues.

Thank you for checking out my podcast and see you on the next post!

burakberksahin · What Is Up With The World?

What Is 21. Century Learning?

Word Cloud

I am the perfect example of 21st century learner because I was born in 2001 and me and technologhy has grown together.When it comes to learning,using online sources is the only way I know and I have never in my life got a encyclopedia in my hands.It is actually a relief to know that I don't have to chase information because It can be found anytime on my phone.Easy-access is the 21st century learning for me.I also grew up with social media so my knowledge of content makes me invulnerable to false information.

It's also important for language learning because If you want to learn a new language,you have to be exposed to it.Even by only playing video games,you can be exposed to another language and it can be a step for you to start learning a new language.Being able to communicate people all over the world is another great attribute of 21st century learning.Lastly what i like about 21st century learning is that I don't even have to leave my house for education and this pandemic proved that it is possible to be present at the course without even getting out of your bed.

 

Thank you for reading and see you on the next post

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Welcome To The Page!

On this bog I will be talking about educational technologies because of my class that I am attending.

Hoping everyone a good blogging experince and see you on the next post.