A Beginner's Guide to Educational Technologies

Today, we will be focusing on a technology-enhanced research project for our final task. While creating our project, we worked together with Defne. Let's go over our experiences together to see its advantages and disadvantages if there are any. According to the instructions we are given by our lecturer, we utilized Progress, Preparatory Class sourcebook to decide on our topic for this project. We preferred using WebQuest among the two options presented. We were supposed to create four main sections: introduction, task, process, and evaluation. So, we worked on the topic of movies. Fort his reason, we emphasized movie genres and related vocabulary by providing general knowledge about what genre is followed by related vocabulary. Lastly, we provided our students with example conversations that they can benefit from both by expanding their knowledge and vocabulary. Thanks to the attached quizzes and games, they have a chance to reinforce their newly gained knowledge. That's all f...

 Hello to all of you! Let’s start with what augmented reality means to us. Augmented reality is a technology that allows users to see video, pictures, and 3D models and animations in a 3D environment based on real-world components. AR gives your devices new opportunities to aid you throughout your day by allowing you to interact with digital material in the same way you interact with the real world. It allows you to visually search for items by just pointing your camera at them.  We  can have accsess AR Through QR codes, Trigger images, Markerless AR apps and GPS location. Now that we have discussed what AR refers to, we can move on with how to utilize it in the field of teaching English. To be able to create an AR Integrated Teaching Material, we worked with Defne. The goal of employing AR in the classroom in ELT is to help students learn English more successfully. You can watch the related video to better understand it benefits:  It has several educational benefi...

Hello to all of you! In this post, we'll discuss what flipped classroom refers to and our experience trying to implement it. For the given task, I worked with Defne . Flipped classrooms flip the usual classroom approach by giving educational information online prior to class, allowing students to work on problem-solving or cooperative-learning assignments with the instructor's assistance during class time. It has several advantages, such as allowing students to select when, how, and where they want to see learning materials before class, and shifting accountability from teachers to students, resulting in a more student-centered learning environment than the flipped classroom. Moreover, the flipped classroom method stimulates engagement and connection, enhances academic achievement and learning motivation, gives students more time to address problems alone and cooperatively with the support of peers and instructors, and boosts autonomy and self-regulation. Let's think about ...

 Corpus supplies the data from which students can uncover patterns on their own. The emphasis is mainly on grammar and vocabulary. In the assignment in question, I worked with Defne . Choosing one confusing issue for English learners, we sought to give a place for the "research-then-theory" approach via Corpus-based instruction.  We utilized MEB English coursebook while deciding on our subject. The initial step was to decide whether we would create our corpus-based materials that would be used in class or out of the class. So, we thought that it would be better to observe the students’ improvement if they were used within the class hours. We aimed at inductive learning which refers to learning by discovery.  Learners are given samples of corpus data containing specific language forms and instructed to develop their own generalizations that they feel would account for the data. We followed a few major steps while preparing the corpus basics materials. These steps were pro...

 Hello everyone! This week, we are supposed to create a timeline about the use of technology in language teaching considering the developments that occurred at that time. In effect, visual learning tools such as timelines will help certain pupils absorb and retain knowledge. A timeline is a graphical representation of data. As a consequence of this, timelines assist instructors in conveying their lessons to pupils, and they assist students in comprehending what is provided to them. I had difficulty in what to include in the timeline in that they should be both rich in knowledge and simplified. Thanks to that task, I had a chance to confirm to what extent pupils can utilize timelines to learn necessary subject matters. Here is the timeline example I created using piktochart:

                                                                                       Hello everyone!   It's been a long time since we last got together through my posts. Now, it is time to catch things up. In this academic year, we are going to cover some topics aiming to develop an understanding of technology integration in English language teaching. We will focus on designing language learning materials with the help of numerous technology-integrated tools to back up language teaching and learning. Keep in touch for further posts!