Technology and English with Eda

Hey guys. I’m here with my final post.  I’m afraid it is farewell time. The term is coming to an end.  Photo taken from here Today I’m going to be reflecting my  philosophy statement I posted 2 months ago. I mentioned how technology has many benefits when used properly, especially for education. And my thoughts have not changed about this. But there is one thing that has changed about me, and that is how I use technology. I definitely don’t feel the same as I did 3-4 months ago, when the course started. Well, in the philosophy statement post, I said that I’m not so good with technology but I think I improved myself. Before this course I had no idea about RSS feed, digital story telling and I did not know anything about making a podcast, a padlet or even a magazine cover. I had never created a wiki entry. Photo taken from here In my opinion, this course has so many benefits. I not only learned to be more creative, I also developed my Engl...

Hello! I've created an infographic about 5 of my favorite web tools which should be used by all teachers and students. The website I used   to create the infographic. Hello! I've created an infographic about 5 of my favorite web tools which should be used by all teachers and students.  First of them is Edmodo which we are already using in three courses this term. On Edmodo, our teachers inform us about class schedules, projects, videos we are supposed to watch, etc. The second one is Grammarly. As I mentioned on the infographic, it helps the users to correct their mistakes when they are writing something. Students can use Grammarly to correct their spelling mistakes for their homework.  Kahoot! allows mostly teachers to create games or quizzes based on the topic of the lesson. And students can participate in the lesson with their mobile phones, computers or tablets. Padlet , as I mentioned in one of my previous posts, allows the teacher...

Hi everyone! Today my post is about RSS and some websites/blogs I’m currently following.  What is RSS? According to Wikipedia, RSS is a type of web feed which allows users and applications to access updates to online content in a format. Thanks to RSS, you can’t miss the latest posts from the websites you like.  Photo taken from here I tried to use the app “RSS Feed Reader” but it gave error when I tried to add some blogs to my feed. So my friend suggested me to use the Blogger’s own feeder that shows latest updates from these blogs.  You can see a screenshot of how I did it: You must "Add Gadget" and select "Blog List", then pick a title and add the website you wish to follow.  If you want to check out the websites I'm following, you can see them under the "About Me" section. I'm adding a screenshot of them: My favorite is Sandy Millin’s blog . Millin has so many posts on how to be a good teacher, how to use ...

Photo taken from here Hey everyone! Me and my friends, Deniz and Rana, have created a digital story about how to have a good relationship with teachers . Digital storytelling is basically about telling a story or giving information etc. with the help of technology. Firstly Deniz talked about making a good impression on teachers, secondly, my part was about maintaining good grades and finally Rana mentioned modeling good behaviour.  Photo taken from here While creating the digital story, it took some time to prepare and edit the video. Also adding both audio recordings and music was a bit hard; but we, mostly Deniz, managed to do it. We used Apple's Voice Recording App to record audio, Movie Maker  and  Adobe Premiere Clip   to create the video. It was an okay project, personally not my favorite but it was beneficial. It can help English learners to improve their speaking. You can check out my friends' blogs here: Ran...

Hi everyone! Today I'm posting a magazine cover that I've recently created for a project.  I designed a fictitious theme magazine about movies, TV shows and books. It is called " Entertainment Digest ". On the cover there are some topics which are included in the magazine. You can see issue number and the logo on the left corner. I personally liked this project but it takes a lot of time to prepare. I'm not sure if I would prefer to use this project in the future. Maybe after their exams students can create a magazine cover, since it improves imagination and is fun to do. Hope you like my cover! (I know I lack photo editing skills, sorry!)