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...

Hi everyone, today’s post is about a padlet assignment for my Instructional Technologies and Materials Design in ELT course. Me and my 4 friends created a padlet about endangered animals on padlet.com , together. Every member of our group participated and I think the outcome is quite good. Photo taken from here We did our research on the information about endangered animals, causes of why they are endangered, possible solutions and we conducted a survey as well. I found some information about spesific species and shared a graph showing some species’ numbers. Creating a padlet was easy and useful; it helps the users to learn the information in an enjoyable way. You can write anything you want, share photos or videos, change the style of your padlet, etc. I used all of these methods and I didn’t find it difficult at all. I think it could and it should be used in the classrooms, mostly in the language classrooms. The learners, especially young learners, can...

Hello everyone, this is a new post about teaching with technology. I am supposed to write a philosophy statement for a task for my Instrucional Technologies and Materials Design in ELT course. Photo taken from here We are in the 21 st century and we are surrounded by technologic devices; such as telephones, TVs, tablets and most importantly, computers. Most people benefit from these devices for knowledge, when they need information, or they follow the news from all over the world. Some people prefer playing games, and some prefer reading books online. To sum up, technology has a lot of uses for every person and every age group. Photo taken from here Since technology is very beneficial, it should be used for educational purposes in schools too. Its most useful benefit is that, technology can provide many teaching methods. For example, using slides in the classroom or playing online games related to the topic of the lesson could make the lesson more enjoyable. Whe...

As technology evolves, the education systems change. Learning is not as difficult or temporary as it was in the older eras. Classes used to be just teacher-centered. Teachers would lecture all day, teach their students only grammar. Students would participate in the lessons seldomly and their speaking skills were not advanced. Textbooks were the only source they benefited from. Students did their homework just to get a high grade. But in the  21 st  century things have changed. Technology has become a part of education. Computers, slides, videos, applications and online games help students to learn the lessons more easily. Photo taken from here Classes are student-centered now. Students can freely express their ideas, participate in the lessons. They create new things, not just sit in the classroom and listen to the lesson. Another point is, the lessons are not all about grammar nowadays. Students are aware of the important topics, such as global warming, ...