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My Final Post

Hello everyone. We are back together one last time. This post will be an evaluation and comment on our course. Enjoy!  1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the course?      I have learned many things that I've never heard of in my life. I can definitely say that this is a strength because the tools we used while doing the assignments were very useful. I will be using many of them in the future. On the other hand, there is an excessive amount of assignments. Instead of doing separate tasks for each tool or topic that has been covered, I would prefer integrating more than one tool into a material. 2. What did you find easy or difficult about the course?      The course was easy to understand but completing the assignments was challenging. 3. What was your most and least favorite task? Explain your choices.      The corpus-based teaching material was the hardest for me because I did not fully understand how to use corpus and I do not think I will be using the tool in the future
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AI Integrated Material

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     Hello friends! We are back together with another challenging task. In this task, My friend Merve Yaşar and I were supposed to prepare material for prep class EFL students.      We chose the unit about traveling from their course book. The topic was easy but finding an AI tool to use in the activities was very confusing. I am not very familiar with AI tools other than ChatGPT or Google Bard ... So we consulted them to suggest a tool that would work for us. After deciding on Quillionz , an AI tool that creates quizzes based on a given text, the rest of the task came easily and quickly. We used Canva while preparing the worksheets.      You can check out our material by scrolling down.
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AR/VR Integrated Materials

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  In the changing world of education, it's pretty clear we're waving goodbye to the traditional methods. Today, I want to take you through a story about how Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) are shaking things up in the classroom. So, we worked with Merve Yaşar , and together we prepared something special: students diving into the streets of Amsterdam without leaving their seats, thanks to a VR document. They're cruising the canals and checking out landmarks, turning regular lessons into something way more exciting. Now, creating this VR experience was a challenge. Getting our creative vibes in sync, tweaking the VR setup, and fixing tech hiccups took some serious teamwork. But as we progressed and understood the assignment, we were convinced that this experience was a game-changer. This immersive journey went beyond the usual textbook stuff. It made students feel a real connection with Amsterdam's hotspots. It's a prime example of how VR/AR can spark genuine i
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Flipped Teaching Video

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     Hello everyone! We're back together with an entertaining and different task. We prepared a flipped teaching video. Let me explain what the flipped classroom approach is. In a flipped classroom, there is a strategic swap of lectures and homework. While traditional methods are based on lecturing in class time and giving homework to do at home, the flipped classroom approach does the opposite. In this approach, students watch the lessons at home Netflix-style, and practice in the classroom. To adapt to the changing world, educators find this method very useful and fun. Students are able to see whether or not they completely understand and are capable of putting theory into real life. If there is a question they need to ask their teacher, they can do it right away and this is a huge plus for this method. There are also some disadvantages such as access to technology. To be able to successfully apply this method, all students need to have access to technology outside the classroom
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Corpus-based Teaching Material

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 Hello everyone !  We're back together this semester with new tasks. Our latest task was preparing a corpus-based teaching material. While preparing, my partner Merve and I chose to work with intermediate-advanced level high school students. The topic we chose was differentiating "rise" and "raise". While preparing the material, we used Canva as a tool. We've been using Canva for years and know almost exactly how to use it but integrating corpus was the hard part of this task. Once we figured out what corpus is, how and where to use it, we were ready to prepare the material. It has step-by-step instructions that are clear and easy to understand. By the end of this material, we hope that students will be able to distinguish between the words "raise" and "rise" and use them correctly according to the context.  Thank you for visiting and see you next time !!! You can check out Merve's glamorous blog by clicking HERE  and the material by
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My Final Post, Again

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Hi everyone! This is the final post of the term. I have to admit that this has been the toughest term for me. Since we transitioned to online education in the middle of the year, everyone has been facing challenges. It was difficult to keep up with the lessons on time, and I felt like I was constantly playing catch-up throughout the term. However, I managed to complete my tasks. It's not surprising to see that I have improved in many areas of education. I utilized various tools that I hadn't used before and prepared materials that greatly contributed to my growth as a teacher candidate. Yes, this course has been challenging, but I have no regrets about taking it. The most difficult project for me was preparing a flipped teaching video since I had no prior experience in video editing. I had to navigate through Canva extensively to create the video, which eventually helped me improve even further.
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Creating a Webquest

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     Hi people! For this activity, I worked individually and prepared a Webquest. We were to choose a unit that captivates our interest from MEB's digital book for the English course. Unit 7 which is about Wonders of the World seemed appealing to me. We could either prepare a whole new activity or work on and improve an existing activity in the unit we choose. I preferred to create a new activity because an idea came to my mind and I thought it would be a great experience to create an activity like that. In the activity, the students will choose a Wonder of the World according to their opinion. It does not have to be one of the actual Wonders and then they will prepare a digital poster about it.  I had never even heard the name, let alone used Webquest before. I was like a child who was discovering things. But the website itself is helpful enough. It explains what to write, how to write, and where to write. Since my idea of the activity was ready beforehand, all I needed to do was
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