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Is It A Goodbye? Maybe, Maybe Not

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Hello to my dear fellows, As you can see from the title of my post, this may be my last post. Or not. I don't know. Maybe, it is just a break.  As you all know I write in this blog because it is a requirement of the Material Design course I take this year. I am supposed to tell you about the tools we have learned to create materials and what I have gone through while using them.  When I first heard this from our teacher Dr Gökçe Kurt Tiftik, it seemed like it would be tiring. But it was not like that at all. Writing here, talking with you, introducing all those tools with my own words... All of them was a great way to learn using those tools. I must say it also develops my English quite a lot. You know my first language is Turkish. ALSO, another plus point is that I feel like an up-to-date person who uses technology while keeping this blog. So we use technology while learning how to use technology to create materials. Isn't it amazing? Sometimes graduating and being a teacher s
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Making an Infographic

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Hello my dear fellows! It's me again today. I realized that I didn't talk to you about the infographic I've done. We're assigned to do an infographic by our teacher, also.  Infographic is a visual representation of information which can be about anything. And our teacher wants it to be about Web 2.0 Tools which we have been learning in this class throughout the whole semester.  We're wanted to choose three tools and I've chosen Blogspot, Wiki and Storybird. Actually, doing an infographic was harder than doing a movie poster. Because options that are provided for infographic was much more and for this reason, I've spent a lot of time on it.  Here's the fruit of my labour:   It's not looking too good. I know it. But the information it contains is good if you ask me. So, you should take a look at it. My dear fellows, this time, it's really all for today. Thank you for reading and please don't forget to leave your
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I've Created My Own Movie Poster!

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Hello my dear fellows! Today, I'm going to talk about an experience of mine which is really enjoyable for me. It's making a movie poster as you can understand it from the title of the post. It's given by our teacher as a homework. We're assigned to do a movie poster of book we have read. Since I love both reading books and watching movies, I've done this homework with pleasure. I've chosen The Stranger by Albert Camus as the book. Then I've found the site which I will use to create my movie poster and I created it. At the end, here is my poster: I know that it's not looking so professional but I think it's quite good for a beginner.  So, it was all for today's post. Thank you for reading and please don't forget to leave your comments below. Love! The tool I've used to do my movie poster: Poster My Wall
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My Digital Storytelling Project

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Hello my dear fellows! Today, I have come to give information about something I've first tried and something really hard to do. It's called digital storytelling. When I first heard it from my teacher, I thought like, "It's a piece of cake for me,". However, at the end, I can tell you wholeheartedly that it's not. As the name suggests, digital storytelling is a stroytelling which is done with using technology. By the way, it's a video. Here's a beautiful representatin of it: For the source of it, click here ! For this project, our teacher has given us three options to make: PSAs, creating a how-to story and creating a fictional story. I and my two friends, Rabia Tuğlu and Bilge Yengel , have chosen PSAs. PSA stands for Public Service Announcement. They're made to provide information to public and are generally short. Before we started to make the video, first we, I and my friends, have met and talked what kind of issue we shoul
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The Colorful Way of Learning: Padlets!

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Hello my dear fellows, Today, I want to talk about a wall board which is called "padlet" . Padlet can be used by multiple users and these users can write their ideas about a specific topic on this wall. Also users of the wall can put images, videos and links related to their topic. Here is the logo of the wall board:  For the source of the image, click here ! Our teacher has wanted us to make a wall on padlet in groups. So I thought like why not share this experience with you. First let me introduce you my friends in group: Rabia TUĞLU and Bilge YENGEL . Before we start to make our padlet, we have chosen the topic out of several topics given by our teacher. Our topic is "air pollution" which is as you all know a huge problem and it will continue to be so if necessary measures isn't taken. In the wall, we have created three columns and we have named these as WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT TO KNOW and WHAT WE LEARNED respectively. In first column, we hav
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Film Review

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Hello my fellows! Today, I want to talk about making a film review in wiki briefly. Wiki is a page in which you can give information about anything. This page can be edited by anyone. And our teacher has asked us to review a movie in pairs. I have done this with my friend Rabia TUĞLU and you can find her blog by clicking here. You can find the gif  here! Also, you can find our review by clicking here ! We have reviewed the movie called A Clockwork Orange. It's about an experiment which tries to turn bad people into good ones by showing them some movies. Don't forget to have a look on it. Dear fellows, unfortunately, it's all for today. Thank you for reading. Please don't forget to leave your comment below. Have a nice day!
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Education Through Podcasts!

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Hello my dear fellows ! Two weeks ago, we have learned about podcasts in our Educational Technologies course. That's why today I am going to talk about podcast and my experience of making a podcast. Firstly let's talk about what podcast is. Podcast is an audio file that can be used for various purposes. So, we can use it for educational purposes, as well. Teachers, themselves, can record it or make their students record it. For the source of the image click here ! In this class, our teacher has wanted us to make the podcast. She has offered us three kinds of podcasts and made us choose it. I have chosen the one I can do individually. In this one, we are wanted to come up with an idea that can change the world and record it. It should be 60 seconds (exactly). Before recording it, I have chosen the app I am going use to make a podcast. I have chosen the Voki because it is easy to use and has special visuals to use in the video file. Then I have written a text th
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A Miraculous Web Feed for Blog Readers! RSS

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Hello my dear fellows! Today I am going to talk about a very useful web feed and two applications recommended by our teacher Gökçe Tiftik in my Educational Technologies course. Web feed's name is RSS. It means Really Simple Syndication. It really is a useful web feed for learning about new updates of the blogs and websites you follow. Thanks to this feed, you don't have to stop by all blogs you follow. This feed brings all those updates to you. For the source of the image, click here ! I am using this feed with the application named Feed Reader. Its aim is to find RSS feed on the blogs and websites and make you be able to subscribe them. Generally, I use it to keep up with the updates of the blogs I follow. It can be downloaded into your computer. It has a simple design and is not complex for users who are new to this application. For the source, click here ! I also have found out, while searching about this application, that Feedreader is one of the firs
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Open Sesame! To The Era of Teaching with Technology

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Hello my dear fellows! Today I want to talk about 21st Century Learning. I first hear about this subject in my Educational Technologies class. Before I got this class, I didn't know that I would need technology in my class (my future class) so much. Because in my time, there were black boards and not everybody has a computer in their home. The image is taken from here . But today, it is a fact that every child is born into an era which is loaded with technology. They know how to use those technologic devices better than us do. They are a part of their lives. They are the child of 21st century. And that's why we will learn in this class what skills they need to have in this century. There is a framework of it. This image is taken from here . Here comes the information! These skills are divided into three section: life and career skills , learning and innovation skills , information, media and technology skills . In life and career skills section, it is
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My Very First Post

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Welcome to my blog my fellows! Here again, there is me!! I am writing this post with so much excitement after a long tiring day because this is my first post in my first blog. I'd like to give you some information about my blog. This blog is a part of my journey which takes me to the my dream of becoming a teacher. Go to this site to find this gif! Here, most of my posts will probably be about Educational Technologies which is a class I am taking this semester. I will tell about my experiences in this class. I will express you my thoughts. I am sure you'll have a point of view for this class. I hope you like all of my writings and my blog can be useful for all of you. Keep in touch for new adventures and if you have any idea to share about educational technologies or about anyting you can always leave your comment in the comment section below. That's all for the begining! Hope to see you in my next post (please let me see you). Go to this site
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