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Hello everyone! In today's vlog, I will share the AR/VR integrated teaching material that I made with my friends. Let's first explain what these are. -AR (Augmented Reality): It is an experience created by placing digital elements on the real world. For example, like pointing your phone camera at a room and seeing a virtual furniture there. You see both the real world and virtual objects at the same time. -VR (Virtual Reality): You dive into a completely virtual world. By wearing VR glasses, you do not see the real world and feel in a completely computer-generated environment. For example, like walking around in a game world. I think this technology can help us convey things like culture and popular places in the countries that speak the language we teach to our students. It is a great technology to be able to explore places as if you were there, from your device. In this assignment, we introduced 2 famous places and 1 museum in Paris. We also added a video about the mo...

Hello again! In this post, I will share my lesson video. I'm excited because, as someone who has watched lecture videos on YouTube for years, shooting a video in this format for the first time made me excited. We shot a lecture video in accordance with the "flipped classroom approach". What is it? “A flipped classroom is an instructional strategy where traditional learning environments are reversed. Instead of lectures in class, students watch instructional videos or read materials at home. Class time is then used for interactive activities like discussions, problem-solving, and projects, allowing for deeper engagement and personalized support from the teacher.” This type of approach allows students to learn at home in a relaxed environment. It provides time during class time to go over parts that are not understood or to do more activities related to the topic in class. However, it is a method that should not be considered for a classroom environment and student pr...

Hello everyone! In today's post, I will talk about the homework I prepared with my friends. In this homework, we prepared a lesson plan and a Corpus-based material. We used the ASSURE model in our lesson plan. First, let me explain to you what these terms are. Corpus-based Materials: “Corpus-based materials are teaching or learning resources developed using real language data from a corpus. These materials reflect how language is actually used in real-life contexts, making them more authentic and relevant for learners.” ASSURE model: “The ASSURE model is a framework used to prepare an effective lesson plan. It begins by analyzing the student, determining the objectives of the lesson, selecting appropriate materials, using these materials effectively, ensuring active participation of the students, and finally developing the plan through evaluation." We used the COCA application in our material, allowing students to contribute to their own learning. We used Canva to ...

Hello again my followers! I am Elif as you know, I took a long break from my blog but now it is time to get back to it. How are you? I hope you are well. I am fine, I’m still alive. I started a new university term. This blog was a course material I needed for a class I took last year and you have witnessed all my homework stages. I will continue to do this this year. Our lesson is Current Issues in Teaching. The aim of the course is to teach how using technology can benefit English language teaching and course content. It will teach us the tips we need on topics such as how we can create creative activities and develop teaching styles using AI. I hope it will really be useful for us and that it will not be a lesson that will drown us in homework and bore us instead of improving. We will complete this lesson again according to the contents of the assignments we shared in our blogs. That's why I activated my blog. I'm here this term too. I look forward to sharing interestin...

Hello, this will be my last blog post. Now the semester is over, even the second year is over. It was a nice semester but with a lot of homework. Before taking this course, the lessons I dreamed of were lessons spent using paper, watching videos, and maybe watching TV series/movies. However, this course really taught me that technology can have an important place in English education and that it can be used beneficially when desired. I now think that I can give my students useful homework or use course materials using technology. This course taught me that the use of technology in ELT is important. I realized that it is important not only to use worksheets and videos, but also to actively involve students in the lesson by using technology. It may be useful for students to prepare a template or create a digital story. It can be useful as homework where they will use active English and technology. I support the use of the strange but entertaining AI we interviewed, as well as the u...

Hello, in today's blog our task was to interview a character. When I was first given this assignment, I approached it with some prejudice because it had so many steps. But Magic School AI gave me a very realistic conversation and I was amazed. I chose to do my interview with Fatih Sultan Mehmet. While I was studying at university in Istanbul and walking around its streets, I couldn't help but remember him. I admire him because I think we are really lucky that he added this magnificent city to our Türkiye. That's why I chose to do the interview with him and I must say that I was really pleased with the result. Magic School AI really made me feel like I was in front of that person and talking to them. It responded with a natural flow and really emotional sentences. I really liked this. When I become a teacher, I would really consider having my students do a task like this and use this AI because it was so much fun. I didn't feel like I was talking to an artificial int...

Our homework for today was to interpret a movie and we interpreted Corpse Bride with my friends Diana and Zeynep. Afterwards, we received a review from another group. I also leave my friends' blogs here:  Diana's Blog Zeynep's Blog We used Google Documents to do the movie review. I think Google Documents is really useful for doing a collaborative task. It is very convenient for common use as everyone has the right to edit and interpret it. In addition, since it is accessible from anywhere, even people who do not have the opportunity to meet can work together. I would give my students a task in which they would use documents. Because it is a platform that makes working together easier. So, I might consider giving assignments where they will use documents. I can also give movie review duties. Because watching movies is fun and such a task can also be useful for improving writing skills. It was a fun task for me too. Corpse Bride is a very famous animation and I felt lik...