I've Created My Own Movie Poster!

 Hello my dear fellows!

Today I am going to talk about an experience of mine which is really enjoyable for me. It's making a movie poster as you can understand from the title of the post. First of all, let me explain what a poster means. Poster is a temporary promotion of an idea, product, or an event. They can be used by advertisers (particularly of events, musicians, and films), propagandists, protestors, and other groups who trying to communicate a massage.

For Educational Technologies course, I create a poster about a book that is being made into a movie. I chose the book from Dostoyevsky's famous book "Crime and Punishment". When I read this book, I liked it very much. Also, I finished this book in only 2 days. Therefore, I decided to chose it.

Finally, here is my poster

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Now, I want to talk about how I created my poster. I used Postermywall. The site is very easy to use and directs you.

It was all for today's post. Thank you for reading.

Education Through Podcasts!

Hello my dear fellows!

We have learned about podcasts last week in our Educational Technologies course. Therefore, I decided to talk about podcast and my experience of making a podcast.

First of all, let's talk about what podcast is. Podcast is an audio file that can be used for various purposes. We can download podcasts. Hence, we can listen to them everywhere, whenever we want! So, we can use it for educational purposes. Teachers can record themselves or make their students record it.

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In this class our teacher has wanted us to make a podcast. She has offered us 4 kinds of podcast and made us choose it. Me and my friend Sude chosen creating a Vox-pop. In this one, we decided what should be our question and then ask 10 people for their opinions. Our question was "If you could reincarnate as any animal what would it be?" and we realized that everyone thinks differently. Every person we asked explained for good reasons. 

I'd like to show you the results:

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After making the opening speech with Sude, we asked our friends our question and recorded it. I really had fun. It was also nice to hear people's approaches and opinions. I definitely use it in the future with my students. Therefore, my students will both learn to use podcasts and show their creativity. I strongly recommend you to use it with your students. 

So, it was my experience of doing a podcast. Thanks for reading!

CREATIVE PADLETS

Hello my dear fellows,

Today, I'd like to present a wall board known as "Padlet." Padlets are online board in which students and teachers can work collaboratively. Multiple people can use Padlet, and these users can post their thoughts on a certain issue on this wall. Users may also post links, videos, and photographs relating to their topic on the wall. 

Here is the logo of the wall board:

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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:  Sude Özer, Selin Gülhan Korkusuz, Ece Keskin.

Before we start to make our padlet, we have chosen the topic out of several topics given by our teacher. Our subject is "air pollution," which, as you are all aware, is a big problem and will continue if essential action is not done.

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 have been wanted to write what do we know about the air pollution; in the second one, we have written what do we want to know about it and in the last one we have written the answers to questions in the second column.

Now, let’s talk about my padlet experience. Our teacher has wanted us to work collaboratively. I first opened a new padlet wall, chose the background and then wrote ”what we know”. My friends added some informations on it too. We consequently completed the topic collaboratively.

In my opinion, it was really beneficial and will continue to be so. We have read articles, learnt how to use Padlet, and learned a lot about air pollution in order to find answers to our questions. Considering 21st-century learning, Padlet is very creative and is very useful for students to work collaboratively. I am convinced that I will use this wall board with my students in the future.

Click here to see our padlet completely!

My dear fellows, it was all for today.

Thank you for reading and hope to see you in my next post.

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Film Review

Hello my fellows!

Today I will talk about my first film review. I wrote a wiki page on ”The Green Mile” film. My friend and I worked collaboratively. Also, I want to talk about making a film review on wiki briefly. 

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Wiki is a page in which you can give information about anything. This page can be edited by anyone. Consequently, by collaborating, everyone can teach new knowledge to one another. Our teacher has asked us to review a movie in pairs. I have done this with my friend Sude Özer and you can find her blog by clicking here. 

Also, you can find our review by clicking here! We have reviewed the movie called The Green Mile. We thought it was a fun assignment but actually the movie we chose was pretty sad. We watched the movie carefully together and finally discussed our ideas in detail. The movie is about the innocent trial of a black man named John Coffey and John's supernatural power. Don't forget to have a look on it. It is certainly at the top of my list of good movies.

Dear fellows, unfortunately, it's all for today.

Thank you for reading. Please do not forget to leave your comment below.

Have a nice day!

TO THE WORLD OF 21ST CENTURY LEARNING

Hello you all!

Thanks to my Educational Technologies class, today I want to talk about 21st century learning. The majority of our lives are unavoidably reliant on technology. Today, it is a fact that every child is born into an era which is loaded with technology. As a result, technology must also be used in education. They know how to use technologic devices better than us do. They are the child of 21st century. Both teachers and students have to keep up with today’s world because we all live in an era which changes rapidly.Based on this, we will discover in this class what abilities they require in the twenty-first century. Technology is necessary if we are to succeed in everything we do. 

There is a framework of it.

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These skills are divided into three section: life and career skills, learning and innovation skills, information, media and technology skills.

The part on life and career skills focuses mostly on teaching kids how to get along, adaptable, and social in every circumstance. The child is capable of working both independently and as a group leader.

Secondly Learning & Innovation Skills – 4C. These ‘’4Cs’’ consist of Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking and Creativity. These are the abilities that set the difference between those who possess them and those who do not. It implies that kids ought to be able to employ these 4Cs in the modern world.

And finally Information, Media, & Technology Skills. To succeed in 21st century learning, all we have to have the skills like Information Literacy, Media Literacy and ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy. These skills are also important because we all need to demonstrate both functional and critical thinking abilities since technology is all around us.

So as a result, it's a fact that technology must be a part of the education just like it is a part of our daily lives.

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That's all for this post.

Thank you for reading! See you in my next post.

My Very First Post

 Welcome to my blog you all!

Here again, there is me!!

I'd like to give you some information about my blog.

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.

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I hope you like all of my writings and my blog can be useful for all of you. Keep in touch for new adventures.

That's all for the beginning!

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