Simple Experiences of an English Teacher

Hi, there my lovely beautiful lodestars! 🙋🌟 I cannot say how happy I am to write a post for you guys again.😇😀 It's been so long, the summer vacation passed, and I had fits and starts... 😓😕 Thus, I did not even write about anything.. But, then an opportunity came to me with the support of my lovely friend "Munise", we had a chance to go to Antalya in order to attend a beautiful project which is called "P21" . We had lectures about; 21st Century Skills (4Cs), Meeting &Harmony Activities, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving,  Communication and Collaboration, Creativity, Productivity and Accountability, Leadership and Responsibility, Initiative and Self-Directed Learning. Now, I am going to talk about them one by one. I am planning to divide the posts into three in order to remove them from getting boring.😞😖 I hope you guys will enjoy the post, and please be sure that I am going to try my best to make it enthusiastic. 😎😌😏💥 P.S I d...

Hey there, Lodestars! 🙋🌟 I know the title may seem a bit depressing, but no worries, hopefully, I am not going anywhere.😌💓 Today, I am not planning to introduce anything new guys. I just want to talk about what we have been discussing so far, and have a little look at the past. 🌻 Let's start from the beginning... ⌛ 🔖When I first met with the blogger, it was the beginning of the second term. (Thanks to our teacher in Instructional Technologies and Material Design Lecture 🙏😊😇💖) 🔖By the time our teacher was introducing the lecture and the blogger, I was very skeptical and scared. Because I hadn't had this kind of a lecture before and I mean "we were talking about the technology". (And, I should admit that I was one of the "technology fraidy cats"😢. But, here I am. I've tried and I love it! 🙌💁😻)  🔖Then, our teacher started to introduce our tasks and I found myself mesmerized by the tools that we had been learning.  🔖I was so ...

Have a nice day, Lodestars! 😊🙋🌟 Today, we have another exciting topic, which is "Infographics" . 🔔First, let's start with the definition of infographics and some examples of it.💁   Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. (Wikipedia)   By using infographics we can create mind maps and make the informations reader-friendly.     Here, below I've found infographic samples.👇 Example 1 Example 2 💭When we examine the examples,we can clearly see that while creating an infographic; We summarize the topic that we intend to create an infographic. We use relevant visuals. We create a reader friendly homogeneous background.  ➤I should admit that as a hundred percent visual learner, colours and pictures are so important for me when I study. In my daily life, when I prepare "study notes" for my language lectures, I use so many colours...

Hi there everyone!🙋👻  You can guess from the title that I am getting famous..😎😏👀   I know you did not believe it and said "You are joking, right?" Well, of course I am.😂 However, technically the title is not wrong. I did my own movie poster, but not mine for sure. I made a poster for one of my favorite books "The Martian". While making my poster, I should admit I felt like I am the one who is going to produce this movie. 😀📹 Firstly, I've started to search for a proper tool for me to create a poster. Believe me guys, when I wrote "Poster Maker Tools" on Google, I've found hundreds of results, and out of them I chose PosterMyWall  . At first, it took my time a bit to figure out the tool, but after 15 minutes I started to create my poster.    I should say that I fell in love with some features of the tool. For instance, my biggest problem was to crop images in order to make a homogeneous atmosphere or appearance and then, I found out tha...

Hello, my shiny Lodestars!💃💁 I hope, everything is right on track in your lives.🙏😇 I know you guys are pretty curious about what I am going to show you or inform you today.😂 Then, SHALL WE BEGIN?💥😎 🔅Today, we are going to talk about "Digital Storytelling". ❓Have you guys ever tried to tell a story by using digital tools? You can say that "Well, I am an old school person and nothing can be compared to my grandmother's storytelling." Actually, I won't judge you, because I am a big fan of my grandmom.😜🙌💙    But, we said that we are living in 21st Century, and we know that it gives us the opportunity to share our works with everyone through the technology. Thus, why won't we tell a story by using the technology?😌💻   Me and my best friend Refiye , again, couldn't stand without doing anything. (You know guys, we have ants in our pants.😂) Then, we decided to create a digital story that is about the meaning of being good friends. Out of 3...

Hi, there Lodestars! It's me, your blogger. 😸🙌🙋 I hope you are all doing great. 😊 Finally, the spring is here in Turkey.😁🌄🌸🌹 If it is not there yet in your country, be patient about it. It will come eventually.🙏🙈 In this beautiful sunny day, you will wonder about what I am doing. Well, of course I am studying and writing a blog for you guys.😅💻   ❓I have a question for you everyone!  Have you ever evaluated a website? Or do you guys know how to evaluate a website properly and to be able to use the website accordingly, by harmonizing it to your aim?     If you haven't done that kind of project before, no worries.👍😃 Today, I am going to share my findings about the website that I've evaluated and going to inform you about it as well.    ✔At first, I want to share the website's name and its attached link.            🔍 iSLCOLLECTIVE    🔖The aim of this site is to share Free ESL Mate...

    Hey hey hey hey, Lodestars! 😁🙆     I know, it has been a long time without sharing any posts. 😩🙇 But, please forgive my absence because I was struggling with my midterm exams..😷📚📑     Finally, I am "free" .     Being free is such a joy that sometimes we are not aware of its value. It is so easy to use "freedom" in a sentence. Just one word, two syllables and 7 letters.. But, the treasure actually hides in its secret meaning. If we dig down deep, finally we can reveal our rights and make them rise.                                                                                                                         In order to u...

   Howdy Lodestars!🙌 You guys are shining bright like a sun that I had to put my sunglasses on even if the weather is cloudy in Turkey. 😎🌞    In former posts, I gave you so many informations about the usage of technology in language classrooms. This time, it is my turn to talk about how actually I feel about teaching with technology philosophy.          I couldn't actually count how many times I mentioned 21st Century.      Our century needs the technology.      🔖As a student, I remember when I was at primary school and had 6 different lessons on a day which means 6 different, heavy and thick books. Unfortunately, being a 35 kg child was not an opportunity for me. You can totally say that my books were heavier than me.😓 Every day , when I got home, I was so tired and always complaining to myself & to my family that " There should be another way to bring my books to school. "...

P.S. If you want to do your own Word Cloud as mine, please  click on my Word Cloud.  Hello everyone! I hope you are all good. Today, my main focus is going to be on 21st Century Learning. If you are ready, fasten your seatbelts. 🚀🌠  As we talk about 21st Century, at first we all remember 4Cs. What are these 4Cs? Let's have a look at them. Creativity❗ Communication❗ Collaboration❗ Critical Thinking❗   In our classrooms, we want to be active in order to be on-task. While we are on-task with the help of student/learner-centered activities we can reveal the creative one that actually was sleeping so long inside us. During these fun counting activities, we can interact with our peers and collaborate with them. And Taa-Daaaa! 👏Here is a beautiful project that we made by sharing our ideas and making judgement about the problem with a critical approach.   Today, learning for passing the exams has become old-fashioned. Learners want to learn for...