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A Website Trip // Let's Evaluate and See Pros & Cons

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Hi, there Lodestars! It's me, your blogger. ๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™‹ I hope you are all doing great. ๐Ÿ˜Š Finally, the spring is here in Turkey.๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŒ„๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒน If it is not there yet in your country, be patient about it. It will come eventually.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ˆ 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.๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ’ป   ❓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.๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜ƒ 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.            ๐Ÿ” iSLCOLLECTIVE    ๐Ÿ”–The aim of this site is to share Free ESL Mate...

My Thoughts On Teaching with Technology

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   Howdy Lodestars!๐Ÿ™Œ You guys are shining bright like a sun that I had to put my sunglasses on even if the weather is cloudy in Turkey. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐ŸŒž    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.      ๐Ÿ”–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.๐Ÿ˜“ 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. "...

The Brief History of CALL

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          Hello Lodestars!๐Ÿ™‹ Yesterday, I was thinking about actually how similar the teachers and a lodestar are. They both somehow touch someones' hearts and lead them to the right paths. Thus, I decided to call all of you as "Lodestars". ๐ŸŒŸ                  After the footnote, shall we talk about what actually CALL is?           Here below, you see a timeline which is made by me.  If you want to create your own online timeline click here.                       For a Better Understanding✅ Firstly, please, make sure you read and examine the timeline. Secondly, read the information part I've written.           If we want to clarify CALL, we can clearly say  "the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning." (Levy, 199...