LEARN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES WITH ME!
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1- SECOND LIFE
Let’s start with clarifying what Second Life is.
Second Life is a 3-D online virtual world where avatars do the kind of stuff real people do in real life: Buy stuff. Sell stuff. Gamble. Listen to music. Buy property. Play games. Watch movies and so on.
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One benefit of this game is to encourage students to spend more time with technology in an educational way.
Students play the game even they are not aware of learning. You just create a new character which is called avatars and have fun with it!
When it comes to the experience that I have, I would say that it was a really different atmosphere for me as I am not used to using such games. Since the explanations are clear for me, I easily created my avatar and started to play.
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Here is my avatar and some photos from Second Life;
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2) PODCAST
A podcast is a series of on-demand digital audio files that often focus on a particular topic or theme. Podcasts can be accessed online via a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and downloaded so that they can be listened to at any time. Listeners can consume podcasts in the car, at work, at home, working out, or anywhere they please using headphones or speakers. Also, listeners can be automatically updated on new episodes in a podcast by subscribing to their chosen podcasts.
The term podcast is actually a portmanteau of iPod and Broadcast. The “pod” of the podcast is borrowed from Apple’s “iPod” digital media player, while the “cast” portion of the podcast is taken from the radio term “broadcast.”
It's also important to note that podcasts are generally free to listen to.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK THIS SITE!
https://live365.com/blog/what-is-a-podcast/
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My experience in Podcast is really positive since I have listened to many recordings so far. When I began to my first record, it seems to be difficult but later I realized that there was no need to worry.
Here is my first Podcast about the Evolution of the World Wide Web: From Web 1.0 to Web 4.0.
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3) VIDCAST/VODCAST
A video clip designed to be viewed in a portable device. Also called a "vcast," "vodcast" and "videocast," a vidcast is the video counterpart of a podcast and uses the same RSS syndication method for delivering material to users.
Here is my first vidcast about Learning and Teaching Languages Online: A Constructivist Approach.
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4) KAHOOT!
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, used as educational technology in schools and other educational institutions. Its learning games, "Kahoots", are multiple-choice quizzes that allow user generation and can be accessed via a web browser or the Kahoot app.
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This site is the most widely used material in the field of foreign language learning and teaching since it can be changed to every topic or lesson.
Here are you can find my Kahoot games which are for beginner level students.
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https://create.kahoot.it/kahoots/my-kahoots
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5) QUIZLET
Quizlet is a free website providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes. It is beneficial especially for memorizing new vocabulary in language learning.
If you click this site, you can see my own flashcards that I created for the levels of B2 and C1. You can join my class and practice some new vocabulary.
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https://quizlet.com/join/2kN7vTzUr
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6) SOCRATIVE
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Socrative is a formative assessment tool that helps teachers and learners to assess understanding and progress in real time in class through the use of quizzes, questions and reflection questions.
Socrative is like Kahoot in some way, because the quizzes should be completed online. While students are answering the questions, the teacher can observe them and can correct their mistakes immediately. Also, it is useful for teachers and easy to cope with. When I become a teacher, I will definitely use this site.
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In order to join my quiz about Teaching Approaches, you should use this class code: SERAP2496
When you online, I can start up the quiz.
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In addition, you can click the site.
7) MOODLE
Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments. You can download the software onto your own web server or ask one of our knowledgeable Moodle Partners to assist you.
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Moodle is built by the Moodle project which is led and coordinated by Moodle HQ, which is financially supported by a network of over 80 Moodle Partner service companies worldwide.
I read an article about Moodle. Here you can find the article.
http://www.educationtoday.com.au/_images/articles/pdf/article-pdf-0411.pdf
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What I understood from this article is, we should use Moodle for several reasons.
-We need to take a closer look at our students, the so called digital natives.
-Our students enjoy random access because they’re comfortable with hyper texting. That means they can jump from page to page and subject to subject quickly and easily.
-They process information by looking at graphics first because they’re used to being plugged in visually.
8) VOKI
Voki is an educational tool that allows users to create their very own talking character. Voki characters can be customized to look like historical figures, cartoons, animals, and even yourself! Voki can be used in language learning classrooms in order that young learners to be involved in activities while they are subconsciously learning the necessary items and have fun with their characters as well.
I created my own character as a skeleton and you can listen to my speaking avatar by clicking the site.
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https://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=15961531&chsm=91bd906606c031c6bb80da0fd183ccc7
9) BLACKBOARD
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Blackboard Learn is a virtual learning environment and learning management system developed by Blackboard Inc. It is Web-based server software which features course management, customizable open architecture, and scalable design that allows integration with student information systems and authentication protocols.
I read an article about Blackboard which is a comprehensible study. According to article, Black Board promote collaboration, critical reflection, group work, and communication. Blackboard provides collaborative and user-friendly environment for teaching-learning in terms of communication, assessment, and over all information management system. Thus, constructivists call for conducive e-learning environments that represent Blackboard system that has the capacity to improve learning outcome. In conclusion, it appears that Blackboard is a useful LMS that promotes pedagogical gain and constructivist perspectives.
If you want to read the article, click the site!
10) POWTOON
Powtoon is a company which sells cloud-based software for creating animated presentations and animated explainer videos.
With Powtoon, anyone can create engaging, animated videos with a professional look and feel. I created a video about Goals of Psychology. By clicking the site you can watch my animated video.
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11) PIXTON
Pixton is a cartoon creation tool that allows its users to create awesome comics. Pixton has also a growing community that anyone can access to contribute with their own comics.
You can introduce it to your students and let them create their own comics and share them with each other.
Thanks to Pixton, you can create a character as you wish and make a comic. You can choose your hair, eyes, clothes, skin color etc. This is my own chracter in Pixton.
I made a comic about jealousy which is a basic one. This is a screenshot of what I did. If you want, you can create new things about every issue in every place, character, face expression.
12) PADLET
Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location.
Padlet is a website that provides users with a digital canvas. The user can post text, videos and images from a mobile device or a desktop. One of the great appeals of Padlet for classroom use is the fact that many people can post to the same board at the same time, making it very suitable for collaborative work and the creation of projects.
How To Use Padlet in Foreign Language Education?
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Padlet is a web app that lets users post notes on a digital wall. The uses for this site in the classroom are virtually endless!
Padlet is a great place for gathering ideas, sharing them and modifying them later. It’s like a living, breathing webpage. Users can add links, YouTube videos, files and images to Padlet notes. They can move and arrange them. A link to a Padlet can be shared and Padlets can be embedded into webpages.
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Here are 5 ways to use this versatile tool in class:
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1) Collaborative notetaking — While listening to a presentation, students can work together to add notes to a Padlet to produce a resource they can refer to later. This also works with staff meetings!
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2) Ask for suggestions or ideas — Let students, parents or others share ideas for improving. Be careful, though — asking for suggestions like this can begin a flame war of negative messages. You can enable moderating (Settings > Privacy > Moderate posts) so you approve posts before they’re public.
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3) Poster presentations — Replace poster boards with Padlet. Have students add images, information and links. Then embed them in a class website.
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4) Collect videos to share in class — Gather all the YouTube videos you want to show your class in one place. Those videos are clickable and viewable from the Padlet. Then, post a link to the Padlet on a class website (or just provide the link) so absent students can watch to catch up.
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5) Gather responses globally — Create a Padlet with a question and post it on Twitter, a blog or other social media. (A hashtag like #comments4kids could help more people see it and respond.) See where in the world responses come from!
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This is my poster in Padlet which gives information about planets and interesting facts. In case you can not see or read the sentences, I give you the link.
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13) PINTEREST
Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share, and discover new interests by posting (known as 'pinning' on Pinterest) images or videos to their own or others' boards (i.e. a collection of 'pins,' usually with a common theme) and browsing what other users have pinned. It seems like Instagram at the first glance.
This is my account in Pinterest. I have 2 bulletin boards there which are called "Language Learning" and "My Creatures". In Language Learning board I pinned some photographs that are related to ELT. In My Creatures board I pinned my own material that I created in Padlet. Also, I added the link there in order to make accessible for everyone. In a way, it provides hyperlink.
If you want to take a look at my pinterest account, here is the link for you.
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14) STORYBIRD
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Storybird is a language arts tool. We use illustrations to inspire Members to write stories, and encourage ongoing writing practice with badges and other rewards. Storybird is free to use for everyone. Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. We curate artwork from illustrators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into original stories.
This is a screenshot of my story. Originally, I wrote this story when I was 11th grade. Therefore, there may be some grammatical mistakes. When I chose English Language in high school, this was my homework that ought to be done as audio story.
Therefore, you can find the link that you can see my story on Storybird and the video that I vocalized my story. Have a good time!
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15) EDMODO
Edmodo is an educational technology company offering a communication, collaboration, and coaching platform. Edmodo is an educational website that takes the ideas of a social network and refines them and makes it appropriate for a classroom. Using Edmodo, students and teachers can reach out to one another and connect by sharing ideas, problems, and helpful tips.
A teacher can assign and grade work on Edmodo; students can get help from the entire class on Edmodo. It is a safe environment. There is no bullying or inappropriate content, because the teacher can see everything that is posted on Edmodo. Also parents can join the class to bring a level of transparency that is difficult to achieve without technology. All in all Edmodo is a grat companion to just about any class.
16) HOT POTATOES
The Hot Potatoes software suite includes five applications that can create exercises for the World Wide Web. The applications are JCloze, JCross, JMatch, JMix and JQuiz. There is also a sixth application called The Masher, that will compile all the Hot Potatoes exercises into one unit.
Hot Potatoes was originally meant to create language exercises, and some HotPot exercises (like jumbled sentence) have little use otherwise. However, most exercises can be used for any subject. Hot Potatoes is shareware. That means you can freely download the program from the Internet.
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I made a quiz in Hot Potatoes. Here you can find some questions about the courses that I have had so far.