26 Nisan 2019 Cuma

My First Online Certificate

  Hello everyone, today I'm going to give you some websites that you can find online courses about every field. Firstly they are very easy to use. You create an account then find the course you want to take and watch their videos or read the things they gave you. Then you complete your course.
There are two types of courses. First one is free, you don't pay anything but you can't have original certificate. They just send you it by e-mail. You can't print it even if you do, it's not same as original one. And second one is premium. You pay some money, sum of which changes according to course. And they send you the original certificate which has wet signature and value.
  I took a course with Udemy and it was the free one. It was about "How to Make More Money Teaching English" because I'm a student of English language teaching. Here is my online certificate. And I gave you some other websites where you can find online courses.




SECOND LIFE

  As we all know old teaching techniques, such as course books are not qualified enough to teach a subject. As teachers we should involve the students to course as much as possible. To do this we can get their attention by different teaching tools like Second life.
  It is based on virtual reality. People can create their avatar and change their locations by teleporting. They can talk with people and improve their knowledge by this. Students can find new friends on this platform and improve their English. Besides it attracts students' interest to the lessons, make them more active and increase their motivation. In this way they would be more successful and their knowledge would be more permanent. I think this platform should be used by teachers to make their students proficient in every area of their life.

  I made my own character and wander around with her. You can see the pictures I took.



I was flying above the city..

24 Nisan 2019 Çarşamba

STORYBIRD

   Hello everyone. I'm goint to recommend a very enjoyable platform for you and your students. It is an online platform where you can create you own stories and read other people's stories.IT is useful especially for young learners of English. It has a free trial account choice for 30 days you can also use it as premium member and have more options when creating your story. I tried to write a children picture book and had a lot fun. You read it if you want through the link below..

VOKI


Voki is an educational tool that allows the users to create their own talking characters. You can name them. And they can be customized as historical figures, cartoons, animals and, even yourself. You can give your Voki character voice by recording with microphone, using the dial-in number of website and, uploading an audio file. Voki characters can be emailed, shared on social media or embedded on websites.
The Basic Voki is free for all students an educators. You can create unlimited Voki characters on your account. Basic Voki users have access to Basic Voki characters. Characters with a banner notification are Voki Classroom characters. They are only available to Voki Classroom subscribers. And what's Voki Classroom? It is a student assignment management system. With this teachers are able to control students' privacy settings.
I created my own character on Voki whose name is Leila. You can access it through the link I gave below.

My voki character


QUIZLET

   Hello again. I'm going to share a application that enable you to create activities for your students. I had a lot fun while doing it and hope you enjoy it too. Quizlet: you can use it both as a mobile application or through it's website. Students can learn and enjoy thanks to it by flashcards, various games and tests.
   You can check the vocabulary flashcards I made for intermediate level student.

KAHOOT

Kahoot is an online platform where you can play educational games like quizzes. You need first create an account. As a teacher you can create lots of Kahoots about every topic for your students. They can play it with the enter code. And students both can use it at school with their teachers and by their own. It's both entertaining and informative for students. I strongly recommend it everyone.
I made an example for you about synonyms for beginners. You can take my quiz by this link.

16 Nisan 2019 Salı

Powtoon

  It is an online animated presentation platform which you can use as free. When you prepare your video you can also add shapes, music, backgrounds and characters. Besides you can record your voice and add it to Powtoon presentation. We all know that text-filled presentations are boring. But Powtoon is entraining and attractive. So it's useful for attracting attention of students. And students will be excited about the new way of presentation. Moreover it can increase the creativity of the students.

  I prepared a presentation as an example and briefly mentioned some Modal Verbs in it, hope you like it.