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Hello English teachers! Please read this carefully because this is a vital issue in second language teaching. As you all know, students don't like English classes because we always give them some grammar formulas and want them to memorize those formulas. And without providing them proper input, we want them to speak English. But they can't do which is completely normal. But here, if we use games in our classes, students will find it funny and like it. So, their success will remarkably increase. Gamification, unlike what most people say today, is not a harmful issue. On the contrary, it has lots of benefits. For example games develops children's physical skills because it makes them use their muscles. Children also become psychologically healthier. Because when they fight in games, they don't need to fight on real life. Games also help to develop cognitive skills because while playing a game you always think and try to find some strategies. Online games also develops

Hello everyone! Today's website (also an application) is Flipgrid. You can create your online classes and upload videos there. Also your student can upload videos. Here, https://flipgrid.com/s/7affd0b9846a there is my video from my lecturer Tuncer Can's class. You can check it from the link below.

Hello everyone. Today I prepared a visual material on "Thinglink". It's a good website where you can add 360 ° images and videos. also you can add normal images and videos and sounds. I suggest you to have a look at mine. I hope you'll like it. https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1182429183477809153

Hello everyone. As I said in my previous post, now I'm gonna share my experience of VR (virtual reality). But remember that this VR is VR with googles. My teacher Tuncer Can who gives us material design class brought some VR googles for us to experience it. It was my first time and I did really enjoy it. I've already said it's benefits for education in my previous post. So I will not repeat it again but I want to say how we can use VR as a material for activities or tasks. We can use it to teach directions and how to give directions to somewhere, to teach prepositions like on the table, between the chairs and so on, to teach them stuffs that we do in our daily lives, to teach them any kind of concrete vocabulary, to make them gain  communicative competence, and many other subjects that I don't mention here. But most importantly we teach all this subjects without making them bored. They like it and they want to do it more than you because they see it as a game. Lastl

Hello again. I have a suggestion for you. Dear English teachers and learners, I strongly recommend you to use virtual reality (VR) both in classes and in your daily life. It's really an easy and enjoyful way of learning. Also because it represent a reality, it's more authentic. To tell briefly what VR is, I can say that there are two types of VR. One is VR on computer screen and the other is VR with googles. In this post I'm gonna talk about the former and in the next post I'll tell you my experience with the second type of VR. You can use the computer game "Second Life" for VR on computer screen. You first need to download it and then you can play the game. I think it's useful to use it in education because students can learn many vocabularies when they design their houses, offices etc. Also they can speak with real people while playing the game both orally and written. This helps them to develop their communicative skills. Besides they gain autonomy

Hello! I'm back to share another website with you. This time we create a mind map with the help of "MindMeister". I prepared a map for 7th grade, first unit "Appearance and Personality". You can check it from the link that I'll attach here. Good luck with MindMeister! https://www.mindmeister.com/1262253578?t=TKhwQViyZh

Hello! I'm gonna explain one of my favorite websites now. Are you ready? OK then, it's Nearpod. Nearpod gives you an opportunity to create professional slides that you can use as a material in your classes. You can add activities, web contents, and some other contents which are available on the website like 3D visuals, simulations, audios, videos, PDFs and much more. So they will become more realistic and easier to learn for children. After you create your slides, you either share it with your class online or open it on your class and show them. As an example for you, I made a slide for 7th grade students about 10th unit "planets". I added a video from Youtube to the beginning of the slide show. Because I thought it'd be a good activity if I show the video first and then ask them to write down some notes that they understand from the video. Then they are supposed to say their favorite planet among them and list the reasons for it either written or orally (I pr

Hello again! I prepared a new material on "quizlet" This time my students are 2nd grade. The material is suitable for 9th unit "fruits" and it's a kind of word cards. On one side there is English word for a particular fruit and on the other side there are both a picture and Turkish word for that fruit. You can click the link and check my cards. https://quizlet.com/_6j3gpp

Hello! I have another website which is named "Canva". By using canva you can create your own posters, templates, designs... I prepared mine for high school students to make them write a paragraph about protecting animals. Here my design is: https://www.canva.com/design/DADYJJqVCAI/share/preview?token=K68GwwVuHJH4BDBXCAItmg&role=EDITOR&utm_content=DADYJJqVCAI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton

Hello! I'm back. This time it's not a video. This time we'll create some funny comics. The name of the website is "Pixton". First you should choose your characters' appearances and then the environment. Then you can add speech bubbles and that's it. Now I'm gonna add my comic. I prepared it for 10th grade, 3rd unit "legendary figure" which includes past tense as a language focus. Please take a look! https://share.pixton.com/putdgtf

Hellooo! I'm back with another website (also an application) which is named Kahoot. Kahoot makes test questions funnier. .You can write your questions and choices and share it with your student by giving them a game PIN which belongs to your test. You can also create surveys and jumbles. I believe it's better than giving them a paper. Because students can see scores and compete, they will be more motivated to do the test. Here my test which I prepared for 6th grade "yummy breakfast" unit. you click and check it. https://create.kahoot.it/share/6th-grade-yummy-breakfast/314db929-424c-4c48-92e4-f302e47d33b8

Hi! This time it's not a video. This time it's a story. Storybird is a website that you can read stories or you can write your own story. It's a good material to use in classes. For example my story will make them gain a new perspective on hunting. So would be suitable to use it as a material so that students can write an argumentative essay or a paragraph according to their level. I'll attach the link here. I suggest you to check it. See you! https://storybird.com/picture-book/the-most-dangerous-creature-on-earth

Hello! I am here again with my new material. I created it on "voki" which is a website that you can use to create your own characters and make them speak. As an example I will attach my video's link here for you to check. It's for beginner level and about introducing yourself. Enjoy the video! http://tinyurl.com/y3m2lksh

Hello friends! I prepared a short video on animoto. Animoto is a  website that you can use to create your own videos for free. my video is about animals. It can be used for 9th grade student for the unit of "human in nature". For example you can first show the video and then want them to write a paragraph about their favourite animals or about why should we protect the animals. or you can use the video as an attention gather. Here the video is. I hope you'll enjoy it. https://youtu.be/sOqz1Qs_rxw

Hi everyone! This week i have an aurasma study. Before the video i want to explain what an augmented reality is. Augmented reality is the integration of digital information with the user's environment in real time. Unlike virtual reality, which creates a totally artificial environment, augmented reality uses the existing environment and overlays new information on top of it. It's important to integrate them into education. Because they give us an opportunity to create a more concrete environment. For example instead of saying "elephant means fil in Turkish. Write it down 5 times and memorize it“ we can use augmented reality. So, class will be more enjoyable and vocabularies will be catchy.  Now it's time to watch the video. I hope you'll enjoy it https://youtu.be/g230A1ctECE Let me say one more thing. I created this video on the application "HP reveal". There are also some more applications that you can use for AR. Names of them are "

I'm back with another useful website. It's called Powtoon. It's a website that allows you to create your own slides. It's a bit like Power Point but I think it's funnier. so it' more suitable for little learners like primary school student. If you integrate such funny stuffs to your class I believe students will feel more motivated and willing. As a result their success will increase. I'll drop a link which belongs to my powtoon about film types (for 5th grade, 6th  unit). Please watch it, create your own slides and use them in your classes. https://www.powtoon.com/c/f7yfJ4quI6I/1/m

Hello! This time I tried a new website (also an application) which is called "Seesaw". You can create your class and add your student into the class. You share your tasks or activities with your student in  an online environment by using it. I'll drop a link which belongs to the activity that I prepared. So, if you need to see a sample you can check it. Good luck with Seesaw! https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=87t6NW_DSp29lFm2z5UQFQ&prompt_id=prompt.ac1bc13f-48d0-4052-926b-d0ce4053a128

Hi everyone. As you all know, it'd be better to use visuals in education. Because it not only develops students' visual intelligence but also makes it easier to remember for them. So I prepared a visual as a sample on padlet. (for those who don't know what padlet is, it's a website that you can prepare such tables, pictures, visuals).   My padlet is about sport which is the second unit of 7th grades. You can glance it to have an idea.I recommend you to use such things in your classes.  https://padlet.com/btlkms2434/btlkms_padlet

Hello again! I want to share my study with you. As you know, english teachers generally give a word list to their students and want them to memorize them. But it's not a wood way to teach vocabulary. So i suggest you creating a story which includes target vocabulary. You can either do this with class or create the story on your own. But of you do this on your own, you can do a role play activity or find/create animation using technology. This way it would be more effective. I have an example to story. I'm gonna share it now. It's a 5th grade, 9th unit activity. The words of the activity are: Adopt, bark, butterfly, donate, duck, feed, frog, help, imitate, kitten, lake, monkey, parrot, puppy, rabbit, sheep, shelter, sleep, squirrel, stark, turtle, vet, visit, wink, dolphin. And here the story is. I hope you'll enjoy it. https://youtu.be/lagRW6q_tN4