Final Post - "The time for Evaluation and Say Goodbye"
I think this is the last post,😟 at least for now . The term is finished and this final post is an assignment as well. But even if Gökçe Hoca hadn't given us this task , I would have written to say goodbye...
You know , I am not a regular student .I am a 54-year-old student and a mother of three children.
Because of pregnancy I had to leave school 30 years ago .It was deep grief not to be able to complete it. Now I am here and I want to confess this after studying one year here: I am glad I didn't finish it then. I am very serious. Since otherwise , I wouldn't have a chance to take these courses , especially Instructional Technologies and Material Design in English Language Teaching, considering that there were even no computers and mobile phones in those years.
Even though at the begining I was
worried about how to acciheve the tasks which my instructor covered what we would do, Instructional Technologies
and Material Design in
English Language became one the
most productive ,beneficial and
enjoyable classes for
me.Since encouraging me
with her positive
feedback all the time,I
would like to
thank Gökce Hoca
again.
The course, Instructional Technologies and Material Design in English Language Teaching, was designed very rationally in terms of the order and content of the assignment.The idea of starting with the creating a blog and prensenting each new project by adding and introducing inside the blog, was great. So my adventure sarted by creating a blog at the beginning of the semester. Generating a blog was an anxiety-inducing task that seemed impossible at first ,however, when I saw that I could create it, I thought that I could do anyting.And also the role of our instructor was incontrovertible , since before each assignment , she explained in detailed what we would do, recommended some tools , gave options and presented some examples.After completed and submitted our tasks , she gave a check list to revise our assignment.This helped to improve ourselves about the tasks given. Moreover , almost in each class she emphasized the importance of giving detailed explanations before giving assingment for our future students.
Our first task on the blog, creating an infographic about a specific topic and embeding it the blog.By the way , I should say this , learning how to embed a link in an article is one of the best thing I have learned. Since infographic is the way which makes learning and teaching easier and more fun, I would absolutely like to use it in my teaching classes .
The next task was generating a podcast which highly entertained us. I said " us", because this time we worked with a partner .Thanks to this requirement , I had the opportunity to get to know dear Serra closely.I think the most productive one was this task.
Then we made a digital story with Serra againThat was the most challenging one. We did it with great pleasure ,however, it took a lot of time. Frankly, I am not sure whether I use it or not in my classes as a teacher.Since when it is not planned properly, the purpose may turn to technology class rather than language class.
The previous task was Online Collabrative Writing and we had to work in group of three.Therefore Samet supported us.The procedure was very easy but the content was very enjoyable.Film review. The tool was specified by our instructor : Google Docs.We all had an exprience on Google Docs , thus we worked on it fluently and accomplished the task. I will highly recommend this tool for working with cooperatively for my future students.
The last task was amazing! Under the heading AI Tools in Language Learning and Teaching ,I chatted with Javier Marias, who is one of my favourite authors, through Magic School's Character Chatboard. It is an AI tool which I have heard in this class but never used before. Although it was a bit stressful, as it had many steps and coincided with final exams, the content of the task highly impressed me.It was really realistic. I am still under the influences of its or his answers. The next steps were also beneficial for learning and teaching.We wrote a report about conversation and recieved feedback in the same application, Writing Feedback Tool. The feedback provided us to see our weaknesses and strentghs and little mistakes.After rewriting our report according to feedback, we presented all these steps separately in our blog post.This task with all steps is the one I will certainly use in my classes .It both facilitates the teacher's evaluation job and improves the student's writing skills .By the way, altough I said "we" ,actually on this task we worked individually.
Well, we completed all this semestre engaging with these processes.It was definitely one of the most useful courses for someone who is almost technofobic like me. I improved my tecnological skills in terms of knowledge and practise.
Frankly, I was prejudiced and anxious about how I would accomplish the course at the beginning, however , now I think that I have achieved all my tasks efficiently and successfully. My perspective has changed completely and I am looking forward to next term to keep working on similar tasks as a teacher's point of view this time. I will really miss the tasks...
Before finishing my last post😥I would first like to thank my instructor Mrs.Gökçe Kurt,who always encouraged me with her similing face and positive feedback,and then dear Serra who supported me with all her kindness and cooperation, and then dear Samet and all my department friends.
Even though this is the last post of this term , I think maybe Gökçe Hoca would be happy if we wrote summer holidays posts from time to time 😉
What do you think?
Sooooooo hope to see you soon!
R.😻
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