Thursday, April 2, 2020


HELLO EVERYONE !


Today's post is about a corpus task. Corpus (plural corpara) is a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject. I wanted to design a worksheet about count and non-count nouns via Canva. Because it's an important topic and most of the students get confused on this topic. I wanted my students discover the topic so I gave them 3 different exercise types. 


Here you can find my project as a picture : 




Thanks for reading :)

ZSA
HELLO EVERYONE !

This is the post for saying that I am back ! After a break, I will start sharing my posts again about language education, technologies and material design. Most of the time I will use my blog for my "Material Design in ELT" course. This course is basically about creating a good design with the innovation and possibility of technology and science and how to integrate it to ELT classrooms. I am so keen ! Hope to see you guys very soon !

Thanks for reading :)
ZSA

Monday, January 6, 2020

SAYING GOODBYE !


HELLO EVERYONE !

It’s my final post ! It doesn’t mean that I will stop using my blog , I will still continue to share personal and educational posts but this is my last post for my educational technology class.

Although my generation is intertwined with technology, I wasn’t using it very well or let’s say I wasn’t know how to use it efficiently. It was really challenging for me because all of the things that we have done was new for me. When a task given , maybe I searched more than my classmates. I tried to understand what should I do and how to do it. But with this way I learnt a lot. I discovered so many websites and applications with my teacher’s help which I can use them in my future classes. Comparing myself to my initial state, I realize how much I improved and it makes me happy !

 I think when you want to teach a new language , you can’t use traditional methods such as using blackboard , eraser and chalk.  You have to use visual and auditory equipments. And you can do it via technological devices easily. This course helped me to know which devices I can use and how can I use them. Our teacher didn’t give us the tool directly but she gave us instructions and led us. The reason why she did that is because the technological tools are constantly changing. So it means that when we face with a new tool in the future as a teacher , we’ll know how to discover  the tools and integrate them to our classes.

My only suggestion for this course is doing more presentations. We always prepared tasks, shared them on blog but couldn’t find a chance to present it to the class. That would be great to show the product to our friends.

I liked every task we did. My favourite work was “Creating An Online Poster”. It was really fun and creative. What I liked least was “RSS” It was little useless and boring for me. But mostly I loved every task which is given ! Also It was good for me to work in pairs or groups.

- End of the Semester -
Thanks for reading :)
ZSA

Friday, December 27, 2019

AN INFOGRAPHIC ABOUT WEB 2.0 TOOLS

HELLO EVERYONE !

Today you will read a post about Web 2.0 tools and Infographic. I want to start with explaining what is web 2.0 tools. These tools are internet tools that the user is expected to interact and create content with others. Social media sites such as Facebook ,Twitter and Wikipedia are examples of Web 2.0 tools. Now I will share my 3 favourite tools with you.

My first tool is "Canva " (https://www.canva.com/)
My second tool is "Thinglink " (https://www.thinglink.com/)
And my last tool is "Pixton" (https://app.pixton.com/#/edu)

You can see more details about these tools on my infographic below ! I used my first favourite tool Canva for create my infographic :)

























(Here is a link for you if you want to go and check on canva )

So I hope that you like these tools and can use them easily !
Thanks for reading ! :)
ZSA

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

CREATING AN ONLINE POSTER

HELLO EVERYONE !

Today you will see a post about movie poster. Our task for this week was creating a movie poster based on the book we read. We imagined our book was being made into a movie and we were responsible for its advertising.

I used "spark adobe " to create my movie poster. Adobe Spark is an online and mobile design app. 
Easily create stunning social graphichs, short videos, web pages, posters etc.It is Easy to learn and use. Find a large selection of backgrounds to choose from, templates. Have the chance to find various layouts and designs. Add texts with different fonts and colors. Save your product and keep it in your sp's library (You can find it in the left side of your page as a "Projects" section.)

Firstly , I started my project by choosing background pictures which are related to my book's content. Then I added author name as a director and my name as a producer. I wrote some quotes from the book and choose some actors/actress as if they act on my movie :)

Here is a link for my tool , Adobe Spark : https://spark.adobe.com

And you can find my creation below :















Thanks for reading ! :)
ZSA


Tuesday, December 24, 2019

DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROJECTS


HELLO EVERYONE !

Today you will read a post about DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROJECTS. First I want to start with "What is digital storytelling ? " So basically Digital storytelling describes a simple, creative process through which people with little or no experience in computer film-making gain skills needed to tell a person story as two-minute film using predominantly still images and vioceover.
I worked with one of my friend (Elif Bostan ). First we choose our topic and did some research about that topic. We wrote a script. We found some videos and pictures which can help us to convey our message to the audiences. We made a production , film it and then edited it.

Our topic was animal cruelty in the world (especially in Turkey) This topic is one of the major problems and the one who always make me sad about it :( I hope we can bring your attention and can reach a lot people !

And also you can find Elif's blog by clicking here : https://itselifbostan.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading :)
ZSA

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

INTERNET- BASED PROJECT

HELLO EVERYONE !

Today you will be seeing my first work on padlet. Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic.

In this tas, we started with creating our own groups. In my group, I worked with three of my friends and we chose "Animal Violence/Cruelty" as our topic which I am really sorry and nervous about it. We created our wall by clicking "Add a new wall ". After we decided background and title etc. we started to work individually. I wrote 2 line for "What I Know " column. I wrote 3 question for "What I Want To Know " column and I searched about these topics : What is animal cruelty/violence ? , What you can do about this issue ? , Why do people treat animals cruelly ?

I think this was the best project that I created. I liked Padlet a lot. It is very useful,beneficial website and easy to learn how to use it. You can use different outlooks, you can add videos,pictures or links.

PS : I worked with Elif Boran,Elif Bostan,Şeyma Nur Altan. Thanks for their contribution !

Here is our Padlet work : https://padlet.com/zeyzey24525/upz7a7tjrxne

Thanks for reading (:
ZSA