Güler's Educational Technologies Blog

 HELLO ALL! Welcome to my edutech blog!  This week's task is to create an online poster. For this task we had two options to choose from, we were supposed to create either a movie poster or a magazine cover. As you can take a guess from the title of this post I went with the latter.  At first, I was indecisive about which one to create as both seemed very exciting, yet when I gave it a second thought I decided to create a magazine cover. I wanted to see what it'd be like if I were to create one for a real magazine and this idea gave me goosebumps. I wanted to create a cover for a book magazine. I made a photoshoot with my favorite actress, Anne Hathaway, and interviewed her about her reading preferences- in my pinky dream world, of course!  During the process of creating my magazine cover, I had a chance to discover three different poster creating websites, for the two of which I don't have positive feelings as they were not offering enough features! Also, as I liked...

                                       Hello All! Today I will introduce you to this week's topic which is creating a Padlet with my groupmates. First of all, What is Padlet? Well, Padlet is an online virtual bulletin board, which enables users to create a hidden wall with a custom URL. It is an easy-manageable website, where students and teachers can collaborate, share links, and pictures on topics. The website can be used by students as it is not only visually delightsome but easy-manageable, as well.  The topic we choose to discuss is school bullying, which is one of the biggest threats to one's academic life.  We shared what we already knew about the topic, thought on what we wanted to learn, and made some research, and wrote down what we learned on our board.  You can see our board by clicking  here .  You can visit my friends' pages. Melisa's Blog Esma's Blo...

 Hello Again! wiki-photo   This week I created a Wiki page for my Educational Technologies class. In the Wiki page I created, I talked about one of my favourite books: The Sound of Waves by Japanese author Yukio Mishima. Mishima is one of my favourite writers and the reason why I love this work is The Sound of Waves is quite different from Mishima's other works I've read so far. It is a very positive and motivating young love story with a very folcloric vibe. Creating a Wiki was a great experience for me and I liked it quite a lot. I had a chance to learn about the books that I haven't read and I will definitely read some of them. I am planning to use Wikis during my teaching journey. I will probably be doing Wikis with my students. It is very easy to create a page on a Wiki and share information so it will most probably be an activity I will make use of. You can see my Wiki by clicking  here .

 Hello all! This is my first time creating a podcast and I am so excited. I generally listen lots of podcasts on Spotify and other apps or websites. My podcast is vox-pop podcast , short for Vox Papuli , which means “voice of people ” in Latin and it basically is a collection of short interviews with random people from public. In my podcast I asked the question “How does online education make you feel?” to university students who are subjects of online education from different universities in Turkey, including Marmara University, Ege University, Yıldız Teknik University and Kocaeli University and high-school students in order to expand the range of the podcast. I especially tried to ask a question that is up-to-date. I wanted from my friends to share their geniune feelings and ideas about the topic. The answers will make you figure out that online education is much more troubled than you think. It is a huge problem that affects the students both physically and mentally. Not bein...

  21st century, also called “Information Age, is quite different from all eras of human history, so is the learning in 21st century. Learning in 21st century is purposeful and unlike past, it is not prescribed. It mainly focuses on acquiring the needed skills in order to be successful. Learners of Information Age are, obviously, supposed to have much more skills than those that are in the past. Albert Einstein’s famous quote “Once you stop learning, you start dying.” clearly explains what a 21st century learner should be: a life-long learner. In this century of rapid and constant change, learners are supposed to be able to keep up with these changes easily. The learners of Information Age are expected to process, evaluate and apply the information, not just to memorize it. The learners should always be ready to learn and use the information and skills effectively. The learners of this age are must be confident with their qualifications and be creative in order to be successful in...

  Welcome Gif by Anubha Upadhya M Hello all, this is Güler and welcome to my blog! This is my first time creating a blog and I am very excited and curious of what it is going to be like. In this blog I have created for my Educational Technologies class, I will share my journey of getting better and better at technology by doing my assignments! I am planning to make use of this blog to experience new things and express myself with technology. Thank you for being here! Patrick-gif-i-m-rooting-for-you