CREATING A TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED PROJECT FROM A CLASSIC COURSEBOOK

Hello my dear readers! As you understand from the title, this week me and my friend İzel were given a coursebook and asked to choose an end of the unit project to turn it into a technology-enhanced project. 

The picture above is the original project given in the coursebook. It requires printing out pictures, scissors, colorful pens and cardboards, and if this was a group project the students would also need to come together. Thanks to technology integration, students only need a technological device and internet, nothing else. Moreover, they can do collaborative work online which we understood the necessity of it in this pandemic time.

The handout above is the one that we created. We wanted the design to be catchy and the instructions short and clear. To show them how to use Padlet we recorded a screen casting video and attached it to the handout via ARize and gave its link as well. Here you can watch the video. ⇩

How to use Padlet from İzel Gür on Vimeo.

In this task, we were free to choose the project, how to design it and which web tool to integrate. Therefore it enabled us to use all the information that we have learned throughout the semester and improved a necessary skill for being a teacher in 21st century which is being creative.

IN CONCLUSION

Hello my dear readers! All this term I talked about Web 2.0 tools to use in the classroom. Here, in this post I put an infographic to show my favorites. All have limited free usage and a lot of amazing affordances . Not only from affordances perspective but also when I look from a student's eyes they are the most entertaining  and useful Web 2.0 tools. 

To create this infographic and the magazine cover under this post, I used Canva as well. You can create a infographic, magazine cover, flyer, CV, wallpaper and many more. If you want to learn more about Canva you can read my post below.

The other tool Padlet is the one that I created my climate change KWL chart with. It is so easy and fun to use. To see different ways to use it in the classroom go to my "Online Way of "Write on a Sticky Note and Put It on the Wall" Activity"
 post.

Most of my friends' favorite is also Pixton. It is so colorful and full of features. You can find all the clothes and all the expressions that you want. You can even create a character which exactly looks like you. I'm sure it will be one of your students' favorite as well.

Please leave your favorite Web 2.0 tools as a comment. I am looking forward to explore more!

ONLINE WAY OF "WRITE ON A STICKY NOTE AND PUT IT ON THE WALL" ACTIVITY

Hello my dear readers! You are now seeing my online board that I created with my friends Izel, Aleyna and Ecem. This online board is called Padlet. It is a great place for gathering ideas, sharing them and modifying them later. Users can add links, YouTube videos, files and images to Padlet notes. The good news is Padlet is a great classroom tool and there are plenty of ways to use it. Here is a poster of 30 ways to use it: 

As you see on the top, our task was using Padlet in KWL chart format. We had three columns to fill as "Know, Want to Know and Learned". Our topic was global warming. I know that our planet is warming up, ice sheets are melting and the sea level is increasing. One of the causes of global warming is the rise of atmospheric CO2 concentration. Burning fossil fuels, deforestation and even use of deodorants increases carbon dioxide levels. But I didn’t know how far it can go and if we don’t take actions how it will affect us. After my research I saw that there are a lot of organizations fighting against climate change and there are hundreds of small actions we can take. On the other hand, I saw what's at stake if we don't act now. 

This task made me notice what I don't know about global warming and enabled me to learn them. Since it was a collaborative work, I really enjoyed it. 

Check our Padlet wall to learn about global warming and to see an example of how you can use Padlet in the classroom.