Glogster

Hello everyone, 

I prepared my first glog on glogster and it is about ' Lions.'  I really enjoyed making it. You can get informed about lions through my glog below.

I hope you enjoy it !
http://dilektas.edu.glogster.com/dilektas/

Digital Storytelling

Hello everyone, 

This week, I turned my ' Young Woman' story podcast into digital storytelling assignment. I made a video using 'Aftereffect'. First of all, I selected the images of my video on the internet and  I added some actions and effects. I really enjoyed doing this assignment. Please don't forget sharing your comments to my post :)

WebQuest

A webQuest is a web-based learning activity. WebQuests  application of basic skills and need to be completed by a learner or as a group. WebQuests direct students to not only research for information but also to analyze, criticize and define the information they find while they work on computer which is something that today’s lerarners very like.WebQuests also help to address the different learning method of each learners.

 In this post I’am going to evaluate a WebQuest page about English learning. I used www.zunal.com The WebQuest that I have chosen for you is The famous Thai food created by Kc Shane for 9-12 grade level of students. It is a post reading task. While I was evaluating this WebQuest, I used a rubric. If you want to see rubric, please check it.

In this webQuest, Learners are supposed to learn about famous Thai food and how to present it to the world.  There are lots of unknown key words such as Tom yum, Tom yum kung, Tom yum goong, Tom yum koong, spicy soup with shrimp, spicy soup with prawn, Thai, Thai food, recipe, ingredient, instruction.

Evaluation

Overall Aesthetics

• The design of WebQuest is very successful. Color, font and size of text are so good. There are some good pictures and images in the WebQuest which are related to the topic.
•  WebQuest is very clear and it is easy to follow.
• There are no mechanical problems in the Webquest.

(10/10)

Introduction

• The introduction part can be a good reminder of text for learners. It explains thai food clearly so learners understand clearly information that is given.
• The introduction effectively prepare a lesson the learners. It gives hints what the lesson will be about.
• Only this part could be better short

(4/5)

Task

• The WebQuest aims to improve skills of learners. Searching,writting and drawing.The requirements of the task match with the aim.
• The task is enjoyable and learners need to use their creativity and some skills.

(10/10)

Process

• All of the steps are clearly and informative. Learners  follow the steps of process easily.
• Resources provided by teacher are useful but strategies need developing and some of the bullets are weak to understand.
• The process is wealthy. There are several steps in the task.

(10/12)

Resources

• There is a good connection between the sources and information needed. Practical sources for each subtitle in the task are contained.
• There is no link in this webquest.

(6/8)

Evaluation

• The evaluation of learners is scored with a rubric. It is a good rubric but has some lacks. It is not enough to see deficiencies. Some criterias can be added to see.

(4/6)

Overall Score:44/50

My Favorite book '' Ejderha Cadı ''

This week I created a page on wikispaces about my favorite book. This was my first try at wikispaces. It is so easy to use and also fun. My favorite book is '' Ejderha Cadı''  and I wrote lots of informations on wikispace page about it.

It is very easy to use wikispace. It is online platform that teacher and learners can share everything. Previously. Teacher creates a group with class members and students can use it. You can see what other group members do.  Our teacher created a class at wikispace, it called as ‘myfavoritebook’. I and my friends attend the class via our teacher suggestion.I started to create a task about my favorite book. I watched a video of someone creating a wiki. I followed the steps and I had no difficulties at all creating the page on wiki.

Wikispaces is so beneficial for EFL students.  Wikispaces  are a great tool and are really beneficial in group works and interaction into an online course.  EFL students can get great benefit of wikispaces.

Please click here for my wiki about Ejderha Cadı

Podcast

Hello everyone. This is my first podcast. It is a very short story about a young woman. The story is created and narrated by me. 

Listen and see what happens

http://dlktas.podomatic.com/entry/2015-03-01T09_45_03-08_00

About Me

I am Dilek Taş. I am a 24 years old and I was born in Istanbul, Turkey. I am also an ELT student. I am currently studying at English Language Teacher Education Department in Istanbul. Since my primary education, I have always had an interest in English. I loved  watching movies & TV series and listening to music in English and soon I will become an English Language Teacher. I have had lots of experience in practicing teaching in education and I also started to become interested in Turkish Sign Language. My Blog is going to be about Teaching English so follow my blog and discover things about certain subjects in ELT.