Wikiing - Being a Wikier(?)

   We learned what is a wiki, what wikiing is etc. in the last lesson. Wiki is kind of a modern library. It is full of information, and you can contribute it, share your own knowledge with it or with the help of it whenever you want. There is no limitation, but you need to take permission first. Here are the some Wiki examples:
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
 www.wikibooks.org

Don't forget to put "0" before "w" if you live in Turkey!

I think Wikiing contributes to the development of writing skills mostly. The more you write, the more you become competent to write. Also, teachers can encourage their students to research about a specific topic and make them post an article on Wiki. They can form working groups and thus they get used to working together. These are all connected to each other.

At the end of the last lesson, our teacher gave us a task related to this post. She wanted us to choose a book we like and recommend it to other people. I chose "Lord of the Flies" and I created a wiki entry, which you can see it by clicking this, on the wiki page she opened. I included who wrote the book, the number of pages, its genre etc. I wrote a paragraph summarizing the plot and the main characters. Furthermore, I explained why I recommend this book. You can simply read my entry from below.

Our Horror Tale, SPOILER: We Became a Podcaster

   Do you know what podcasting is? or a podcast? Well, we learned it in the last lesson. A podcast can be a digital media file that you record to tell something about almost anything without vision. Afterward, we became podcasters. Our teacher offered us 3 options. We were a group of 3 people. I, Beyza and Fulya. We picked the one that we could tell a horror tale. Then we recorded it with the help of a podcasting website. It was Vocaroo, you can check it, it is really easy to use. First, we gathered in our school, Marmara University, and wrote our horror story together. Then, we needed a silent place, so we came to my house. It is rather close to our school. Finally, we recorded it with using some voice effects and sent it to our teacher. You can listen to our story from this link!
  If you wonder what I think about podcasting, I did not enjoy doing it much, and I do not think I will use it in my classes. Technology is moving forward at an incredible pace. I'm sure there will be something better in 5 years. If it is not, I will not use podcasting anyway. Podcasting is already out of fashion, it is like using radio for a football match although there is TV. Nowadays, the visual stuff attracts people. People are talking about Netflix, Amazon Video etc. taking over TV. Online streaming is on the rise. Even for today, I can say that creating a youtube channel and doing the same thing we did in a podcast in that channel would be much more efficient than talking to a microphone and recording it. So I believe that there are better choices right now, and there will be even better ones in the future.

Do not forget to listen to our story from here! Also, I wonder what you think about podcasting, and what does the future bring us related to this?

Have you ever heard "CALL"?

Have you ever seen the term CALL on the internet? If you haven't, you should be ready to see and learn what it is right now!

"CALL" is simply study of technology in foreign language teaching. It involves any kind of technology usage and apps as well as communication technology. It aims to make the students work on their own, create a healthy learning environment which is highly student centered. It can help teachers to reinforce either what is already learned or what will be learned.

Learning in the "Dream Century"

Have you ever thought that our lifes are getting faster and faster? We are getting used to pace more and more day by day. Can you say that this doesn't affect education or teaching? Well, no you can't. But how? How does it do that? How does the technologhy affect our lifes, our teaching methods, our teachers? I'm here to answer.

Many important developments took place in 21st century. But what concerns us is the effect of this massive development on education. In old times, when our parents wanted to read and learn something, they opened an encyclopedia and spent their hours only to find a little piece of information. When the internet appeared, those hours became minutes, even seconds. Access to information accelerated, but it also brought the excessive amount of false information across the whole internet. In 2018, ı cannot tell you that there is not a single teacher that do not use internet, but ı can say that %99 of them use the internet to give lectures.

Therefore, In my opinion, technologhy and the 21st century brought both positive and negative sides to education. What we must do is using these great opportunity to our own benefits, and mostly to our students' benefits.

If you have any different idea, it is time to share them with us!

All Are Welcome

    Hello there, as a pre-service teacher, I have opened this blog to convey the information taught by my proficient teachers at my school.  You will find many interesting topics to cover about being a teacher, such as teaching a language, technology use in teaching, 21st century etc as well as my personal opinions. So, Let's Go!

About Me

Hey, I'm Baran and ı'm 20 years old. I'm studying English language teaching at Marmara University. I like traveling and watching American series a lot. I have been in many European countries, ı have encountered with many different cultures. I will combine all of these and be an international English Teacher!