There is No End to Learning!

Hello there, Reader!

This was the title of my first post on this blog. At the beginning of the semester, I was very excited about blogging. I’ve always loved being present on the internet, sharing my ideas on things and blogging. Thanks to our Instructional Technologies and Material Design course, I was able to share my projects and opinions on various topics about using technology in language teaching.

Looking back on my philosophy statement about teaching with technology, I can say that I still stand by my words and think ELT teachers must integrate 21^st century’s technological offers in their classrooms.

Throughout this experience, I didn’t notice any changes in myself. Only thing that comes to my mind is I’m more patient when it comes to using technology. There were times when I found some of the tasks boring and repetitive, but I still completed them, nevertheless. After a while, it become boring to search for tools and harder to be creative.

Of course, there are things that I liked about this course. For instance, as I mentioned, I liked that we got to be creative and share our opinions. Some of my favorite posts are;

• Wiki What?
• Turn Your Favorite Book into a Movie!

Another thing I didn’t like about the course was the group/pair works. Some tasks took up too much of our time. Maybe, the number of those tasks could be decreased and focus more on individual works like the blog itself. My least favorite tasks are (based on the process, not the outcome);

• Padlet Project: Endangered Species
• Digital Storytelling: The School Trip

Overall, this course taught me so much! And I think it wouldn’t be as effective as it was if we didn’t have our blogs. With this blog, I was able to work on every new thing we learned during our lessons.

Thank you for following me and hope you have a wonderful day!

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