KWL

Actually I didn't not know anything about readability of tests.I have learned some useful information about readability during my reading.There are some readability sites which works on text you paste by providing some statistics and some standard levels.By the help of this tool we can compare some texts and find the most suitable one for our students.Concordance is my favorite.As I twitted before it can be used for drilling of some grammar points.For example," passive voice" can be perfectly supported by using Concorder.Wordle also very nice tool to show frequency of words in a text, and especially i like to create clouds, but I am not sure about where to use it exactly.It is good to use for introducing a new topic.I couldn't find any drawbacks for using these two tools.

Hot potatoes

Today was a very exhausting day , not only because of our midterm exam's pressure but also our CTE319's busy schedule.Now I feel better, more relaxed and have just started to reflect on what we learned today. Especially  at the beginning ( at the middle and at  the end of the lesson:))   I hardly followed Steve Hoca's instructions  and I thought that TP was enough good for us.Why we had to learn this HOT POTATOES which was more complicated than TP, but now I am very impressed with the tool since I watched my jcloze work.It is wonderful.HP is a very handy  tool for both online and  paper-based  activities.Although I haven't explore TP  in details,  HP seems  more sophisticated  and rich.Online exams and  activities are no longer   pipe dreams for average teachers .Of course it needs some practice, but it is  definitely worth trying!

Google scribe

I am very impressed with the Google Scribe.It is especially helpful for those who types  slowly on computer such as me :)It offers several suggestions as I write.What a luxuary for sudents!So it is time saving and enjoyable.I think It is especially good for beginner level students  in any language.I am giong to try it for French.I think The result will be more dramatic for me.Finally,I wish it was avaible for Microsoft Office document. (May be it is but I don't know!)Hocam still I can not find the pencil icon:))

My twitter experience

I am thinking on what makes people use Twitter.The only difference I found  is  that  you can follow whoever you want without permission.Otherwise I can do the same things by using Facebook.For example; I can share some news, videos, links and ideas.I looked at some twits of my followings to analyze the nature of Twitter.Then I realized that they are definitely short and mostly the twits directs you somewhere to get more information, but it is not very distinctive, We can do all these things via Facebook .So I came to same conclusion that I said at the beginning  .The users of twitter is more generous to share their private or professional life.To follow some people who have good experience and knowledge on your subject definitely would be very meaningful.I think I can use twitter for  only this reason.I believe that Twitter will not be an  alternative to my  blog in Language teaching .For me Twitter can be more useful for graduate students who specialize in a particular subject or some students who like to learn more about their field, but not for high school students.

reflection onBlogging

I have Just visited Burcu's and Ozge's Blogs . I am now their followers.I have read their ideas how to use a blog in Language teaching and I have made some comments.I saw that  they also  eager to use blogs for professional purposes.It was a nice  experience to learn their ideas and share mine with my colleagues.Although i have been blogging for few weeks,I liked this experience.It is very personal.I really like the sense of ownership that my Blog gives me.It gives me freedom on writing and sharing what I want.It also  gives me a space to practice what I learned.My current project as a student is  to use my Blog as a kind of diary which gives me great opportunity for writing  and also  as a portfolio where I store everything useful for me.Moreover,in future, My blog is going to be  a handy tool  to organize  and to share my ideas on my profession.I also  will use my blog to improve my teaching  and to boost teaching outcomes  that I mentioned my previous post.
    

TRICIDER BRAINSTORMING

I definitely liked Tricider.it is an encouraging and funny way of brainstorming.After our Tricider experience we can easily say that the best two proposals about how we can use technology to teach vocabulary are to create crossword puzzles on the Internet and to prepare online flashcards.(By the time I wrote this reflection,each took 2 votes)

• This tool can be more useful when students don't like to share their ideas( it is especially true for introvert students)face to face about an issue or they don't like to participate in solving a problem. 
• I think that I can use it, for instance, to determine the best way of my teaching or some new ideas to motivate my students for language learning or to find the reasons why some students are already demotivated for language learning.
•  This tool is useful because as I said above it encourages shy or introvert students' participation in finding a solution to a problem about course or classroom events.
• Besides, it is a more convenient way to engage a new generation student in a classroom work , 
• but may be it has some negative impacts on face to face relations or direct communication between peers and teachers which is already weakened nowadays 

If you want to read more about benefits of TRICIDER click the link:)

https://tricider.com/en/Benefits-of-Brainstorming/?wicket:pageMapName=wicket-0

 

Blogs in English teaching

After I visited some EFL teachers blogs I got some ideas  how to use it for educational purposes.