What is RSS?

Hello everybody! This week, we are talking about RSS .  I know that all of you want to learn what RSS is. RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) is a family of Web feed formats used to publish often ubdated content such as blog entries , news  headlines or podcasts. An RSS document , which is called  a ''feed '', '' web feed'', or '' channel'', contains either a summary of  content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it  possible for people to keep up with their favourite  web sites in an automated manner that is easier than checking them manually.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Now , I am going to talk about my fovourite blog. To be an efficient teacher and to improve myself in the area of ELT , I follow a lot of blogs. Among these blogs, one of them is my favourite . I highly recommend to all ESL/EFL teachers to check Özge Karaoğlu. She is an English teacher and educational consultant in  teaching with web based and teacher trainer. It is one of the most useful blogs for educational technologies.It encourages educators and students to use web tools and technology in language learning classrooms and raise their awareness about educational resources. When we look at Özge Karaoğlu' s blog, we can see that useful videos,vocabulary activities,games and lesson plans etc. In the future, ıf you want to be a good teacher, you can visit her blog and in my opinion you mus follow her blog!

A FILM REVIEW: THE GREAT GATSBY

Hello everyone! 

  The task that we are supposed to the for this week is '' Wiki Project.'' For this project , me and my partner, Sena Keçeci , made a film review : The Great Gatsby. You can reach our  wiki project from here . 

  Wikiing is a helpful project; wikispace is useful for displaying students' work and it is an educating site for both teachers and students; however, unfortunately I haven't had any information about the existence of this kind of site by this time. I am happy for learning about it now. I had no difficulty at all during the process of task completion. 

  Wikis have lots of advantages for EFL learners. Firstly, they improve their reading and writing skills; wikis are sites that provide reaching lots of ideas without any effort. And they give an opportunity for the EFL learners to look at their friends' work and give feedback on it. Thus, they provide developing self expression and creating cooperative learning. Wikis also enhance collaboration. 

  I want to use "Wiki Project" for my students in the future. Because it shows that for providing continuous interaction English is like a living being; so it makes the process of English learning meaningful and motivating. I really like it! 

A Sunny Day - PodCast

I worked with İpek Kesici for this assignment.

I have to say that we couldn't decide which choice would be more suitable for us. But then we chose the second one: creating a rich sound story. First of all, we knew that it would be difficult, on second thoughts, it was. I would be lying if I said I wasn't stressed. Podcasting is a very arduous process. We created an interesting story with the transcript, and recorded our voice. Everything was good up to that time. But then, we didn't know how to embed or share an mp3 file in our blogs. While we were looking for the solution, we found one. The process of research was really waste of time. But we found what we wanted without asking anyone. 

Podcasting has some advantages for EFL learners. It provides them an opportunity for development of their listening skills and pronunciation. They may also enjoy listening it. That is, podcasting can encourage EFL learners in the process of learning second language.

I want to use podcasting with my students in the future. Recording songs and stories might encourage them to study and wish of learning. They can also be happy for listening their teacher from the podcast: it is a familiar voice, they will be interested in listening it.

I hope I can use podcasting effectively in the future.  

Here's our podcasting assignment;

Record and upload voice >>

Welcome to My Blog !

Welcome to my sweet English blog! I'll share my favourites, projects and opinions with you here. I hope it will be enjoyable for me and you. :))