We started the day practising Today'sMeet . Husnu was given the task to create a room , we all entered the room (of course he needed to give us the name of the room ) and asked him plenty of questions about his life, career and country. He answered the 4 most interesting ones .
I got to learn a lot about Izmir.
In this activity we used all the 4 language skills.
Next Husnu was given the task to be the editor of Google Slides on 3 main cities in Turkey.
Pretending to be at home so speaking to each other was strictly forbidden, each of us had to create 3 slides: one with a picture, one with a video and one with 5 facts about the city.
The editor gave us clear instructions about font size, image size (ideal between 600 and 800 pixel) and video lenght.
How can we create slides?
here you are , with Russell's video about it.
Final reflections about the activities:
important to match groups and slides (group 1 slides 1,2, 3; group 2...)
groups must keep an eye on the chat and answer questions from editor or other groups;
to prevent sts from copy-pasting, give a limited number of words in the written texts.
While creating the first slide we learned about how to find pictures on Google. I personally discovered TOOLS which is a way to filter the images (colour, size, type of drawing...).
Something very important is the copy-right matter.
"Strictly speaking"every time we use a photo or video from the net, we "steal" someone else's property. In practice, this is done thousand of times everyday by teachers and students alike with no consequences because we use them for educational purposes. It's always better, anyway, to inform the students about this problem and encourage them to use "reusable pictures/videos" (labels).
Next we concentrated on our Blog.
Some basics:
1. when we add info (text, photos, videos) , it all goes on the blog.
2. we can add extra pages. These will stay the same unless we decide to change them. To create a new page, first of all we need a new gadget: from Layout we can add the menu system and then select PAGE. (only the first time).
3.Now, let's create a new page clicking on + . It's very important always to give a title to the new page.
My new page will be :"My Teaching Career".
3 date stamping: the blog automatically adds the date when every new post is introduced in the blog. The different dates are then listed on the left so that it is extremely easy to research one particular adding.
4 Something else which is extremely important is labelling. We Must label the content of our blog posts very clearly, using even more than one words, to let readers find the content more easily.
For example: I will label today's post , which is about vocabulary, with the words "vocabulary, lexis, words". The more specific I am, the better.
Blogger will automatically create a list of all the labels on the left so that readers looking for some info will just need to click on the label and all the posts related to that word will be shown, from the latest to the oldest.
Now, YouTube Channel!
What can we do with it?
1 subscribe to channels we are interested in. This way I will be informed about every single new video that is added into the channel. How? There is a list of channels I am subscribed to on the left and a number will be displayed meaning the latest new video introduced. Let' s watch Russell's video about it and he will make it clear.
2 Create playlists. What are they? They a a collections of videos, from different channels, all about the same topic.
Creating a playlist is very easy. At the bottom of a video you are interested in, you will have the possibility to "add to a playlist" or "create a new playlist". Here you are, now you will have all the videos you are interested in together, in the same "box".
To check your playlists, you have the "Library" on the left of the screen.
Sometimes we do not have the time to watch a video . At the bottom, on the left of the video there is the "watch later" button. If we click on it, the video will be in the "watch later list' on the left of the screen.
3 it is also possible to upload your own video .
Sooooo .... here are my answers to the questions:
I got to learn a lot about Izmir.
In this activity we used all the 4 language skills.
Next Husnu was given the task to be the editor of Google Slides on 3 main cities in Turkey.
Pretending to be at home so speaking to each other was strictly forbidden, each of us had to create 3 slides: one with a picture, one with a video and one with 5 facts about the city.
The editor gave us clear instructions about font size, image size (ideal between 600 and 800 pixel) and video lenght.
How can we create slides?
here you are , with Russell's video about it.
Final reflections about the activities:
important to match groups and slides (group 1 slides 1,2, 3; group 2...)
groups must keep an eye on the chat and answer questions from editor or other groups;
to prevent sts from copy-pasting, give a limited number of words in the written texts.
While creating the first slide we learned about how to find pictures on Google. I personally discovered TOOLS which is a way to filter the images (colour, size, type of drawing...).
Something very important is the copy-right matter.
"Strictly speaking"every time we use a photo or video from the net, we "steal" someone else's property. In practice, this is done thousand of times everyday by teachers and students alike with no consequences because we use them for educational purposes. It's always better, anyway, to inform the students about this problem and encourage them to use "reusable pictures/videos" (labels).
Next we concentrated on our Blog.
Some basics:
1. when we add info (text, photos, videos) , it all goes on the blog.
2. we can add extra pages. These will stay the same unless we decide to change them. To create a new page, first of all we need a new gadget: from Layout we can add the menu system and then select PAGE. (only the first time).
3.Now, let's create a new page clicking on + . It's very important always to give a title to the new page.
My new page will be :"My Teaching Career".
3 date stamping: the blog automatically adds the date when every new post is introduced in the blog. The different dates are then listed on the left so that it is extremely easy to research one particular adding.
4 Something else which is extremely important is labelling. We Must label the content of our blog posts very clearly, using even more than one words, to let readers find the content more easily.
For example: I will label today's post , which is about vocabulary, with the words "vocabulary, lexis, words". The more specific I am, the better.
Blogger will automatically create a list of all the labels on the left so that readers looking for some info will just need to click on the label and all the posts related to that word will be shown, from the latest to the oldest.
Now, YouTube Channel!
What can we do with it?
1 subscribe to channels we are interested in. This way I will be informed about every single new video that is added into the channel. How? There is a list of channels I am subscribed to on the left and a number will be displayed meaning the latest new video introduced. Let' s watch Russell's video about it and he will make it clear.
2 Create playlists. What are they? They a a collections of videos, from different channels, all about the same topic.
Creating a playlist is very easy. At the bottom of a video you are interested in, you will have the possibility to "add to a playlist" or "create a new playlist". Here you are, now you will have all the videos you are interested in together, in the same "box".
To check your playlists, you have the "Library" on the left of the screen.
Sometimes we do not have the time to watch a video . At the bottom, on the left of the video there is the "watch later" button. If we click on it, the video will be in the "watch later list' on the left of the screen.
3 it is also possible to upload your own video .
Sooooo .... here are my answers to the questions:
What technologies have you been exposed to?
Today’s Meet, Google Slides, how to use of images , blogging and Google YouTube.
How might you use the technologies/techniques in your own teaching and learning?
YouTube offers a great variety of opportunity to practice the 4 language skills: from listening to songs and filling in blanks, to listening comprehension (songs, speeches, videos, advertisements, interviews…) and each of them can be followed by discussion in class and probably written tasks as home assignments.
What value would these techniques/technologies add to your teaching and learning?
In my teaching career, I have been struggling with pictures a lot!!! The size, the pixel, …. Now inserting an image in whatever document I want to produce will be definitely much easier!
A blog can be a really useful for teachers as they can upload their own videos and documents, they can insert links to newspaper articles, video interviews , they can also use it as a form of a diary registering the different class activities (for absent students). The blog can be shared with the students who can contribute to it.
YouTube is an incredible source of materials which are extremely valuable both for our teaching activities and our personal interests. Havingt hem well-organized and structured will save plenty of time. Moreover we will be kept updated with the latest production so it is a way to try to keep up with the students.
What challenges do you foresee?
I am afraid it will take me some time to practice and get familiar with blogging while I am sure I will use the different tools offered by YouTube quite intensely.
Today’s Meet, Google Slides, how to use of images , blogging and Google YouTube.
How might you use the technologies/techniques in your own teaching and learning?
YouTube offers a great variety of opportunity to practice the 4 language skills: from listening to songs and filling in blanks, to listening comprehension (songs, speeches, videos, advertisements, interviews…) and each of them can be followed by discussion in class and probably written tasks as home assignments.
What value would these techniques/technologies add to your teaching and learning?
In my teaching career, I have been struggling with pictures a lot!!! The size, the pixel, …. Now inserting an image in whatever document I want to produce will be definitely much easier!
A blog can be a really useful for teachers as they can upload their own videos and documents, they can insert links to newspaper articles, video interviews , they can also use it as a form of a diary registering the different class activities (for absent students). The blog can be shared with the students who can contribute to it.
YouTube is an incredible source of materials which are extremely valuable both for our teaching activities and our personal interests. Havingt hem well-organized and structured will save plenty of time. Moreover we will be kept updated with the latest production so it is a way to try to keep up with the students.
What challenges do you foresee?
I am afraid it will take me some time to practice and get familiar with blogging while I am sure I will use the different tools offered by YouTube quite intensely.
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