Online Learning With Moodle!

 

Hello everyone!

Moodle, in it's simplest definition, is a web software for creating online lessons. Moodle stands for Modular-Object-Oriented-Dynamic-Learning-Environment. We can say that it's somehow like an online classroom for the teachers and students that is designed so that it can be integrated into our education system. Moodle has also the necessary features and benefits to fulfill most of the activities that can be needed in distance learning.

As far as I researched it, many universities use Moodle for its usefulness. Lecturers and assistants can share the slides taught in the lesson, assignments and projects here. Students and faculty members can message and send images to each other trough this system. And many more things can be done in Moodle. 

If you would like to visit Moodle, you can click here https://moodle.org/?lang=en 

An Online Classroom; Edmodo!

 

Hello everyone! I will introduce a useful web tool to teachers and to the future teachers out there. It's Edmodo!

Edmodo is a web tool used to create a virtual classroom. It's an alternative platform that you can use to increase interaction with teachers, students and also with their parents. It can be used also to increasing learning outside the classroom. Thanks to Edmodo, it can be very easy for a teacher to communicate with their students outside of the classroom and send them works. With this tool, teachers can create classes, make quizzes to their students, send and notify homework and much more. Thanks to this web tool, students can gain the acquisition of the conscious use of technology, and at the same time, the usefulness of Edmodo can increase their interest thanks to the design structure they are familiar with.

• I even logged in as a teacher to try it out and opened my first class (sg7uya), It was a fun process even though I didn't have students, I understood how it works. 

MindMeister pt.3 TPACK and SAMR Models

 

Hello everyone!

Here I am with my third MindMeister post. This time, I created my mind map about the topics 'TPACK Model' and 'SAMR Model'. If you want some information about these two models, you can take a look at my mind maps that I prepared and added to the bottom.

• TPACK Model

• SAMR Model

My Journey With Coursera (+ getting a certificate)

 

Hello everyone!

I will give you some information about Coursera and tell you about my adventure with it.

Coursera is a site that offers online courses from various famous universities. We can say that it is like the online version of University lessons. The difference from the University is that these courses are open to everyone. There is no such thing as a participation limit. You can take these lessons wherever you are in the world and you also can get a certificate when you finish your chosen lesson.

• My Journey with Coursera:

About two weeks ago, I attended and finished the English for Career Development lesson in Coursera, which was presented by the University of Pennsylvania. As I said, there are many courses, but I chose this course because it caught my interest and I thought that I could learn something for my future. There was exactly a 5-week course schedule, but of course, you could finish the course whenever you want since they put the videos and everything in advance. I solved quizzes in each week's lesson, did my homework and that's how I could access the lessons of the other week. It was so fun that I finished the course in exactly 1 day and got my certificate. I can say that this course improved my understanding of a job application process, improved my English language skills and it gave me the opportunity to explore a global career path. In the end, I got my certificate, but it was a long process. Normally certificates are paid and cost 49 dollars. However, there is a financial aid article next to each course and when you press it, you write in a paragraph of about 150 words why you want to get this course and certificate for free and you must wait 2 weeks whether this application of yours is accepted or not. Of course, I applied and as my application was accepted today, I wanted to share it with you here. Do not forget that if you want a certificate for free!

• Here is my certificate :)

If you would like to start your journey with coursera, here is the link for it https://www.coursera.org 

 

Create your lessons with Blendspace

 

Hello everyone! I will introduce you to a web tool that will be helpful for teachers and future teacher candidates.

Sometimes it can be difficult for teachers to create lesson content or prepare students for lesson. In addition, teachers may ask the students to make a research and learn some topics before coming to class. Thus, the teacher aims to use the duration of the lesson more effectively. However, without a teacher, the student needs to take and learn the instructions very well in order to be prepared for the class alone and it can be difficult for them. At this point, the most effective site you can use is Blendspace.

Blendspace can be used to save the essential classroom time for student interactions or to have students work independently while teachers assist the progress of the students and give feedback to them. Lessons can be created, which can then be shared with students through a link or their class account. Hence, the students can learn and gain knowledge outside of the classroom, on their own time, whenever they want.

• If you'd like to check it out or start to use it, click here to enter the site.

MindMeister pt.2 'Learning'

 

Hello again! 

Here is my second mind map that I created on MindMeister, this time with the topic "Learning". If you'd like to know about MindMeister a little bit or see my first mind map that I created, you can take a look at my previous post.