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My Final Post

 Hey everyone! We completed another term with lots of new experiences and information. This year’s Current Issues course helped me a lot. It has lots of strengths like direct material design prepares us for the following courses and helps us with these tasks in an innovative way. It also had a few weaknesses such as, some of the tasks are not applicable in some of the classroom scenarios because of the inequality of opportunity between the learners.  The course was a bit hard in terms of using technology proficiently and the necessity of creativity. Sometimes it was hard to come up with a different idea or find an effective tool. That’s for sure that following the instructions made our job easier than ever. My favorite task was the AR/VR based teaching material because what is more delightful than traveling and seeing new places while using a new language? My least favorite was the flipped-classroom teaching video because I don’t really like editing videos. If I have to make a...

My AI Integrated Teaching Material

 Hey everyone! Hatice Büber and I prepared an AI-integrated teaching resource this past week. To help students improve their writing abilities and strengthen their vocabulary related to the second unit of their coursebook, we decided to use an AI-based image generator.  We designed a Mentimeter quiz for them to take as part of the pre-task to refresh their memory and engage their schemata. We chose an AI-based image generator (Imagine. Art) for the target task, and we asked Ss to describe their imagined room and the room of another pair. We wanted them to construct sentences regarding the differences and similarities between the pictures as a post-task.  Comparing the process to earlier tasks, it wasn't that difficult. We learned a lot and had a great time.  You can access our worksheet from here . And also giving you the link to Hatice's blog.

My AR/VR based material experience

 Hey everyone! I'm excited to share the incredible journey we undertook in our latest ELT assignment. We teamed up with my partner and ventured into the realm of augmented and virtual reality to create a virtual tour of Cairo. The use of AR and VR in the classroom ensures a student-centered approach while inspiring students to learn and create new things. However, these approaches have drawbacks as well, such as distracted students and technical issues. From navigating technical challenges to brainstorming creative questions, this project pushed us beyond our comfort zones. We used VR videos for the traveling part and for the local cuisine part we found the 3D Falafel experience. These VR experiences and answering the questions aimed to spark our students' imaginations. Choosing Cairo as our virtual backdrop caused some difficulties– limited videos and the quest for authentic questions. Yet, overcoming these challenges became part of the adventure, fueling our growth as educato...