RSS is RRS ( Really Really Simple) !

Hi, dear all ! Today I’m going to talk about RSS (Really Simple Syndication).  RSS is a technology that we, (I mean, web users) use to access the update posts of our favourite websites or blogs we follow. With the help of this, you don’t have to check websites everytime to see whether there is any update post or not. It’s just doing it for you. And by using RSS, you can get and read other relevant information, too. If we talk about how to use it, I should say, it’s quite simple actually. Firstly, you just download any RSS reader or you can just use an online one. After, you just add links of the websites or blogs to your RSS reader and you are ready to keep the track of new posts, which I actually use an online one. You can take the advantage of it, if you use blogs. It really saves time !

Here are blogs that I follow as you can see:

This blog is created by Burcu Akyol who is teaching for 14 years and sharing her ideas about teaching and education. Actually when I saw her last post, I was really impressed because the post contains some suggesstion not only for educators but also for parents. And she also recommends a relevant video to support her ideas in the post. When I look at the general of the blog page, I see that she address followers really well. And her posts are really beneficial for educators who want to be one of the "good teachers". I strongly recommend this blog page to you. 

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A Film Review - Sweeney Todd,The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Hello, everyone ! This week, we created a wikipage with my dear friend Mehmet Yakala. In our wikipage, we reviewed a film which we both watched and liked. Actually, as anyone may have some difficulties in starting a new task, we did so, especially deciding on which points we will focuse on, as you know when you start talking about  the thing you have already known every piece of it, you will be very indecisive and confused Our wikipage also includes the plot of the movie, and whether we recommend or if we do, why?. If we have to talk about wikipage, we must say that they are very useful because you can share your thoughts about anything and you can also have some ideas about the things which other people wrote. Creating the wikipage and reviewing the film we have chosen was very enjoyable although it was a little bit difficult to make due to our inexperiences in this kind of task. While reviewing the movie, we worked very collaboratively actually, we supported each other and evaluated our task in every step of it and decide what was to be the next one. Actually this kind of thing makes us collaborate with each other and gives a chance to know your collaborator and his ideas more closely and better. To sum up, using this and this kind of technological tools will be for the benefit of students and broaden their viewpoint and make them think in a way that actually they can't on theirselves. We really recommend wikis to be used in the classrooms. We hope you find this one that we did useful for yourself and enjoy it!

Here is our film review of the Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. You can simply read by clicking here.




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http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/

Colourful Balloons

Hi everyone! Today I made a podcast for the first time and I hope you enjoy and find it useful. I created this podcast for intermediate learners. I worked with my dear friend Mehmet Yakala in this making process. Actually, I had some difficulties in finding a suitable place for the recording and adding sound effects to it simultaneously and besides these, I was really excited because it was my first experience in this area. So, I strongly recommend this kind of activity to all teachers who want to teach English in an entertaining way.

Hope you like it!


Audio recording and upload >>

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Welcoming Post

    Subscribing to a blog and reading them generally make people feel bored because they prefer photos or videos rather than long posts. In my blog which contains many videos and photos beside posts, I hope you will find different kind of information that is useful for second language learners.As you keep reading my posts, your ideas about teaching and learning a foreign language will change positively.

                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                               
 To be continued...

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http://www.gotmesh.org/
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