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                                                             (Photo by: https://prajyotiniketan.edu.in ) In the spring semester of 2023-2024, we took a class named "Instructional Technologies and Material Design in English Language" given by Asst. Prof. Mustafa  Polat. In this course, we learned new ways of using technology for teaching and learning.  Before the class, i had little information on the issue of  technology integration in English language teaching. Of course, i knew some apps like Duolingo but i never thought that there are actually so many ways we can integrate technology with ELT.  I can say that this course opened my horizon in language learning and teaching. Thanks to Mustafa Polat's tasks, i experienced so many things. As an example: i  never had a blog before. Opening and designing a blog w...

        ( Mustafa kemal Atatürk (1932) by: SETA)   In this post,  i will talk about my experience of interviewing with Atatürk. The Reason i chose Atatürk to interview is actually pretty simple. Atatürk is the first person to come to my mind when i think about a historical figure who has greatly impacted history. my questions in the interview were about his ideas about his revolutions, the Ottoman Empire's mistakes in World War 1 and strategies he would have used if he were alive in World War 2. Also,  i asked him about his idealized future for Türkiye as well. He answered my questions through  Magic School's Character Chatbot ,    a website that utilizes various AI features. This tool allowed me to interact with a representation of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.  After the interview with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, i wrote a report that includes key points and direct quotes of atatürk from our interview.  After writing the report, I used M...

 "HER" MOVIE REVIEW  In this post, i will be sharing my experiences of writing a review for a movie. Our teacher Mustafa Polat asked us to become a group of 3 and write a review for a movie that we chose using Google Docs. After the review, our teacher asked us to make comments on another group's review. Me,  Muhammed Emir Özbek , and Emir Batu özdemir  came together. You can visit their blogs by clicking on their names. For the review, we needed to choose a film. After seeing the new updates of Chat-Gpt 4O, we decided to watch the movie "Her" by Spike Jonze.   Using Google Docs for collaborative tasks was not something i did for the first time so i already knew how to use it. It helped our group to share their ideas and fix other's mistakes easily and the best part of it was we were able to add our work something whenever we wanted. Creating a review was a new experience for me. Even though i like to talk about a movie with my friends after watching i...

 Our teacher wanted us to create a digital story and gave us 3 different choices. Me and my friend Emir Batu Özdemir decided to create a HOW TO...? video. Since we love eating. we decided to make a pesto pasta recipe.  I recorded myself while making the pesto pasta and after finishing and eating the delicious food, I sent the video to my friend and then he made a voice-over for the video.  Its challenging part was the recording process. i made some mistakes and i  had to re-make the whole process. other parts such as editing and adding voices were really fun. This digital story process can be really entertaining and educational for students.  Their speaking, critical thinking and socializing skills can be improved.  if you want to see the great recipe for pesto pasta:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gRTrbqPLpCmJfATmh0_D7OLqjKw99ptJ/view my friend's blog: https://eltime1.blogspot.com/?m=1