2 different ways with cellphones!

After reading the information on cell phones in the classroom, I think cellphones can be used in the classroom. I searched some different applications. Students can use  Remind101. This free site is created for teachers and students to seamlessly create text and/or email reminders for assignments, projects, quizzes, tests, labs, class activities and homework. Teachers create accounts, upload syllabi, insert all class projects, activities, homework and assignments. Then students can log in to Remind101, search for their class, subscribe to the class, and automatically start receiving all reminders for the class activities. Students can add new reminders, or personalize the text alerts to be for only certain types of activities. One of the best aspects of this site is that it is quick and easy to use. Instructors can also use the same class site over and over again, just changing the due dates.
   Also, students can use Let's Go Vote and uses texting messaging from any cell phone to vote.  You can create a free account that will allow up to 20 votes per poll. It also allows you to create a poll with a "right or wrong" answer that can show up after the voting results are in. In addition, you can move from one poll to the next without having to go back to the main screen, so it is easy to have multiple question voting. Especially, teenagers love using their cellphone and this way can increase their participation for class. For example, a teacher can preapre a competition for students. The teacher seperates them into groups and delivers the questions. The group who sends their message firstly becomes the winner. Not only does this way motivate students, but also this way makes the lesson more interesting.

Thinkfinity- English Vocabulary

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/

The link is about English Vocabulary Quizzes using images. It can be used for ESL. Owing to the fact that my major is English Language Teaching, I can use these quizzes to assess my students. For assessment, these quizzes is very good because these quizzes have pictures about words. Thanks to these pictures, students can build a relationship between words' meaning. These pictures help students remember the meaning of the words. Furthermore, after these quizzes, students can learn the meaning of the words easily thanks to pictures even though they don't remember their meaning. After these quizzes, I tell the correct answers so students can learn the words with visual aids and it becomes more effective. In brief, these quizzes are both a good way to assess students' knowledge and a good visual aid to enable students not to forget these words.

SAS - Word Origins

http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=941 

       The link is about word origins -vocabulary skills-. I am taking Syntax class and we have learned some words’ origins. It is very helpful to learn their origin because we can think the relationship between its origin and meaning so memorizing this word becomes easier for us. I can use also this link for my students to improve their understanding of English word origins through the use of audio and visual aids. Recognizing the relationship between knowledge about word histories and editing decisions enables my students to learn the words better. Also, they need to use some skills such as writing and they will have an environment which is used the audio and visual aids. These will help them take their attention for class. Furthermore, learning the words’ origin is an interesting topic, using such a way can make the subject more interesting.

Connecting with the Community

Students who are learners of second language have a serious problem to speak, generally. Although they have enough information to speak, they do not speak owing to the fact that they don't have an enough chance to practise it. I think it is related with that they are not connected with community. As a teacher, firstly I want to handle this problem. In order to create an environment which students need to speak more, I can give homework which they need to make an interview with a person each week on different topics. According to the topics, the person they'll interview chance and they have more chance to speak with more people. They will record their interview and each week they will share it with me. I think at the end of the semester, not only will their speaking be more fluently, but also they will have a chance to talk different people from society.

Copyright

Audiovisual materials, websites, outside books, and firsthand sources are all examples of materials we might want to use in the classroom as a teacher to liven up our lessons. It is very important to keep in mind however, that most of these items are protected under copyright laws. As such, we need to have solid background knowledge of copyright. Due to the limitations based on copyright, there may be extra steps we need to take before sharing information with our students if we teach a distance-education course online. Owing to the fact that we will be a model as a teacher for our students, we need to be careful and aware about copyright.

Flipped Classroom

Flipped classroom is very effective way to make students' acquisition better. By learning outside of the class, students take their responsibility to follow their class and they don't need to be worry about the classes which they miss. Also, teacher can be more effective thanks to flipped classroom. Of course, listening the lesson at the classroom is very effective, interactive way; however, flipped classroom presents lots of advantegous for students. For example, a student do not understand a topic and she is a shy student to ask a question. Thanks to flipped classroom, she doesn't need to be worry about it, she can listen her lesson again and again until she understands every detail of the topic.

What I hope to learn from this class?

What I hope to learn from this class? After this class, I am sure I will be more familiar with lots of software and they will be helpful to create an easy environment for my students. Using techonology will be effective for students' learning, I need to use it well. Having contact with students, sharing information easily can make students' learning more effective. So, I hope I am going to learn new ways to use techonology effectively for students.