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Podcast: Create Your Own Podcast! + My First Podcast Experience

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Hello, welcome back to my blog! Today, I am really excited to share my first podcast experience with you. Before sharing my podcast, I would like to talk about the podcast itself and give you some tips about how to start a podcast. I hope you will enjoy it! Have a nice reading! What is a podcast? The podcast is a kind of audio broadcasting series of spoken word that is available on the Web and this series of spoken word (audio episodes) might be all focused on a particular topic or theme or the topic can change in each episode. Listeners can subscribe to the podcast show with an app on their phones and listen to audio episodes whenever and wherever they like. For instance, they can listen to podcasts on the go, at the work, in the morning, at night, etc. How to Start a Podcast? To start a podcast, you need to: * Find a concept for our podcast series, find a topic, come up with an interesting name, develop your format and decide the length for each episode. * Record and edit the audio
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Vidcast (Vodcast) + My First Vidcast Experience!

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Hello lovely people! Welcome back to Little Things With Şevval! Today, I am really excited because I am going to share my first vidcast with you and it is about drama in English language teaching. However, before that, we need to talk about what vidcast is. I hope you will enjoy today's menu! Have a nice reading! What is Vidcast? Vidcast is a word that combines VIDeo and podCAST. It is also called "Vcast", "Vodcast" and "Videocast". They all are different names of the same thing: it is the combination of a video and a podcast and uses the same RSS syndication method to deliver the material to the audience. Here is the link to my Vidcast:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-q2Umb9Vt0 I hope you enjoyed today's topic and my vidcast. Please let me know your thoughts in the comments section. I will see you in my next blog. Take care!
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Create Your Own Educational Animations! + Powtoon + My Animation (Cohesion vs. Coherence)

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Welcome to today's blog. Today on our menu, we have animations and I am sure this topic will get your attention right away. I mean who doesn't like animations?! Without further ado, let's dig in!   What are Animations? How to Use Animations in Education? Animations are the methods that manipulate figures and images to appear as moving images.  Instructors can produce animations for the specific purpose of using them in their classrooms and fostering learning for students. Educational animations are associated with educational technology and technological tools and they facilitate teaching-learning and improve classroom performance. Why Teachers Should Use Animations In Their Classrooms? Animated educational videos: Enhance creativity in learners. Motivate learners to learn more complex content and information. Engage learners in their learning processes. Improve comprehension in the classroom. Help teachers to visually represent abstract ideas. Help visual learners. Some To
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Voki: Create Your Own Speaking Characters For Education! + My Speaking Character On Voki

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Before reading today's blog, please check this link out:   https://tinyurl.com/y5kdpddb What is Voki? Voki is an online educational tool for both teachers and students. With Voki, they can express themselves on the Internet while using their own voice and a talking character. They can create their own speaking characters and use them in their learning-teaching processes to present content and share information. Teachers can use Voki to enhance and enrich their instructions, engage their students in their classes, and create better lesson comprehension. How to Use Voki? First of all, you can check their website to create your accounts and your own speaking characters. Here is a link to their website:  https://l-www.voki.com/ Also, I chose a free subscription and I will be able to use limited features of Voki. However, you can choose to use the paid version and try various features.  Also, on their website, you can find a lot of information about how to use Voki to teach different su
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Learning Management System (LMS) + Moodle + Blackboard: Create Your Own Online Learning Sites!

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Hello lovely people! I am glad you are here. Today I am going to talk about an important topic: Learning Management System and a few useful LMS that you guys can use in your teaching. Have a nice reading!    What is the Learning Management System (LMS)? A learning management system (LMS) is a software technology designed for creating, distributing, and managing the delivery of educational content. It is a functional platform that allows instructors to upload educational content, share data, and deliver lessons to their students.  Learning management systems can improve learning by making it more productive, faster, cost-effective, and trackable. Both instructors and students can easily access courses and administrators can monitor their students' development and make improvements. Why Teachers Should Use A Learning Management System?  1) Teachers can store all of the eLearning materials that they prepared for their lessons in one location. This can help them to create eLearning co
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