LITTLE THINGS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

Hello guys, welcome back to Little Things With Şevval! Today, I am going to talk about Quizlet. Without further ado, let's get started! What is Quizlet? Quizlet is a platform that provides learning and teaching tools for students and teachers, such as flashcards, study, and game modes.  Where and How to Use It? Teachers can use it to build vocabulary. Teachers or students can create vocabulary flashcards for any topic. Teachers can provide their flashcards and games to their students and encourage them to study. Students can match words to definitions, match vocabulary to concepts, match answers to questions, and play educational games in a competitive environment. Also, students can create their learning tools such as flashcards, diagrams, and notes and study with them. By using Quizlet, they can improve their vocabulary and memorize them with ease. Limitation Maybe, some students can find these materials abstract if they like to take notes in an old fashioned way by hand. However...

Kahoot is a game-based learning and teaching platform that allows its users to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes. This platform is very beneficial to form an entertaining learning-teaching environment in the classrooms.  Where to Use It? Teachers can use Kahoot in their classroom environment or even an online education setting with their students to engage and involve them in the learning process. Teachers can use these games and quizzes at the end of their classes to summarize the lesson or evaluate the students’ improvement in learning. Also, by seeing their development, teachers can give feedback to their students and see what further work is needed to achieve success in the learning-teaching process.  How to Use It? Usage of this platform is very straightforward and suitable for new contemporary education systems because students and teachers are involved in technology, and education occurs within the technology. So, teachers can create their games an...

ClassDojo is a school community platform that allows teachers to create an efficient environment for their students and involving the parents in this learning-teaching journey. Teachers, students, and parents can communicate through this platform by sharing photos and videos and sending messages. Where and How to Use It? Teachers can use this platform to engage their students by creating a lovely class atmosphere that students can have a voice. The students can share photos and videos in their learning portfolios and get feedback from the teacher. The teacher can give positive feedback on good skills, values, or successes, and this positive atmosphere can encourage students to be more involved in the class.  Also, teachers can use this platform to communicate with their students' parents easily. Teachers can share photos and videos from the classroom and send direct messages to the parents to involve them in the learning process. Moreover, teachers can share lesson materials, mak...

BBC Learning English is a platform that makes people learn English and English culture by providing materials and videos. BBC's videos and equipment can be efficient in teaching English general knowledge and making students develop new skills. How to use BBC Learning English? Teachers can use the website, or they can download the application and use it from their mobile devices by creating accounts with their email addresses. Also, they can make their students use it at home to practice English with videos. Furthermore, this application has a decent feature in terms of notifying interesting subjects each day, and it may be helpful to trigger the urge to study English. Where to use BBC Learning English? In the application and on the website, there are different programs such as everyday English, business English, learning with news, learning with drama and English for children besides the basic language knowledge such as grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Business, drama, e...

Duolingo is a worldwide platform for learning different languages, including English. I have been using this platform as an application for learning German and Spanish, and it has been helpful for me to develop my language skills. I am sure it will be beneficial for teachers who want to offer a platform for their students to learn and practice English and the people who want to learn English by themselves. Let's look at it closely.    How to use Duolingo? Students can use Duolingo from its website with their email, or they can download the application and use it from their mobile devices. Therefore, teachers can make their students use Duolingo at home readily. Also, students can start as a beginner, or they can take a test to find out their level of language, so it is excellent to cover up different students’ levels in the class. After this, students can start taking courses and doing practices to improve their six crucial language skills such as speaking, listening, writin...

Here are the following mind maps that I made for my Instructional Technologies class. They are about learning: how learning occurs, three parts of the brain that involve learning and learning theories.

What is MindMeister?  MindMeister is an online application that allows its users to create and share their thoughts by mind mapping. Through the usage of this application, people can present their ideas with mind maps and take notes while studying. What is a Mind Map? A Mind Map is an easy way to organize thoughts, tasks, words, concepts, or items and display them in a diagram. A Mind Map allows people to visually see their work and help them to analyze and recall the ideas that they have about a specific topic.  Educational Use? When you prepare mind maps while studying a subject, it will help your brain’s functionality and memory system to work efficiently. It will stimulate and challenge you to analyze and recall the topics that you studied when you take a look at your mind maps again. Here is an example that I prepared in my Instructional Technology class. It is about the meaning of learning and its theories.