Here is my word cloud: https://worditout.com/word-cloud/3574342

     Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. It randomly positioned words, where the most important words are bigger than others. The user can alter the colours, style and layout of the word collage. It is a kind of data visualization tool which represent informations in the form of charts, maps, tag clouds, animation or any grphical means that make content easier to understand.
     Wordle has so many advantages and bedefits in many fields of study. Incorporating Wordle ,nto English classes is quick and easy. It can help to make the understanding of complex thing easier because they provide data in multi aspects incorporating visual, textual animated input and etc.

     Wordle is fun, visual and entertaining... have fun with your students :)

           Padlet is an application to create an online bullet in board that you can use to display information for any topic. Easily create an account and build a new board. you can add images, links, videos and more. You can return to add more later. 

        Installing Padlet Mini in your browser allows you to add the page you are browsing to your padlet and gives you a shortcut to view your Padlets. Settings allow you to make your wall completely open for public contributions, completely private or moderated by you. 

LET'S LOOK MY PADLET: https://tr.padlet.com/fly_svn90/nmmeyi0hjpo8

STORYBİRD

Storybird is a web-2 based application that you can create digital stories thanks to this tool and you want it from your students ;) So they can write poems and stories with using English. While they are creating stories they can use impressive pictures, they learn critical thinking and composed causes and results, they improve their imaginary.

You don't need extra expensive devices you can use your smartphone, pc, tablet etc...
If you wonder what can you make with Storybird;
Here is my storybird: https://storybird.com/books/85zc5crruz/

Here is an article from; Peter Bradford1 , Margaret Porciello, Nancy Balkon, Debra Backus United University Professions*, Albany NY 12212-5143

You can find this titles at the article:

• A brief history of Blackboard
• Benefits of the Blockboard learning system like; increased availability, quick feedback, improved communication tracking, skill building
• Drawback of the Blackboard learning system

link; http://uupinfo.org/research/working/bradford.pdf

ARE YOU READY TO MOODLE

Here is an article about MOODLE: Klaus Brandl University of Washington
You can find answers to your questions like;

• what is MOODLE
• How can we use it for language learning 
• How can you create sample tasks with MOODLE tools. 

link: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.113.7330&rep=rep1&type=pdf

POWTOON

Powtoon is a web-based animation software. You can easily and quickly prepare animated presentations. You can add your sound, musics pictures videos link etc. into the your presentation.
Powtoon is the world's leading, most user friendly, and most intuitive animation software. Powtoon can be used by educators to create animated presentations of content for students. There is no software to download , as Powtoon is web based. It is the amswer to boring, text filled presentations that lose audience attention after just a few slides.

Here is my Powtoon: https://www.powtoon.com/c/faHLlNEauH5/1/m

ENJOYABLE LESSONS WITH SOCRATIVE

WHAT IS SOCRATIVE

It is a tool that you can creat tests on the internet and your students can reach them with their smartphones or PCs thus you can give feedback immediately. It serves you to present an enjoyable and teaching activity in your classroom after you teach a subject. Your students could

see their names or nicknames on the smartboard. Also each students have a symbol.  In the meantime the symbol will go on when they give a true answer. So this tool will provide a competition environment. I think Socrative is good to make your students active in your lessons. Using it will solve your giving feedback problem. In this way you can give feedback to each student.
     Finally don't forget, if you want you can print your tests and hand out them your students.

This is my Socrative quiz click and see it: https://b.socrative.com/teacher/#import-quiz/38112298

SIX REASONS TO START KAHOOT!'ING

      I think Kahoot is a perfect tool. Because it is a game based learning platform. You can create a fun learning game in  minutes. you can add videos diagrams images for your questions. It helps you to create an active classroom atmosphere.

     We have a lot of reasons to use it. First of all it is flexible. In a few minutes you can creat a learning game for all ages, any topic. secondly It is simple works on any device with an internet connection. For players no account or login is required to join a game. Thirdly. It's diverse. Starting a conversation or reinforcing knowledge, intoducing new topics or encouraging teamwork and more - there is so many different ways to Kahoot. Also it is engaging. It fosters social learning, unlocks learners' potential and deepens pedogogical impact. It is global you can connect and play in real time with other players in countries. Finally it is free. Creating learning games and playing Kahoot is free for teachers and students! 

     Play, learn, have fun and celebrate together...

    To see my kahoot please click the smile: 😉

VOKI THE VOICE OF SOCIAL LEARNING

VOKİ web 2.0 is an application that you can use it in your classroom. You can create an avatar and use it to ask questions and answer the questions. It helps to establish a permanent learning enviroment thus students can easly underestand and remember the subjects that they have difficulty to learn.

     We can use Vokie to improve students' critical thinking ability and to give homework. So students can put a production about their homework so they can feel more happy and enjoy. This app will help you to attract your students' attention. 

      Here is my Voki avatar :https://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=15236775&chsm=5656a75a62df3a13a167b5e8c5d57fe4

      Have fun with your students :)

HOT POTATOES!

Hot potatoes is an application that includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap fill exercises for the world wide web. Hot Potatoes requires to download. It is freeware and you may use it for any purpose or project you like.

Here is a photo from my Hot Potatoes experience. It is web 2's emerging Learning technology so I think it is an old technology app according to Kahoot, Quizlet etc. But it is a simple programme that can be created interactive exercises.

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VIRTUAL REALITY AND  EDUCATION

    The term ‘virtual reality’ basically means ‘near-reality.' Virtual reality is the creation of a virtual environment presented to our senses in such a way that we experience it as if we were really there. 

         VR begin it's life in intertainment area ın time ıt got the practical use and aducation didn't stand aloof. the main goal of using VR in education is to make studying process exciting and more effective.

    It empowers students to learn by doing by directly engaging with their subject matter through immerse interactive experiences. Also because of the sensory and experiential of VR learners of all three modalities ( kinesthetic, visual and auditory) benefit from VR education and achive faster learning while developing higher level cognitive skills.

     These types of lessons create an environment in which students are actively participating in their learning meterial and are incentivized throught gamfication as well as assessment.

  

                    Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever...

WHAT IS AUGMENTED REALITY?

      Augmented reality is the technology that expands our physical world, adding layers of digital information onto it. For example ıf you experienced the hubbub of Pokemon Go, you've already tested AR in action.

     It can be also used in education. It helps students to learn new informations and remember new vocabularies. you can use it with groups or one to one education and you can use it for every age. also you don't need expensive devices. A smart phone is enough. There are some applications like 3D AR, BLIPPAR, HP REVEAL and ZAPPAR that you can download and use. Here is my AR which I made with HP REVEAL;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mtj_LNyiEs