End of The Semester?

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Greetings everyone! This won't be about another assignment because the end of the semester has arrived. Time passes fast, isn't it? This post will be about the overall evaluation of our Instructional Technologies and Material Design in English Language Teaching course.


My View of Technology:

I think technology is a part of our everyday life. It makes our life easier in any way imaginable if used correctly. This course fortified my views about technology overall by creating oppurtunities for me to produce digital literacies.


My Beliefs About Technology And Education:

Overall this course changed my opinions about 21st century education. Initially, I thought that technologies and digital literacies are not very useful in language education. However, as I have produced digital literacy, I have observed that these tasks can be advantageous in many ways and they can enable students to produce, which can fortify their learning. These tasks create oppurtunities for collaborative works, which is also an important aspect of language education in my perspective. Moreover, they can also create oppurtunities for learning outside of the classroom! At the end of this semester, I think it is safe to say that technology is an indispensable tool in language teaching and learning.

My Opinions About The Course:

It was one of my favorite courses in this semester. The experience was very engaging and fun. There were many oppurtunities for us to state our ideas and take active participation in the classroom. Moreover, the assignment guidelines were clear and the communication with our instructor Assoc. Prof. Gökçe Kurt Tiftik was very easy. Furthermore, the overall process was very systematic because almost everything were implemented in technology, further emphasizing the convinience of technology use in classrooms.


Concluding Marks:

Overall, I have enjoyed the whole process and I am content with the effectiveness of the course. However, I assume that I will once again be active in this blog in the next upcoming academic year. So if you have enjoyed my posts and my digital literacies, stay tuned for more! Who knows? Maybe the time will pass like a river just like how it happened throughout this semester. I hope you have a wonderful day and as always until next time!

-EA out.


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