Goodbye Post :)

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  Hello! Our term is ending and my journey in my Educational Technologies class is coming to an end. Before this class, I did not know that technology can actually be very integrated with ELT. With this class, I learned that there are actually many tools that can be used by teachers to improve their students' learning process. I also learned that time is changing and each day technology is becoming a very important part of our education system. My English teachers in the past were only using limited tools and some of them were not using any. With this course, I learned some different and entertaining tools that I can use with my future students. This course also improved my technological and collaborative skills. Learning how to use a different tool every week and usually working with a peer or peers on an assignment taught me a lot. Our first assignment was to create a blog page that belongs to us. This was something that I have never done before. That is why it was very exciting. I loved having a blog page. Posting about our assignments, sharing my emotions and experiences every week was an amazing experience. I enjoyed all the tasks, but my favorite assignments were creating a digital poster and reviewing a film with a peer. I had so much fun while doing those assignments. It did not even feel like homework. My least favorite assignment is probably creating a podcast. Because we had some difficulties while creating it with my peer. However, recording and listening to our voices in the end was funny. There were also some difficulties in my journey too. Working collaboratively was not easy all the time, but I think this course also improved my collaborative working skills too. 

    Dear reader; sharing my assignments, thoughts, and emotions in this blog was so much fun. Thank you for accompanying me through my journey. Goodbye :)

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