Technology in Teaching

        Powtoon is a webtool that allows you to create your very own animation and it actually not that hard to use! You just need to select a few previously made captions and add music to it. You can edit the captions to your hearts content and even time the music with your animation to enhance it!                You can click here to check my first try using it.

            Storybird is an online tool that allows you to create your own picture books and more. You can either add your own work or search for what other people have made and use them. It has different options and you it is easy to use. You can click here to try it out !  Also, this is a short story that I made using Storybird.

      Augmented Reality or 'AR' in short, is a technology that is still in development and as the name               suggests, its main point is to modify reality. How it does this is through mobile                      applications that use your camera. They use your camera to show you something that is actually not there. This could be used in many ways like for example  a way of teaching,  a guide for tourists,  a way to pass time or even to play games.

 Virtual Reality or 'VR' in short is a technology that has been in development for years. Its goal is to simulate the real life in a virtual environment using certain technological devices. The main goal is to simulate the real world and possible to take its place if we ever need it. You have the option to use just the vr headset,  the option to have trackers on your hands along with the headset,  and finally the option to have full body tracking. It is currently being used for games and applications such as VRChat and will probably be widely used in education sooner or later.

       This is a voicethread presentation I have previously made on icebreakers. Voicethread is an online tool that allows you to add your voice or video recordings to a powerpoint presentation. You can check my presentation by  clicking here.  (My voice may be too loud sorry about that)

       This is a voicethread presentation I have previously made on the ted talk " Every Kid Needs a Hero ". Voicethread is an online tool that allows you to add your voice or video recordings to a powerpoint presentation. You can check my presentation by  clicking here .     

     Learning Management System or LMS in short is a solfware that is designed to create, distribute, and manage the delivery of educational content. In its most basic form, LMS is a platform that allows administrators to upload content, deliver lessons to students, serving notifications, and share data with permitted users.      Blackboard could be shown as a prime example of Learning Management Systems, it is widely used and you probably have used it without even knowing that it is Blackboard. In Turkey, for example, E-Okul "Veli Bilgilendirme Sistemi (VBS)" and the websites that universities use are actually like Blackboard. So, you use blackboard without even knowing it.

          Padlet, an online tool that is used to aid education, is an online canvas of some sort. You start with a blank page and you choose what you want to add and how you want to present it. You can use it to inform your students, to do off-class activities/homework or to send them necessities for your class. In the end, how you use padlet and what you do with it is up to you, the only thing thats stopping you is your imagination.