DefneAbay

Hi There! Welcome to my blog dear reader. Hope you are doing great! For this assignment, I was asked to create an infographic about an ethical or legal issue related to effective technology use. I chose and analyzed cyberbullying for this objective because it is very important, and it is an issue that requires everyone to be aware of and responsible for. It was my first time creating an infographic, so the process was a completely new and different experience. At first, since I had never been assigned or tried to create an infographic before, I was a bit scared and kept thinking, ‘Can I really handle this?’ I searched a lot and tried to gain new ideas. As I started figuring out how to manage this work, I felt more motivated. For this infographic, I used  Canva to design it and searched online to gain new ideas and inspiration. I see infographics as an effective way to express an idea, especially in English classrooms, because they are very catchy. Different fonts and colorful patt...

Hi There! Welcome to my blog dear reader. I hope you are doing great! In this blog, I want to share my ideas about 21st Century Learning and technology in English classrooms. 21st century learning is a modern approach to education. It emphasizes the importance of self-directed learning. This approach prompts students to create knowledge by themselves and make inferences from the information they gather. Thanks to this approach, in addition to being active learners, students can also use technology effectively in the classroom. 21st century learning supports the integration of technology in classrooms, enhancing both learning and creativity in the classroom. As a teacher candidate I see this approach very beneficial and I will gladly integrate it in my future classrooms. It is very important to keep up with innovations and modern developments in education. Integrating technology, which is the greatest and constantly evolving innovation of the modern world, into lessons helps students ...

Hi There! Welcome to my blog dear readers. I hope you are doing great!  I am Defne, and I am an ELT student at Marmara University. I would like to talk briefly about the purpose of my blog. This blog was created for educational purposes. I would like to share my own journey and the work I create here. I will be sharing my ideas and thoughts. I chose to use my name as the blog title to make it personal. Anyone who is interested in technology integration in education is very welcome here.  Thank you for visiting my blog, and I hope you enjoy reading my posts. See you in next blog. Take care!