The term is finally over....

I'm dealing with entering the grades into the system...

Thank God this term has turned out to be a less painful one, resulting in few student failures thus not many knockings on my office door- bearing the message: Teacher, can't you give any extra points because I'm on the edge of CC. or so

Anyway ...

My summer holiday is nearing, just 11 eleven days ahead.

Hope to have a good rest though it seems to be unlikely due to some health problems of my father.

wish things won't get worse...

if you could visit my wiki and leave your comments here, I'd be grateful ... There is still a lot to add, not a fully complete wiki...

my new glog

here is the glog
I've prepared for the courses I am currently teaching

forget about blogging?

I am a glogger !!!now....:)

pages are waiting to be filled in though...

coming soon.....:)

news

I have been interested in digital storytelling for a while. This is what I have tried with my little daughter Asya... It was just to check how the tool works and of course to have some fun with Asya :) . and below is the product of another tool. you upload a photo and record your voice on it. I think it is better than "little bird tales" because you can directly embed the product; therefore, the reader + listener (as I have visual- storytelling in my mind, I say so) doesn't have to reach the material through another website, but via your blog or online classroom.

Survey

I am going on practicing the teachings of our webcourse...

As I noted before, my students came together and wrote their webquest final product in the classroom. This happened last Friday.

I am now working on the last touches. Yesterday, I sent a 10-item- questionnaire to my students through Surveymonkey, today a few responses have come. Out of six students, 5 of them checked the option questioning the effectivity of webtools in increasing motivation as agree and strongly agree, which is a desired attitude.

Next week, fall term is closing and I am planning to administer an open-ended questionnaire in Turkish this time. SurveyMonkey is an effective tool, but limiting the survey with 10 questions leaves lots of blanks between the lines . Therefore, I intend to fill in those blanks with a set of open-ended questions investigating the strengths and weaknesses of the course, materials and the interactive webtools employed.