In
the second part of our course, we have covered Blending Language Instruction,
Online Feedback Practice, Online Formative Assessment, Innovative Digital Tools
for Four Language Skills (LSWR & Vocabulary) topics.
Q1.
How did the course, weekly readings and discussions contribute to your digital
teacher identity?
The
articles we read and the discussions we made on a weekly basis throughout the
year helped a lot in forming my digital teacher identity. Discussing the
related topic with a different online training every week has broadened my
perspective on this subject. In line with the questions we asked each other and
the answers we gave each other during the discussion, I think I added a lot to
myself in digital teaching. Being both an online education student and an
online education teacher at the same time allowed me to see all the advantages
and disadvantages for both parties. As I realized these advantages and
disadvantages, I thought about how I could improve myself more. These
discussions we held every week actually helped me get answers to all my
questions. All the terms we learned, such as blending language instruction,
online feedback practice, online formative assessment etc, broadened my
perspective on digital teaching and also removed my prejudices towards online
education. Before taking this course, I was biased towards online education
because most of the time we could not get enough efficiency from our
internships and we could not reach the students completely. Thanks to this
course, I learned and developed many educational tools. For almost 2 years, all
trainings continued online as much as possible, and this actually led us to
contribute in many areas. In discussions, we talked about how the lessons
should be in the internet and digital environments in formal education but it
was not a situation where we could learn by doing and experiencing. I think one
of the good things that the pandemic brought was that education could continue
anywhere and anytime. Although I used to think that face-to-face training was
much more beneficial, my perspective has changed a lot now. Although I now know
that both types of education have their own advantages and disadvantages, I had
a very negative attitude towards online education before. Now, I see and apply
the useful aspects of both online education and blended learning instruction. In
the articles we read and the discussions with our friends have been a great
achievement for me in developing my digital teacher identity and getting used
to this process.
Q2.
How did you (if you did) connect these to your practicum experience? and/or How
do you plan to connect these to your future teaching experiences?
First
of all, I must say that thanks to the articles we read, my internship
experiences improved every week during the semester. While there are numerous
applications that can make pupils' information lasting, teachers just use textbooks
in PDF structure. The present circumstance made me consider how I can make my
future profession more effective. Thanks to the articles, I have shaped not
only my future but also my present experiences. In my internships, I aimed not
to use traditional teaching methods, but to be a real digital teacher identity.
Even though I find it difficult to be fully integrated with technology at
times, the new generation's familiarity with technology and their listening to
the lessons with fun supports me on the way to becoming a digital teacher.
Since I did not think that it was an effective way to teach with traditional
methods from only one source to the new generation, which is intertwined with
technology, I applied to various educational tools during my internships
throughout the semester. These
educational tools were applications such as Quizlet, Kahoot, Padlet, and all of
the students had a lot of fun with these applications. Since the pandemic process
we are in is very tiring for both students and teachers and we are tired of
spending time at home, everyone has a general state of exhaustion, but thanks
to technology, you can focus all the attention on you with one click and
continue the lesson effectively. Thanks to this course, I plan to apply what I
have learned not only in online classes, but also when schools are fully opened
and classes start to continue face-to-face. Thanks to technology, we can easily
encourage students to use both their visual and auditory intelligence. In this
way, I think that the learned information has a stronger place in the memory. For
this reason, I think it will be a great advantage and development for teachers
and teacher candidates who will teach on online platforms to read and apply
these productive articles in their classes.
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