CET 360 Portfolio

  WordArt is a text styling program where you can color,shape and bend the words you insert however you like . Simply, it is a program that change words' appearance. In terms of educational purposes, this tool can be used in presentations as a visual aid or can be a good warm-up activity. For example, in a language class, if there is a reading task, before that, such a Word art can be shown to students in order to create a conversation on what the reading text is about: I made this little wordart from a short story I found on  this website. The story is obviously about a birthday party. Other than that, such wordart visuals can be useful in writing classes as they can be used as a prompt for students writing. I found the website very easy to use. The only negative thing is that you cannot copy paste a text there; you have to write the words one by one. If there was an option to paste a text, it could be very useful to show  students the main point of the t...

  Weebly is a reasonable option for those who want to create a personal website. Since I do not have much experience in opening websites, it is not possible for me to make a wide comparison. However, I can say that it is very easy to create a website with Weeby. After registering on the site, you start by choosing one of the hundreds of templates placed into different categories. It is great that these are divided into categories as it makes it very easy for you to choose the template that suits your need. Once you choose the template, the only thing left to do is to fill in the text boxes.Overall I liked the weebly. The only thing I struggled with was replacing some of the schemas because the pages are highly organized and if you want to change something, you have to change many things along with it. Click here to see my website on Weebly.

I'm so excited to write about this awesome platform! Blendspace is simply a platform for creating lessons. Until now, it is the most useful and most user-friendly website I've ever seen. There is an empty template and all you have to do is to choose your content from the search engine right next to the template which includes Youtube, Google, Google Images, Flickr, and most importantly, ready lessons! You can also create your own content by writing it or choosing from your computer files. Another great feature is that you can add quizzes to your lesson and track students' answers. This website definitely makes teachers' job very easy. It is useful for both virtual and physical classrooms. I prepared a mini introductory lesson to Biology in less than 10 minutes! Here is my sample lesson:

  Animatron  is a video and animation software.  The website is very simple and easy to use. This was my first attempt at creating an animation and I must say it wasn't difficult at all. I personally liked the readily available backgrounds and funny characters in Animatron. However, there is only limited number of characters with limited actions. Another negative side is that to add a music to the animation, the account must be upgraded. Apart from these, the website can definitely be preferred to make very useful and simple animations for education purposes. Here is the animation I created on Animatron

  ClassDojo is a software that can be used by both teachers and school administrations. It allows teachers to keep track of students' success, homework performances and classroom activities. It is free and can be used easily from both computers and mobile devices. It is also very useful that it has a messaging interface for teachers and parents. The design of the platform is another advantage as it is attractive for students with its fun virtual monsters. Overall, it is a really helpful platform to use specially in virtual classrooms. Here is an example class i created on ClassDojo

  Ed-puzzle is a website for creating educational videos. Other than creating our own videos, the platform enables us to use countless content on YouTube and edit them which makes the website quite useful. What I find the most beneficial is that teachers can add questions to some parts of the videos. So when a video is assigned to students, they need to listen carefully and answer the questions. I believe it is a great and fun way of assigning homework. Here is a YouTube video I edited on Edpuzzle. I cropped the video and added a question. This video can be used in a classroom for an introduction lesson to Philosophy or can be assigned to students before an introduction course.