Storybird

It's important to have a reading / writing habits , I think .And there are some application or websites which you can write your own stories , poets or series . Storybird is one of them and this website is looking very useful for people who have or want to have writing habit. You can be a member of Storybird and share your own stories , poetries. Additionly , you can use this application for education. As a teacher you can create your own classrom and your students can write their own stories in Storybird. So you can make practice with your students and they can improve their writing skill and may they have a habit about it.In addition , you can start a challenge with some words and you can create new sentences with the given words.

 
   I've became a member last weeks and from now on , I think , I will be using Storybird for improve my writing and share some poetries from my favorite poets.

  And here is the link of one of my favorite poets... Keep on following my Storybird :) See you soon.
https://storybird.com/chapters/84610e8bb52f838590c9a5d66379cdbb-the-raven/?token=tdutkqgb9t

Voki

I think it's a very useful application and it's not boring for foreing language students. I think , I would suggest Voki to my students to make their presesntations quickly or to improve their speaking easily .So they can see their potential in speaking and can make comment to each other ...

   Voki is an application that you can create a speaking avatar .You can choose your avatar's look , change details about your avatar's speaking voice or you can add your own voice to your avatar.I think this app give oppurtunity to teachers to engage their students for almost any purpose about education. It has visual oppurtunities so students can add their blog more human feel.And they can practice their presentations easily .
 And here is my short Voki avatar's speech. It's from ancient times . Hope you enjoyed it :)

My Voki Link (Athena) : http://tinyurl.com/y7zxzpgd

PADLET

Padlet is look like a wall . You can paint this wall and add gifs , photos , links , videos or voices to this wall. You can design this wall's shape.And use it for education or to make presentation.You can create a new padlet with  your students or you can make your lessons more effective than the other lessons with this web 2.0 application. And you can use it for business or school . I think that I could use this application in my future job. Even if I work for a company , Padlet would be good idea for my presentations...

And here are the links of my Padlet account and Padlet Presentation :)

Fruits Link : https://padlet.com/gizemd6/le6t81w9hwe6

My Padlet : https://padlet.com/gizemd6

PINTEREST

Pinterest is an photo sharing platform.But these are not usual photos , you can find more than a photo. You can find ideas about everything.Whatever you're looking for you can find something about it in Pinterest. And it's a very big platform .You can find a lot of people who are using this application in their daily life.

 Actually I've been using Pinterest for more than a year and it worked for me. I've started using this when I was creating my room .Then I found more inspirational things , I've started to play guitar (still working on it :) ) , started to painting and drawing , I've improved my interests . And still finding more ideas about my daily routine and future life . If you're open to new ideas or changes , this application would be very fun for you. And I think that I can use this application in my career because I'm sure that I will be find a lot of activity ideas to play or apply with my students .
 So I've created a pin about Ikigai . The word derives from iki, meaning life and kai,meaning the realisation of hopes and expectations.
And here is my Pinterest Link :
https://tr.pinterest.com/gizemd8640/

HOT POTATOES

 Hot Potatoes is an free application which you can create quiz.And there are six options which you can use when you are creating quiz.But I think it's an old application.If you want to create something simple you have to use more effort .Firstly you need to download this application to your computer and rake this application up . If I would consider this application with others , I think I would not use Hot Potatoes in my future career. Because it's complicated and need more time to creat some quiz.
  I've tried it and did some questions about Ancient Roman Theatre.You can see some screenshots which are belong to my Hot Potatoes Quiz.

SOCRATIVE

Now let's talk about another education app : Socrative .Actually , I think it is kind of similar to Kahoot! But in Socrative , if you're a teacher, you can reach more details in your quiz or questions' response.You can see / hide student's names.And if you're a student you can choose one of the options and start a quiz with your classmates with entering the code that your teacher's gave you .

With this application , as a teacher , you can ask your students a simple and quick questions about your topic . Or after a reading or a lesson you can make practice with your students .And when you see the results you will have an idea about your students and what they've learned.And you can send e-mail to your students about their results and quiz data .
  I think it's a good way to make practice about your daily topic and it's easy to use this application . All you need is a computer and if all the students have their own mobile phone , you can start your quiz now , in Socrates :)
 Here is a link from my Socrates account . If you know about Romeo & Juliet , you can easily answer these questions . Good luck :)

https://b.socrative.com/teacher/#import-quiz/37905283

Kahoot!

Make Learning Enjoyable

 Kahoot is a web 2.0 tool which you can prepare tests and games for learning.The topic is up to you.You can choose a subject and use Kahoot for a memorable lesson.And I think it's a good application for group settings.So we can easily use it in our classroom.It can create togetherness.In addition it can work as a homework.All you have to do create a pin in Kahoot and check the classroom succes in your freetime.This is a way easier than doing tests in classroom only , with papers. You need more effort to read all these papers . And I could prepare debate in Kahoot. I would use this technique in my classroom. With these kind of debates , class would be more creative and active , I think.And here is a link "How To Play Kahoot! "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZUew1wIQts

And let's talk about how it works.Actually it's a very easy app.As I said before , you need to choose a topic then you need to choose a kind of quiz . After that you create or find some questions about your topic and create a test or debate.

 So , I'm sure that I will use this app for my class.Because I think that it could create more enjoyable area in class and encourage students.And actually I've create a Kahoot quiz in my account.This is a kind of debate about technology. You can go and check it out :)

And here is your code to play :292110

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/6f149db7-d836-4f96-b25b-37c632e487ec