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Powtoon Review For Teachers | Daily Routine Material

Hello friends! I created a material about daily routine by using Powtoon. CLICK HERE   💕 to watch my animation.  You can use it either at the beginning of your course as an introduction or after you finish your explanation. It will help your students look at sentences with the simple present in a context. The animation is about the daily routine of a student, w hich is a familiar context for them, that's why students will not have difficulty in understanding. What is Powtoon? Why should we use it? I feel like you're wondering about Powtoon. It's a web-based animation software which allows you to create short animations. You can have a professional look by using pre-created objects, you don't need to have any coding skills. It is  very straightforward and  simple to use but of course, you should spend some time to create your story and to prepare your presentation.  I absolutely love Powtoon for a number of reasons.  As I mentioned you can use it to prepare

Augmented Reality in Language Teaching | HP Reveal

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   Hello guys. I will share my first experience with Augmented Reality (AR) today. First of all, I want to thank Mr. Tuncer CAN for giving us the opportunity to meet Mr. Gökhan KARACAN. He introduced AR and VR to us, HAYEF ELT students yesterday and we have learned about some applications which are based on AR and available on IOS and Android. These programs are HP Reveal Augment 3D AR UniteAR layAR BLIPPAR We practised with HP Reveal because it is completely free and easy to use. I took a kind of a tutorial video about HP Reveal app. We used it in vocabulary teaching for 3rd graders. If you want to learn more about it, you can check my video on YouTube.

Learn English With Songs (Padlet)

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   Hi guys! I'm sharing a new website or an app with you today. It's Padlet . As far as I explored, it is a great tool for collaborative learning and student engagement. It allows students to record, organize, and share their ideas both inside and outside of school. Students can add texts, images, and even multimedia to a shared board. Padlet can help you create digital discussion groups in which students can suggest resources, and discuss what they have learned with each other. As you know, everyone is equal on the digital platform so all of your students from vocal ones to quiet ones can have a voice on Padlet by contributing their group's work.   I left a picture of my first padlet on the left side.  CLICK HERE  to have a look at it. I recommended a few songs which I found useful for grammar spots or vocabulary learning. You can double click on anywhere if you want to add some other suggestions on my board.    If you enjoy the content, please leave comments below. Hav

Seesaw - Review for Teachers

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   Seesaw is a program where students can start a digital portfolio online. It allows not only teachers, students but also parents to keep track of their work. Students can take a picture of their work, they can video themselves while speaking or reading, they can record their voice and they can draw on things or add from the camera roll. Meanwhile, teachers get notifications and they can send feedback immediately. They can share activities with their classes and they can make announcements to both students and parents.    It's an amazing app which enables to connect school to home. The quality of the students' works increases as their audience changes. Students can comment and like each other's work, which provides them to interact and collaborate with others.    I highly recommend you to use that app. I'm leaving my first activity I prepared for 2nd graders and the response from my student as an example. Please check them:  1)  My Activity - Rooms in a House  2) 

Sound Like a Native | 5 Different Ways to Say "I'm fine"

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Hey guys, here is my very first video on Youtube. In schools, we have all learned to say "I'm fine, thank you." when we are asked "How are you?" It is like a habit which we cannot stop saying. I still see a lot of people using this phrase frequently.  That's why I decided to take a video to show you five  commonly used different ways to say "I'm fine." By using those phrases, you will sound like a native. If you enjoy the video, please hit the like button and subscribe my channel. Thank you very much and see you soon! Zey.

10 Alternatives to "How are you?" (Podcast)

   Hey guys, 'sup! This is my first podcast in which I suggest ten alternatives to the question "How are you?" I gave examples for both formal and informal phrases. "sup" is one of those phrases as well. You can start listening by clicking on the link I left below. Hope you enjoy it. https://soundcloud.com/zeynep-etinta-770431224/10-alternatives-to-how-are-you    Thanks for listening and let me know your opinions. I'll see you soon. Take care. Zey.