My Weekly Reflections

 First of all, we looked at augmented reality in english learning this week. When we look at the difference between virtual reality and augmented reality, AR usually includes visuals, videos, audio content, 3D, etc., adapted to real life on a smartphone, while VR consists of a virtual world completely disconnected from real life and is usually used over a headset with 3D feature. Pokemon go or Ikea can be given as examples for AR. AR consists of three types: Image-based AR, Creation based and Markerless based. Before talking about the types, we looked at a site where you can learn languages ​​with AR, namely Mondly. On this site, it is as if you are talking with an animated character in real life and you learn the language in this way. In my opinion, it is a very interesting and efficient site. You can also use Image-based AR with a QR code or by having the images read, but the safest method is to use a QR code. I think it's more suitable for beginners because it's more like a ...

 In this week's lesson, our topic was machinima in language learning and teaching. Before the lesson started, we were briefed on what we had done in the past 11 weeks. I think this is very useful in terms of reminding us of previous weeks and reinforcing what we have learned. A word formed from Machinima machine+cinema. Machine part includes videos, games, computer; The cinema part covers the subject, characters, etc. contains. As a teacher, you may not always have time to prepare something for your students, but the materials that are ready sometimes may not suit our wishes, so as a teacher you must be creative and developer.As Machinima samples, we watched the clips prepared by the students of our lecturer 5 years ago. Although they were a little old visually, they were actually quite suitable videos. First we watched the video called The Ring, the topic of the video was an unusual situation and there was also a lesson plan for teachers to use. Then we watched the video called Re...

 First of all, we started this week by learning the differences between games, game-based learning and gamification. Games have existed since human history, so it's human nature. On the other hand, in game-based learning, you teach what you are going to teach through games, that is, the thing that guides you is games, on the contrary, in Gamification, what guides you is your subjects, your needs, the game is just a part of your teaching method. For example, some schools teach children something with a minecraft game for game-based learning. I think this is suitable for younger children who are learning more basic and simple things, but at the same time, it is better to learn something by designing it in the game rather than learning by writing and working. I think gamification is more advantageous because it is more logical, cheaper and easier to do. Then we looked at the elements of game design. While game mechanics is the game's own features, levels, like challenge, and game ...