If You Can't Go to Paris, We Will Bring Paris to You!

 Hello, dear readers!

In the past, would you have thought of a technology which literally brings the country and its landmarks to your home? If I had the chance to tell this to my great grandma, she would probably laugh at my face, but now it is possible with the AR and VR technologies! Today, with my partners in crime Buse, Elena and Berfin again, we bring Paris to you! We prepared an educative material according to the ASSURE model (you can see our lesson plan here!) in which the students will both learn English and interact with their peers and also learn about the landmarks and the culture of france with immersive technology.

Now, let's talk about the features of our worksheet. We prepared the worksheet with Canva and used 360 videos from Youtube for the immersive activities. For students to receive feedback, we used Padlet. We introduced landmarks and the cultural aspects of the country and finished it off with a postcard writing activity. 

For my thoughts, I think that this technology is what should be integrated instead of AI. There are too little ways of learning which supports the kinesthetic learning type and it is refreshing to see an addition to these ways. Not only kinesthetic, it also supports the visual learning type! This technology involves the learner and puts them on the center of education while also motivating the learners and encouraging curiosity. The only problem with this technology is that it is not very accessible. Not every phone supports AR technology, and VR headset prices have skyrocketed. Beside that fact, I think more schools should integrate immersive technologies within their lessons as much as they can. Thank you so much if you read this far!

Take care and stay safe!