The Melis Approach

 Hello, Dear Readers! I am here with another assignment, an AI integrated ASSURE  lesson plan and worksheet ! We did this together again with my partners in crime, Buse , Elena and Berfin . The process of creation was fun and easy, since we have great synergy with eachother as a team! We created a worksheet first, and started with a word sorting activity according to the sounds they feature! Then, we asked students to generate 3 tongue twisters with the help of Magic School . To check their pronunciations, we asked students to record themselves saying the tongue twisters via Vocaroo , and send the recordings to ChatGpt to get feedback. After that, they will reflect on the feedback given by AI, and improve their pronunciation.  As many of you know, normally, I would go on and on about how much I HATE AI, ESPECIALLY givving our voices and information to it. However, I will not do it now to not exceed the word limit, and to not bore you with repetitive content. Just know t...

 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 t...

  Hello, dear readers! Me and my partners in crime Buse , Elena and Berfin are here once again with a new project! This time, we designed a flipped classroom lesson based on the Simple Present Tense! The lesson includes a video and a variety of activities! We keep on making projects together and god, it really seems like we cannot get a proper rest. We were all so tired, but the results were worth it (p.s: I do hope that the score we will get will also be worth it as well!)! The designing process was fun, but also very time consuming and tiring. We began the work by preparing our lesson plan based on the ASSURE model. We then continued our work by designing the slides which were used in the video with Canva . Then, we prepared a worksheet for the students to solve on the same application again. After that, we prepared an interactive quiz with the help of Kahoot! We recorded the video with OBS Studio , used CapCut for editing and used Vocaroo for voice recording! You can click ...

 Hello dear readers! This is the first material assignment of this year and I am very exhausted already! Me and my dearest friends Buse , Berfin and Elena made an AI enhanced Corpus based material together, but the timing of the assignment was...Not very well thought and student friendly, to say the least. We made a lesson plan, which you can check by tapping here , and a four page digital worksheet, which you can access by tapping here ! We made the worksheet via Canva , prepared the lesson plan with Google Docs ! Now, let's talk about the contents of the material, and discuss about its effectiveness! The material was created according to the ASSURE and DDL (Data Driven Learning) education models! The ASSURE model is basically an educative method that helps teachers choose materials and adapt lesson plans successfully according to the features of the class they are working with. Meanwhile DDL encourages students to discover the subject themselves, treating language like data. Th...

 Hello, dear readers! Our proffesor has given us the task to chat with an AI chatbot from The Magic School  ,which takes the figure of a historical figure or a book character, write a report on the converstion, and lastly, to give the report to the writing feedback tool created by the same company, get feedback and rewrite the report according to the feedbacks! I chose to converse with The Phantom, Erik, from The Phantom of the Opera, written by Gaston Leroux. He is one of my favorite book charaters. I asked him some questions about the French culture in the era that the book takes place in.  After questioning I got into writing, made my first draft, gave it to the feedback tool and made some adjustments to my report. However, I have to admit that most of the feedback I received did not seem relevant to me, so I did not use them. You can see the transcript of the conversation, both drafts of my report and the feedback I received by clicking here !  While I was chatti...

 Hello, dear readers! Me and my friends Buse and Gülşen  did a film review on Dead Poets Society and our peers Elena , Berfin and Baran expressed their opinions on it, you can access each of their blogs by tapping on their names! The task was assigned to us by our professor, she asked us to review a film by first introducing its background and then continuing with a plot summary. After that, we were assigned to choose 3 aspects of the movie such as music, costumes, actor choices etc. Lastly we gave our last ideas and rated the movie. I worked in the first paragraph, decoration and also the aspects part! Also, you can have access to the review page to take a look for yourself by clicking here ! Here is a screenshot of the review page and one of the comments from my peers! I suggest checking the full page because there are over 5 comments and I am afraid that if i share all of them here, the post will be unnecessarily long! With my teammates, we first re-watched the movie, th...

 Hello, dear readers! We were assigned to create a podcast by our professor! Me and my dearest friend, Buse Beyaz chose to do a storytelling podcast that included some selected words and sound effects! The story we told is about a sneaky crime committed by a magician and it is targeted to teenagers and young adults. I do not want to spoil the story too much since the ending is a bit unexpected, so you can take a listen to it  here ! The first half of the story is told by my friend, and the second half, by me! You can access my friend's blog here !  Of course while we were preparing this podcast, we encountered some difficulties. Since we did not have the right equipment or any podcasting/editing experience, it was very hard for us to record (for recording, we used Vocaroo , it is a very nice app and is very beginner friendly!). Plus, it was very, VERY uncomfortable to hear my own voice. The environment did not feel very safe to record a podcast since I was in my own home ...

Hello, dear readers! Today's topic is cyberbullying, I have created an infograph on Venngage . Our professor has asked us to create an infograph and talk about it, so now I will be talking about the process of creation, why I chose cyberbullying as a topic and its benefits for learners! The reason why I chose cyberbullying as my subject is that I was also a victim of both real life and cyber bullying. Unlike the past me, I want my future students to feel comfortable about telling me about their situation. I want everyone to be understanding and educated about cyberbullying, so that the victims of it feel more comfortable speaking up for themselves. To inform people and educate them more, I prepared an infograph on how to reduce cyberbullying rates and how to help victims. The creation process was fun and easy, I had no difficulties. I used Venngage to create my infograph and gained experience in designing materials. If we must speak about education, I have a few words about how inf...