The Tragic Path of an Elt Student

Quizlet is a mobile and web-based study application that allows students to study information via learning tools and games.  For most students, Quizlet is the obvious choice for a study app and offers a variety of study modes based on the term- definition content model. How do I make a set of flash cards for my students? Luckily, Quizlet already has wonderful resources available to help first-time flash card creators. Once you get the hang of it, it takes only five or ten minutes to upload even large sets of materials to Quizlet. In particular, see their tutorials on: Creating an account Creating a new set Convert a MSWord document into a Quizlet set 1. Quizlet reads the word and definition to the student out loud, enhancing students’ grasp of pronunciation. 2. Quizlet provides targeted spelling feedback. 3. Quizlet provides adaptive training to help students focus on the items most difficult for them. 4. Quizlet generates customizable rando...

Kahoot! is an online platform for creating small games such as quizzes and polls. Users can either create their own games or choose from other users’ materials. Players use their own devices to play the games. Players use pin codes to access games so they don't have to create profiles. Kahoot! is best played in group settings. Kahoot's crowd-based content can be found in many different languages. Age groups  Preschool Elementary Middle school High School Tertiary Education You can create questions (quiz or true&false type) for your students to make your lessons fun! Here is my Kahoot quiz link and my profile! My first Kahoot quiz! My Kahoot profile!

                     Pinterest is a social networking website that allows you to organize and share ideas with others. You can share your own content as well as things that other Pinterest users have posted. Once you register for a free account, you can create your own "boards" to organize your content. Examples of topics include recipes, home decor, photography, quotes, and games. You can upload images and "pin" them to relevant boards. Other Pinterest users can browse your boards and comment on individual items. Likewise, you can browse other users' boards and "Like," "Repin," or comment on their pinned items. Similar to Twitter, Pinterest allows you to follow other users. If you find another user's content to be especially interesting, you can click "Follow All" to have all their boards show up in your account in real-time. If you only want to follow specific boards, you can click "Follow" next...

( VID eo pod CAST ) A video clip designed to be viewed in a portable device. Also called a "vcast," "vodcast" and "videocast," a vidcast is the video counterpart of a podcast and uses the same RSS syndication method for delivering material to users. Powtoon is a company which sells cloud-based software (SaaS) for creating animated presentations and animated explainer videos. Here is my first Powtoon video, enjoy!

A podcast is an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download in order to listen. Alternatively, the word "podcast" may refer to the individual component of such a series or to an individual media file.  Podcasting often uses a subscription model, whereby new episodes automatically download via web syndication to a user's own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player.

Hey guys,  My first post is about an entrance to Virtual World which is called Second Life.  When I heard about this task first, it reminded me the series Black Mirror S4 Episode Striking Vipers and Kiss Me First . You can see them if you wonder about these kinds of subjects! While I was watching that episode, I was curious about how people feel about playing those games. The first thing that caught my attention was the name of Second Life because it gave an undertaking another life besides real life. Then, I created my account and tried to figure out how to play it which was hard for me. The game has some problems with the form of it and I think it needs to be more advanced. Second Life is a peculiar experience in comparison with Sims, you can feel this as you enter. It feels downtoearth and freedom which causes a feeling that you can become a person you want to be. The way of characters' look is amazingly close to real but I do not know if I like this. What I realized ...