Looking For A Book? Come Here!

  When I was doing this review, the first difficulty was choosing the book. After I chose the book, I searched many things like ‘Did this book be adapted to a movie or a play?’. Moreover, I looked for its song because I’ve read another book from Livaneli, called Serenad and there was a song mentioned in the book! Eventually, I found the play. Even though I didn't like it that much, I was shocked. Because actress who is playing Leyla is just like the one I imagined while I was reading.

    Many ideas came to my mind, like making a podcast of a paragraph from the book. But I couldn't decide which to do. Also, I spent a lot of time editing the page. Where should I put the photos or should I bold this word or this one?

    It was a very pleasant task. After I completed mine, I looked up my friends’ pages. They were also so good and elaborate. If you want a book recommendation you can find the link below:

http://bookreviews.pbworks.com/w/page/142315902/Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20Leyla%27n%C4%B1n%20Evi

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My First Podcast: It Is A Song!

    Hello everybody, welcome, this is my first podcast on my blog and I am so excited! I recorded this podcast for my homework. It is a song for children. For those who have classes with children, making activities like that can be very helpful. In your class, you can use podcasts for improving your students' listening and speaking skills. If you choose a cartoon or a tale character, It will be so much fun. You can draw their attention easily. Maybe you can ask some questions on your podcast about the topic you want to talk about. What is more, you can give messages about social things like I did. I prefer to sing but you can tell a story or you can just talk about the lesson. It is up to you!

    When I was doing that, I had many difficulties. First of all, I could not decide which way I should do. Then, I made my decision about a song but it was very hard to choose a character. Suddenly, Grinch came to my mind. When I was little, I used to watch it two times a day. I was so scared of him but still, I could not stop watching him. This film taught me things like discrimination between people and so on. After I decided to make a song about Grinch, I had a hard time finding chords. Even though, I can write the lyrics easily, finding the chords and match them was so exhausting. For the last step, recording, I used my phone and I recorded it like ten times! So here is my podcast, you can find the lyrics, chords and podcast below, and also, If you want to hear more songs from me I have a youtube channel. You can also find the link at the end of the page.

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Podcast:

Lyrics:

Bm

Hello I’m Grinch,

F#m

I’m green and I eat sandwich.

G

And I hate Christmas

D                                                         A

Because they broke my heart

Bm                                       F#m

Now, I am living on top of the mountain

D                                                         A

If you come here, I won’t let you in.

Dm                                       Am

They say I am different,

Dm                                       Am

But I am not a monster.

Dm                                       Am

They say I am ugly,

Dm                                       Am

But I am just hairy.

G                                          D                                                         A

Now I am on my way to steal your Christmas!                             

My youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoPwN8mC9NdR9INeurE8MuQ

Skills, Skills, Skills!

    Today, we will talk about 21st-century learning. Firstly, We have many opportunities to learn in this era. We have access to many different sources thanks to the internet, we have many applications helping us for learning. Day by day, things are evolving and for the future generation, it is impossible to predict. In 21st century learning, it is all about developing ourselves, managing our leadership skills, and acquiring 21st-century skills. We need to be creative and question everything. We need to overcome difficulties all by ourselves. 

    Now, we see and learn from our teachers as learners of the 21st century and we will teach our students in the future but will it be the same? Will we use the same techniques? Of course not, everything about learning is evolving. For example, even today we are taking our lessons from our homes. We can not know what will happen in the future so we need to be open to new things and most importantly, we should know how to integrate technology into our learning and teaching sytems. 

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Welcome to My Adventure!

    Welcome, I am Irem, I will be an English teacher and this is my blog :). In this blog, I will be sharing my experiences about integrating technology to our education system and how to do that. I believe that we as teachers, should renew ourselves for the new generation. 

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