The Bittersweet Journey of an English Teacher

Hey everyone, Today I want to talk about Virtual Reality.VR is an three dimensional environment that enables people to explore and interact.It can be useful for learning foreign languages because sometimes the classroom environment isn't enough,it may be boring but thanks to VR,we can see what we're learning.Let's suppose that you're learning animals,wouldn't it be great to see a barking dog?This is what VR provides us.VR makes learning fun especially for kids..In my opinion,VR should be common in education to make things to be permanent.Here's a photo of virtual reality glasses;

Padlet is a web 2.0 application that you can prepare boards or mind maps just to make students comprehend better.It's very useful and fun to do.Here's the link:https://padlet.com/thenchanted/3hr6mv3kn33s

Voki is an online program where you can create avatars and allow them to speak from the text you type.These avatars have ability to speak in many languages.I found this app quite funny and useful in language learning.Here's my avatar:http://tinyurl.com/rgg5dq7

If you're an educator who love to write,read and create,this application is just for you!Let me introduce you 'Storybird'.By using Storybird,you can create educational books and it's so practical for teachers.Students can read the books prepared by their teachers or they can write their own stories and poems.Teachers create a class and invite students via class code.Parents can be involved too.Here's the link of my story: https://storybird.com/picture-book/little-boy-catches-stars

Hot Potatoes is an online program which you can create multiple choice or classic tests.You can transfer these test to web but you don't need internet connection to reach them afterwards.  There are six modules; 1)Fill in the Blanks(Jcloze) 2)Multiple Choice(Jquiz) 3)Matching Exercise(Jmatch) 4)Creating Meaningfull Sentences(Jmix) 5)Preparing Crossword(Jcross) 6)Creating Unit Logic(Jmasher)