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Team Teaching Story
This academic year has started very well for me because I not only teach students which I love a lot but also provide workshops to teachers in ScoLa, especially...
Online Educational Comic Strip Generator; MakeBeliefComix
Do you like comic strips? I love’em! I discovered Make Belief Comics which is a web tool which enables users to create entertaining comic strips. It’s free and it is...
How to Use Educational Technology?: Tips from ICT Workshop Participants of ScOLa in an E-book
ICT workshops are in full swing in ScOLa land thanks to Beyza (Yılmaz). Last week the session was on e-publishing and distinguished participants (Selda Gümüş, Nurgül Keskin, Merve Elbirlik...
Teachers learning from teachers: The Butterfly Effect
Dear All, I would like to share an activity which I have learned from Petek Şirin who posted on ScOLa CPD Blog recently. After having read her post “The...
Motivation Blog Challenge: Our PRECİOUSSSSS
Our students face many challenges when it comes to academic writing and this may lead to a certain level of motivational issues in class. Although some might find ways...
Motivation Blog Challenge: The Ugly Truth
Teaching for diverse abilities is a huge challenge and, very often, we find ourselves retrofitting certain components of a course to cater for the needs of these different profiles....
Motivation Blog Challenge: Students are bored all the time?
Our students get bored easily, and this is one of the comments I keep hearing from my colleagues. I could offer some suggestions to overcome this conception. As our...
Motivation Blog Challenge: Messy Friday!
I think that the intrinsic motivation is extremely important, especially for 16 Week Advanced groups. I mediate several engaging activities, in which the students are fully responsible for selecting...
Challenges & Learning Together: MOTIVATION
Dear All, Heartfelt thanks to all our contributors. We received some daily teaching challenges that we meet in class in response to our “Challenges and Learning Together” blog post,...
A Letter to ScOLa Teachers from a Kahooter
Do you have difficulty convincing yourself that technology can really help learning not only as teacher but also as a learner? You think it will not have a positive long-term...