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What is Padlet?

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  Whether you are a teacher looking to collaborate with your students, or a project team lead seeking effective ways to manage team communication, Padlet is a note-taking board that can serve as a versatile solution for various use cases. From group brainstorming to feedback collection, Padlet is a digital canvas that simplifies communication by transforming the way teams interact. Padlet is a virtual board that allows you to a dd multimedia files, sticky notes, and comments.  It provides an easy way to organize and share information collaboratively with teammates and students. Using Padlet has so many advantages. First of all, it creates a collaborative working-studying environment that allows you to work and share information.  It is completely a safe place, and you can with its design tools, you can show your creativity as much as you want. Plus, you can add texts, photos, audio,  videos, and much more to Padlet.  Now talking from my experiences, I had a few assignments before on Pa

What is learning? How to teach in online lessons?

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  According to Prof. Dr. Soner Yildirim, learning defines as one of the functions of the brain, learning is the change that occurs in learners’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes in a temporal way. Learning occurs by repeating. We repeat till we make the information permanent in the brain, which takes most of the energy that we produce. That is also the reason why we can’t learn when we are not in a satisfied mood, our brain is taking care of our priorities since learning is something that we gained so much later in the evolution. Doing the lesson plan is the key to having a smooth lesson. Every student has different needs and to meet their needs, we should be using the current materials and tools and use them in our classrooms, to make learning effective  According to Yildirim, when it comes to planning online lessons we have to pay attention to their duration. Educational videos must be between 10-15 minutes, since most university students rather not watching longer ones. That is why

What is ChatGPT?

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  ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) application that uses natural language processing (NLP) and deep learning to simulate human-like conversations. It allows users to interact with a chatbot that can answer questions, provide information, and help with different tasks. ChatGPT is becoming increasingly popular due to its ability to learn-adapt to new situations and its potential to improve customer service, provide personalized experiences, and reduce the workload of human agents.  ChatGPT has much more advantages compared to traditional communication methods. Chatbots are available 7/24, an attribute that most human agents don't have. Hence you don't have to worry about setting a schedule to call or visit human agents, you can use chatbots anytime, anywhere you want to. Also, the fact that it gets more personalized when you chat with it will provide you a good service that will make you feel cared. Plus, thanks to its faster responses, you will save time. Chatbots are

Technology based language learning 1 - making self learning more effective

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  The importance of technology increases every day, and in every field that we aim to improve ourselves, technology is a necessity. Both for productivity and time-saving.  Knowing different languages is a blessing, and I have mentioned why it is important in my first writing ( https://livsepoch.blogspot.com/2023/03/why-is-it-so-important-to-learn-new.html ). Although it is a difficult process for every learner, technology can make this process both fun and easier at the same time.  First of all, let's talk about the most basic tools when it comes to language learning; Dictionaries. With dictionaries, it is easier to learn new vocabulary and see their elaborate meanings. However, it is hard to always carry them around, even though they are small most of the time, I would still prefer something easier to bring everywhere since it is possible to need them when you never thought you would. Technology solves this problem! The phones that we carry everywhere -and by everywhere I mean EVE

Why is it so important to learn a new language?

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Communication is an integral part of human life since the beginning of time. That is why languages are also one of the foremost things in history. They evolved with humans, which I think clearly shows that they are a part of us. Besides acquiring a language when we first open our eyes to the world, -which actually starts even before that- it is a privilege to learn a new language in so many ways.  Most of us already know that the more you know different languages, the easier it will get to find a job. According to studies, employees who speak more than one language stand out. Likewise, it is easier for them to switch careers later. Just like that, learning a new language is also a plus for academic life. I'm going to give an example from myself, it was easier to get into university thanks to my second language, English. The fact that I now know a different language changed my whole perspective on life and added so many things to my goals, helping me make a few true. Learning a new