NotesfromClass

     Hello everyone, I do not know if this is the last time (probably not) I will be here, but I wanted to take a moment to goodbye and reflect on my experiences this semester.  It feels like this semester flew by really quickly- maybe because of the daily problems every one of us faces. However, I do remember every part of it and this course has been an important part of this journey.       Starting my reflection, I would like to mention one of its strengths and weaknesses. Its greatest strength, in my opinion, is that we get to be in the kitchen of creating materials and learn how to do things by ourselves and be creative. I believe these assets will be really useful to us in our careers. However, its greatest weakness is the materials. What do I mean by that? For this kind of an experimental course where the students follow instructions to design and create materials, I feel that having to follow such lengthy chapters can be overwhelming. ...

(NOTE: I wasn't sure where to add the other  materials' lesson plans, therefore I also left the links for them below.)      Hello, everyone. This is Melek. Welcome back. I will present one of the final assignments in this post. We were tasked with designing a material that incorporated an AI tool. Firstly, we decided on the topic and the language function . We chose ''movies'' as the topic, emphasizing vocabulary use in authentic contexts. The first activity was designed to help the teacher see whether the students acquired the vocabulary or not. The second activity was the target task which required us to integrate an AI tool. We chose ChatGPT for this purpose. It is the most known and easy-to-use tool after all. The activity revolved around planning a movie night. ChatGPT acts as a guide and suggests creative alternatives for the planning. Finally, we decided it would be nice to have them organize everything they discussed so far on a poster. Before transferr...