Final Post

    

    Hi, guys again! Unfortunately, this is the last update of my blog for now. I hope you are all doing fine. In this post, I will be mentioning my thoughts before and after the educational technologies class about technology integration in language classes. I see technology integration as a very important subject for current education, though it is not shown sufficient importance to it. To be honest, I haven’t been thinking about some conventional ways of technology integration in language classes is very wrong and old-fashioned when evaluating the 21st-century conditions. My thoughts have been changed, for instance, I haven’t been thinking the forbiddance of mobile phones during class times is very against the character of this generation. I have always been thinking about technology must be adapted to language classes, yet I haven’t had any acknowledgment about any ways to get this done. Thanks to this course, I have learned lots of ways to use technology appropriately in my future classes. I can easily say that what I have learned most importantly is technology integration doesn’t mean using the latest devices or tools in the classroom. Giving creative projects that could be done with papers, pencils, etc. to students can be very effective. As I mentioned, we have done lots of tasks throughout the semester, and my favorite is podcasting. In my personal life, I listen to podcasts about specific topics, and I like the culture of the podcast. I have always dreamed about making one, thanks to this course it provided me to create one of mine. I least liked creating an infographic because I found it a little bit hard. I suggest that after each task we did a checklist separately. In my opinion, it could be done as a whole class. It was a very joyful and deductive class. I appreciated being a part of it.