Educational

      Hello there! Today, I am here to say goodbye with my last blog post of this term. It was an amazing term for me, actually. I really enjoyed all the tasks I have done throughout the term. In the 'current issues in teaching' course, we talked about new topics that arose in recent years. We mainly touched upon new technologies that were planned to be integrated with lessons. Overall, the course was beneficial for us to learn about current issues in the context of educational topics. The most challenging part for me about the course was a weekly assignment. When coinciding with my other assignments, sometimes it was hard for me to finish the task. Other than that, it was overall enjoyable. My favorite task was AR- and VR-integrated lesson material. I really enjoyed the task while I was designing the material sheet. I will definitely use AR and VR technology in the future in my classes. My least favorable task was generative AI tasks. Because it is not that easy to use c...

      Hello there! Today, I will introduce my last assignment for this term! In my last task, as a group, we created a worksheet that is integrated with generative AI tools. As you know AI tools are getting more and more common among students and teachers. Generative AI tools can be both beneficial and detrimental for us, depending on how we use them. Nowadays, it is very prevalent among students to use AI tools like ChatGPT for assignments and homework. This situation affects students' learning progress negatively. So, it is important to know how to use AI tools as a teacher, and also we have to inform our students about this topic. If we want to benefit from a generative AI tool in our lessons, we should clearly explain our topic and our aims to students. So, we designed a worksheet where students use generative AI tools to create a story based on 3 different genres. First, we introduced the tasks. Then, students completed the tasks according to the instructions by usin...