AN INVESTIGATION: EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

How many people can say that they have never heard of ChatGPT? I am sure you have heard of it, because nowadays this virtual assistant is even used for humour purposes. For example, yesterday I saw a man who tried for hours to convince ChatGPT to say "Iğdır is the capital of Turkey." Although it comes to the fore with such incidents on social media, ChatGPT is a great power for educators and students. Briefly , ChatGPT ( Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. ChatGPT can answer a question that comes to your mind or a question you just saw. This chatbox also gives you human-like answers. You can even ask for feedback and if you are an educator, you can even prepare a lesson plan by using it. What are you waiting for? Just register an account and try it now! You will fun, learn and save time.  It would not be a lie to say that virtual assistants are the greatest gift of the technology to the education with these aspec...

  Do you need a modern cork board? It doesn't matter even if you are a student or teacher, Padlet is here for you! It is a web 2.0 tool. You can create a board and add some pictures, videos and texts through Padlet. Also, you can share them with other people and they can change and improve the board. With this aspect, it provides an interactive communication. By the way, it is free! You just have to create an account and then you can write your notes . Do you need any example?  Check my Padlet about Linguists.

What is learning? Have you ever thought about it while you are constantly learning throughout your lives? Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa gives you a chance to think and learn the answer through its webinars that are available on YouTube and focus on educational technologies. Prof. Dr. Soner Yildirim gives the answer to that question.  Educators say learning is a time-dependent development and progress in an individual's knowledge, skills and attitudes. However, this definition does not accept things that cannot be measured and observed as learning. So, learning can be briefly defined as a brain function. It occurs by systematic repetition. If the brain consumes a high level of energy, the information will be permanent; so repetition has a major role in learning process because it requires energy. What about online learning? Visual parts are the most remembered parts of a lesson because brain can process them easily and faster. So, visuals have to be used. Also, an online lesson mus...