Zey's Edu Lab

The last post, for now!  Welcome back, dear reader! In this post, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the assignments I completed and the overall experience of the Current Issues in Teaching course. What a journey it’s been! First, I want to give a big thank you to our wonderful professor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökçe Kurt Tiftik, for her guidance throughout the term. And of course, a huge shoutout to my awesome teammates, Selen and Berkay, for their great teamwork and creativity while working on our projects together! Now, let’s jump into my reflections and look back at this exciting term! My reflections are as follows... What are the strengths and weaknesses of the course? I think the strongest aspect of the course is, as the name suggests, that we focus on very current topics. In each new topic, we work on tasks that can enrich our lessons when we become teachers in the future. As for the weakest part, I would say having a written exam for a course where we put in so much effort and d...

  Creating Heroes with AI Magic! Hi there, dear reader! This time, I’m thrilled to share the creative process of our latest project with my teammates, Selen and Berkay. We designed AI-integrated teaching material as a follow-up activity for high school prep students learning about adjectives. Our mission? To encourage students to bring their imagination to life! The Task So, dear reader, here’s how it works! We created a worksheet where students start by brainstorming adjectives to describe superheroes. Imagine words like "fearless," "graceful," or "sneaky" shaping unique characters. Then comes the exciting part—using ChatGPT to transform their descriptions into a visual hero! Students can change the image until it matches their vision, name their hero, and write a brief paragraph about their powers and personality. It doesn’t end there, dear reader! We’ve also added a reflection section for students to share their thoughts on how ChatGPT helped their crea...

Let's explore AR/VR-integrated teaching material! Hi there, dear reader. Welcome back! This week, we dove into a super exciting project: creating AR/VR-integrated teaching material! Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Our task, assigned by our teacher, was to design a learning experience for high school English prep students that uses AR/VR to bring lessons to life. We were asked to introduce landmarks, a museum, and a cultural highlight of a city and then bring it all together with an engaging worksheet for the students. So, where did our journey take us? Brazil! More specifically, the dynamic and colorful city of Rio de Janeiro. Our Work Our task was to create a fun way for students to learn about Rio, dear reader. Using 360-degree YouTube videos and Google Arts & Culture, we took them on a virtual tour of the National Museum of Fine Arts, where they explored amazing exhibits. We asked interesting questions to make them think and share their ideas—like picking their favorite artwork...