Learning Diaries

Success in the 21st century requires knowing how to learn. We aren’t dependent on teachers anymore who were the only source of knowledge once. We learn in a global classroom and it’s not necessarily within four walls. There are a lot of powerful learning tools allowing us to acquire knowledge much more quickly than ever. In addition to the core subjects, 21st-century themes which are global awareness, civic, health, economic literacy are being tackled. Besides, it’s no longer enough to “know things.” Within the framework of 21st century learning some skills are indispensable and these skills differ from traditional academic skills in that they are not primarily content knowledge-based. Here these skills grouped into three main areas: Learning and innovation skills: critical thinking & problem solving, creativity, communication, collaboration Digital literacy skills: information, media and ICT literacy Career and life skills: flexibility & adaptability, initiative, productivit...

Hello everyone! This is my first blog page. As a newbie blogger, I'm going to try to do my best. My intention as creating this blog is to share with everyone everything that I learn within my instructional technologies and material design course. I'll be sharing the tasks and instructions with the tools that I used. I'll also try to explain why they can / should be used in ELT lessons, what are advantages or disadvantages, where I struggled, etc. I hope you'll like it and keep connected!