A Masterpiece: Dead Poets Society

 Hello everyone! I wish all of you a happy and peaceful evening. Today, I want to talk about my experiences with collaborative writing. 

Me and my friends Melis and Gülşen made a film review on Dead Poets Society and our peers Elena, Berdin, and Baran expressed their thoughts after our writing process. The assignment that was given to us required us to review the movie accordingly, and we did the task together with communication and distribution for the tasks. You can see some of our peers' comments on the screenshot below!

Overall, the task was very fun to do, especially since I love writing. With open communication with my friends and the beauty of the film itself, the writing task turned out to be a fun and engaging activity. We used Google Docs as the collaborative writing tool, and to be fair, it is one of the best writing tools that you can use with your friends to do such activities, I highly recommend you to make use of it. It is very easy to use and allows you to comment on the writing. The only concern is, you may have difficulty in communication and may not want to do it from there, as you may not always see the comments on time. You probably need to use apps such as Whatsapp for quicker communication, but other than this it is amazing!

That was it for today's entry. You can find the review link below. Also, do not forget to check my peers' and reviewers' blogs! 

Thank you for reading!

The Review Page

The Melis Approach

Educational Diary of Sevgi

The Reviewers: 

Elena

Berfin

Baran

Story Time, Everyone!

 Hello, hello! I hope everything is going fine for all of you, dear readers! Today, I will share the experiences of video material preparations that I had. 

 For this new assignment of ours, me and my dear friend Melis made a storytelling video, using our own drawings. The story is about the solar system, and we intended to teach the planet names and the distance between the Sun and the other planets. Overall, the whole process was both fun and challenging. I enjoyed the drawing and character design process, even though it took so much effort and time. I am not 100% confident about my drawings, but it was nevertheless entertaining. However, it was also the most challenging part. My back and neck are still aching from the hours and hours of drawing. Even though they were simple drawings, they took a great time. The easiest part was to integrate the drawings with the sounds; it felt like nothing compared to whatever we did during this process. 

In the future, I am not sure about giving such a task to my students. It all depends on what age group I am going to teach. Young students would have difficulty in doing such a challenging task, since the process requires a lot of elements. However, I would absolutely try to make my own video materials, since it would give me an excuse to draw! I love drawing, and I want to integrate my skills into my teaching experience.

You can check our video from the link below, and please do not forget to check my friend's blog page as well!

To Reach the Brightest Star

The Melis Approach