Hi There! After I got my BA degree in Western Languages and Literatures from Bogazici University, I taught English to grade 4 and 5 students for 3 years at TED Istanbul College. In 2006, I started my MA at the University of Brighton, UK in the field of Media Assisted Language Teaching and Learning. I wrote my dissertation on the Role of teachers’ attitudes and beliefs in their use of digital technologies to develop listening skills of learners in EAP settings. Currently, I have been teaching the 1st and 2nd grade students at Irmak Schools, Istanbul.
Thank you, Deniz. While I'm a high school teacher, i teach in a K-12 district, and so am pretty sure we can find a collaborator with yours.
If you write me at my school address, I can pass your proposal to those who can leverage it.
Here it is:
abendelow@elmhurst205.org
Hi Deniz - thanks for your concern - I must admit, it is very frustrating and very painful also.
I look forward to more videos at the start of next term, and of course I will send you/publish any videos that we do. But we tend to move very slowly with these sort of things, so it may not happen in the immediate future.
Thanks Deniz. I manage a College in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, UK where we work with 14-24 year old disadvantaged young people and am always looking for ideas to keep them interested. Something like your video would be great. I am not at work at the moment because I have broken my foot, but when I get back, I will be basing my recommendations on how successful a group of 7 year olds in Turkey have been ..........
hi deniz, yes i've looked at ur vid, its great. i will write a comment with my class this weekend. sorry i have been offline a while due to house move, otherwise i would have done it sooner! look forward to seeing more!
take care.
kris
The Lunchbox Project sounds innovative and highly motivating. Congratulations to the people involved. I would love to hear how it all goes, or is it finishing this June? If so, I hope you might do it all over again next year with new wisdom from experience.
Excellent news Jess! I do very well understand how busy you can be. Actually, I'm in the same situation. It s almost the end of the academic year. The schools will be over at the end of the next week and I am busy with writing reports and doing other stuff.
I shot another video of my students during lunch. The lunchroom was crowded and too noisy so I couldn't be sure whether the background voices would impede the clarity of the recording. But it sounds alright. What I will go for next is a condenser mic which can be fixed on top of the camera! :) So, I will put that recording up this Monday, hopefully, together with a PP presentation.
No matter how slow it works! The result, I believe, will be fabulous! :) I will stay tuned!
Hi Deniz!
Again, I am sorry about my timing. If I tried to explain how busy my term has been you probably wouldn't believe me! Anyway, I have watched your students' video and I LOVE it! I will leave a comment on the wiki for them. I am working at getting pictures of what my students eat up on the wiki too. We've taken them all, it's just a matter of putting them up! thank you so much for being part of this project. It is going much more slowly than I thought, but I think in the end it will be fabulous. A class from the Netherlands want to join to, so stay tuned :-) I'll be in touch again soon. I haven't forgotten you!
Hi Jess!
I replied your message a few hrs ago.:) I am looking forward to starting the project.These days, I am busy with the portfolio presentation of my students. Still, I'll be able to have some extra time to manage the project.
Please, no worries about the timing! I think, it will work very well! :)
Tomorrow, I will start adding the photos of my students and our school on the Wiki page.
Cheers! :)
Hey Deniz!
Are you still interested in the Lunch Box Project? I'm sorry I haven't been in touch before now. I sent you a message through the wiki, but thought it would be safer to send one here as well!
I'd love to get in touch with you about the project. It would be great to make a start on it next week. I was planning to start much earlier, but life never works out the way you plan it, does it?!
Looking forward to hearing from you.
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If you write me at my school address, I can pass your proposal to those who can leverage it.
Here it is:
abendelow@elmhurst205.org
Thanks, Deniz.
I look forward to more videos at the start of next term, and of course I will send you/publish any videos that we do. But we tend to move very slowly with these sort of things, so it may not happen in the immediate future.
take care.
kris
I shot another video of my students during lunch. The lunchroom was crowded and too noisy so I couldn't be sure whether the background voices would impede the clarity of the recording. But it sounds alright. What I will go for next is a condenser mic which can be fixed on top of the camera! :) So, I will put that recording up this Monday, hopefully, together with a PP presentation.
No matter how slow it works! The result, I believe, will be fabulous! :) I will stay tuned!
Again, I am sorry about my timing. If I tried to explain how busy my term has been you probably wouldn't believe me! Anyway, I have watched your students' video and I LOVE it! I will leave a comment on the wiki for them. I am working at getting pictures of what my students eat up on the wiki too. We've taken them all, it's just a matter of putting them up! thank you so much for being part of this project. It is going much more slowly than I thought, but I think in the end it will be fabulous. A class from the Netherlands want to join to, so stay tuned :-) I'll be in touch again soon. I haven't forgotten you!
I replied your message a few hrs ago.:) I am looking forward to starting the project.These days, I am busy with the portfolio presentation of my students. Still, I'll be able to have some extra time to manage the project.
Please, no worries about the timing! I think, it will work very well! :)
Tomorrow, I will start adding the photos of my students and our school on the Wiki page.
Cheers! :)
Are you still interested in the Lunch Box Project? I'm sorry I haven't been in touch before now. I sent you a message through the wiki, but thought it would be safer to send one here as well!
I'd love to get in touch with you about the project. It would be great to make a start on it next week. I was planning to start much earlier, but life never works out the way you plan it, does it?!
Looking forward to hearing from you.
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