Evaluating An ELT Website

Hello everyone! I'm back again. Wondering why I came back? It's because you will hear my evaluation of a website about English language learning.

Which website did I choose?

I am going to evaluate WYZANT. Click here to see the main page. This page doesn't teach English only, there are many other topics you may want to learn about such as mathematics, history etc.

Who authored the website? Is there any information about their qualifications or credentials? 

There are many authors publishing in this website. Each page is written by different people.(As you can see below.)

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When we click the authors name, there comes a page, written by the author herself/himself, introducing the person who wrote the page.

What is the content of the website? 

As I said before, the site has many topics to teach you but we can look at the question a bit differently. The English part of the website consists of grammar topics, exams, etimological parts, writing exercises etc.

Who is the target audience? 

Everyone wanting to learn English can benefit from the website.

What is the purpose of the website? 

The purpose of the website is to teach English very clearly. There is nothing complicated. The teachers create the content according to learner needs.

Is there a date that shows when the site has last been updated? 

Unfortunately, there is no dates showing when the site has last been updated .

(Accuracy of the information)- Are there any errors?

I looked at the pages I could and I couldn't detect any errors.

Are there any broken links? 

 I couldn't detect any broken links.

Are the images of high quality and appealing to the target audience? 

There are no images used in the texts.

How can it be applied to EFL teaching?

If we look at how it can be applied to EFL teaching from the teachers' perspective, we can say that teachers can use the content of the websites in classes. The exercises can be given as homework. And if we look at it from the students' perspective, they can read the materials before coming to class and they can work on improving their skills by studying not only in classes but also other places as well.

So, you have read my evaluation about WYZANT. I hope it helped you to answer the questions in your mind and also to find a website when learning English. If you have any suggestions or if you want to state your opinions about the website or my evaluation, you can leave a comment below. Thank you!

Internet-Based Project

Hello everyone! We haven’t seen each other for two weeks. It’s a bit long, isn’t it?

Today, I’m here to talk about a project of mine, which was for the Instructional Technologies and Material Design course. We were supposed to create a Padlet page for our internet-based project. There were two options about the topic. The first one was a global problem while the second one was about freedom. My friends and I chose the first topic. We studied endangered species.  As it was a sensitive topic, we thought that we could work on it and  make people aware of this problem with the questions we asked.

Do you want to learn my thoughts about Padlet?

 
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Negative and Positive Sides of Padlet

Working with Padlet has both negative and positive sides. For example more than one person can contribute to the work simultaneously and every author has its name at the top of the text. So that everyone can see who wrote what. Also the design of the page looks well. Yet, as we cannot insert photos among the text, it may look weak. We put some videos at the end of our texts but having access to insert few photos would be better.

My Thoughts About Padlet

If I am to make a comment about Padlet in terms of its contribution to the development of 21^st  century learning skills, I would say that it’s a good site to work with groups. As I said before, more than one person can contribute to the work and everyone contributed can be seen. Using technological gadgets in education, as we all know, helps students to be on lesson as today’s children are born to the technologic area and very familiar with technology.

Have you ever worked with Padlet? If yes, how was your experience? You can share it with me! 

If you want to take a look at my friends' and my Padlet page, you can click. here

Thank you! .