Week 11 - Machinima in Language Learning and Teaching

 We started our lesson with a question about our favorite emoji and went on with our routine; Mr. Karacan briefly talked about the topics we mentioned from week 1 to week 11. 💬

Then we started with this week's topic; machinima. Apparently, It is a combination of two words; machine and cinema. So, it's a technique that is used to produce animations with video game graphics.

The way we, teachers, use machinima in our classes is almost clear. We are material developers; therefore, we need to come up with activities to make our lessons entertaining. Some of the materials the teachers offer are ready-made materials like coursebooks, worksheets but sometimes, these materials do not meet the expectations. Due to that, it is beneficial for teachers to produce their own materials. In order to do that, Mr. Karacan showed us a website to use; teacheranima.com.

Teacheranima has many topics on language teaching (link is down below), like we checked out in the lesson. Teachers can easily find numerous videos on different grammar topics and thus, make their lesson more fun! The videos have subtitles as well as lesson plans (link down below) that include objectives of the lesson, teaching point, timetable, class profile, etc.

After that, we mentioned a few games and virtual websites for machinima. Some of which are;

- Second Life(the videos used in teacheranima): An online platform that lets its users form a virtual avatar and world.

- Sansar VR: Another virtual world game but also supports virtual reality headsets!

- Sims: Yep, another virtual world game but the most popular and sophisticated one!😅

- GTA: A game where the player controls the main character who is supposed to do complete missions to progress but also is able to do side activities that can affect/trigger the relationship between the protagonist and the police. (My favorite is Vice City👮)

- Roblox, PK XD, Minecraft, etc.

After checking videos about Roblox, the class was separated into break-out rooms to discuss the best features of the platforms.

The lesson was quite entertaining! I've learned that there are many similar games like Sims, I cannot say I will check these websites because of educational purposes but I will definitely check them out!👾 Thank you Mr. Karacan and Mrs. Şahin for the lesson!

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The Video: https://teacheranima.com/the-psychologist-machinima-for-teaching-modal-verbsshould/

Lesson Plan: http://teacheranima.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ThePsychologist.pdf











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