Farewell

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Hello. We have finally neared the end of the term. It means that the course that this blog was created for is coming to an end as well.

Throughout this course, we have done lots of tasks and research. One of our first tasks was to discuss technology integration in classes. I had written about why we should use technology in classrooms, giving several reasons as to why it is beneficial and necessary. My ideas haven't changed after attending this course. On the contrary, I have come to learn about lots of different tools to use in education and how to properly integrate them in your courses. I definitely wish to be able to use the things that I've learned in course later in my own teaching career. 

Instructional Technologies and Material Design was a course I felt really at ease to attend. I didn't feel stressed in any way. The tasks given by our instructor was very clear and she was definitely using all the things she was teaching us in her classes. I didn't know I could be a fan of doing homework, but this course showed me that people could actually enjoy course tasks. 

What I especially liked about this course was that there were several tasks to choose from. Everyone didn't have to do the same thing. Being given such a choice probably made all the students comfortable, I believe. 

When I try to remember something I didn't like about the course, I cannot particularly think about a certain thing. It could be that sometimes there were mandatory pair works, but my group of friends includes 5 people. Sometimes we struggled with that, but it's fine and there isn't anything else I can think of.

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I would like to thank our instructor Dr. Kurt for this fun journey. It has been a ride, but a very fun one. I believe we have made lots of good memories as we completed the tasks. I can picture myself coming back to this blog and seeing my old posts, all the tasks that we've done and remember these days saying "Wow, I did that?". (I'm especially thinking about my movie poster because it looks extra beautiful, not gonna lie. I'm kind of proud of myself.) I feel like I'm repeating myself but the tasks were really fun to do. Seeing the products of the tasks, the outcomes made me feel like I've accomplished something. I would like to take a course just like this in the future instead of the other classical boring ones if that is possible.

Dr. Kurt once again thank you so much for this course, for spending extra time to create tasks for us too. 

And this was my final post. Thank you for reading.

-Refika Özdemir