I made an infographic on netiquette! (Then I had a mental health crisis at 1 AM over it.)

Hello, Dear Reader!

    Do you know what an infographic is? If you don’t, that’s okay. I didn’t know until this week, either!

    In short, an infographic is a visual document in which information or data is presented using images, icons, charts, graphics, and minimal text. I bet you've seen one before; they're very popular! They make information or data simpler and more engaging for the consumer and are used everywhere from education to business. 

    (If you want to learn more about infographics, click HERE.)

    I was assigned to prepare an infographic for my Instructional Technologies and Material Design in ELT course, and I chose to prepare an infographic on netiquette. I chose this topic because I have been on online spaces from a very early age (my parents were a little bit TOO trusting), and I learnt the do’s and don’ts of the internet by trial and error. I wish someone would have explained them to me when I was younger and inexperienced online. 

    Therefore, I think it’s important to talk about netiquette with our students and an English classroom is ideal for that. We can integrate the topic into our classroom discourse, OR we can assign them a task where they need to create an infographic on netiquette haha. 

    Creating an infographic was an emotional roller coaster for me. I had so much FUN with the process. I loved choosing icons, playing with the colours, and creating something visually appealing. THEN, I finished it and had a mental health crisis at 1 AM over the fact that Venngage doesn’t share the embed code with non-premium users! Unbelievable!

    (If you want to try creating an infographic (and experiencing an emotional roller coaster yourself), you can click HERE.)

    You can see my rather genius (!) solution to the problem below. I learnt how to embed a WEBSITE from a YouTube video and used it to cheat the system, haha! 

    I am sorry that you have to zoom out and scroll a little bit, Dear Reader, but this is the best I could do without the embed code. 🙁

    You can also,  

CLICK HERE FOR MY INFOGRAPHIC ON NETIQUETTE 

    Lastly, I would love to use infographics in the future, both as teaching material and as a creative task for my students. I think they would benefit from both but especially from tasks they would create. Creating an infographic would help them learn the topic since they would spend time with it and help to improve their creativity and critical thinking skills! 

    I learnt so much from this assignment! I hope you learnt from my experience too, Dear Reader!

Take care of yourself until next time.

With love, Bea x

EDITED on 10/04/2025

Hello again, Dear Reader! 

    It's been more than a week since I posted my infographic and since then I got some peer feedback! I was so proud of my infographic, I even volunteered and showed it to the whole class and got my instructor's feedback as well! 

    Based on the feedback, I deleted the links in the boxes (since I already have a reference part) to remove the word cluster and added a slogan at the end to imply a conclusion and provide a smooth ending. 

You can CLICK HERE FOR MY UPDATED INFOGRAPHIC. 

    I also updated the embedded version, which you can check below. (The link on the post above is the original version.)

Some thoughts on language learning and the ever-changing 21st century

Hello again, Dear Reader!

Do you remember how you learnt English? Did you learn it in a traditional classroom setting, or did you learn it online? 

With all due respect to all my English teachers, I have to admit that they only managed to give me crumbs. I learnt English by being a fangirl online. (Shout out to Louis Tomlinson’s Doncaster accent.) I wanted to consume but more importantly, CREATE fan content so I had to teach myself how to use various tools on the internet AND English. (If you checked my About Me page, you know I am a nerd.)

Time is moving constantly and changing us along with it. So, why are we not changing how we teach when the way we learn has already changed? In a language classroom, our aim should be guiding our students into using the language as much as possible and integration of technology and activities that prompt our students to create is the most effective way.

To me, Dear Reader, 21st-century learning is learning how to learn, how to take our learning into our own hands and seeking knowledge outside of the classroom. As teachers, we need to be conscious of this and adjust our teaching according to it. We need to equip ourselves with the tools and skills that are needed for this fast century, so we can equip our students with them as well.

Most importantly, we need to teach our students how to keep up with this ever-changing world. It is the skill we all need.

That’s what the 21st century is all about: trying to keep up. 

With love, Bea. x

Welcome to my first post! 💜

Hello there, Dear Reader! 

    I am thrilled that you somehow managed to stumble upon my little language corner. It’s lovely to see you here! 

    I am Bea, I live in Istanbul, Turkey, and I am an English pre-service teacher in training (I am a student, basically, but a pre-service teacher in training sounds way cooler!). Click HERE to read more about me.

    I hope you stick around, Dear Reader, because in this blog, we aim to learn how to learn and how to use 21st-century technology (and cat memes!) in our classrooms. We can only teach within our range and it is our utmost responsibility to broaden that range every single day as teachers! 

    Subscribe to not miss anything, my Dear Reader! I plan to post my attempts as I try new and different technology-based learning activities. You don’t want to miss my upcoming podcast!

With love, Bea. x

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