ENTRY 8 : CANVA

Hello peeps ! Today i will share about what i have learnt last week in my class with all of you.

So, basically last week, i learnt about Canva.

Do all of you know what is Canva?

Canva is an amazingly simple graphic design software which can makes design simple for everyone. Canva are created to designs for Web or print for example :

Blog graphics

 Presentations

Facebook covers

Flyers

Posters invitations 

Templates

Resumes

Logo and so on

Here, i will show you how Canva looks like. 

So is the sample of Canva

Plus, you are encouraged to explore more using a smart tool like Canva as it is more easier, fun and interesting in helping you to complete your work.

GOODLUCK !

ENTRY 7 : POWTOON

Hello everyone ! So, today i want to share with you about what i have learnt in the previous class.

Do all of you know about powtoon ?

Powtoon is a is a company which sells cloud-based software for creating animated presentations and animated explainer videos. If you are good enough in using this powtoon you can have a very good presentation as it will make your slide become more interesting. Plus, your slide also will attracts the audience attention. There are so many things that you can explore and will make your works become easier with powtoon.

For this class, i had given a task by my lecturer to create an educational video using powtoon. Basically, we need to be in a group as this is a group assessment and we have to select any interesting topic. So basically my group had chose the topic on 'Obesity'.



Here are the sample of powtoon. You can explore more if you log in to this easy and interesting app and use it in your daily life

So, last but not least i hope you can watch my powtoon during your leisure time.. huhuhu

ENTRY 6 : USING PODCASTS AND STORYTELLING IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Hye peeps ! so today i will write about the lesson that i have learnt this week which is podcasts. Do you know what is podcasts ? 

Podcasts is actually revolves around audio or video which can be played and downloaded through internet connection. So, you know that you can directly search for any Podcast that you want to listen to, downloaded it and have it played whenever and wherever you want. The term podcasts comes from iPod ( Apple portable MP3 player )

There are 2 main uses of podcasts:

Students can listen to existing podcasts

Students can create their own podcasts

Podcasts also can be used in self study, listening in class, encourage students to find a podcast that interests them and to listen regularly.

The things that we need to podcasting are:

An audio / recording tools

Online voice recorder

or the smartphone

You also need the audio editing tools:

Audacity or any online audio editor

Next, if you are done with all the stuff, you need to upload to favourite podcast medium such as

Youtube

itunes

Soundcloud

Blog

So, last but not least i hope that you are willing to hear my podcasts using my own voice. huhuhu

https://soundcloud.com/user-980742018/p-s-iloveyou

GREETINGS AND HELLO EVERYONE !

Hello and hye everyone ! so let's start with the introduction first. My name is Wan nurhafiza fatini binti wan hassan and i am sweet 22 years old. I am currently an English undergraduate student in Malaysia and this blog is created for the purpose of sharing what I've learnt from one of my ELT Subject : Internet Technologies for English Learning (ESP6013).

So, let me give some information about my coursework. This class is 100% coursework, with ratios of 20% for quiz 1, 20% for blog, 10% for article review, 20% for educational video and 30% for e-learning course-ware. Some of the work would be individual and some would be in group.

So, basically this subject would be 100% coursework. What i really hope for this class is that i can gain many more new knowledge about internet. So far, i really enjoy learning this subject. See ya on next page ! 

ENTRY 5 : INSTRUCTIONAL COURSEWARE DESIGN

Hello peeps ! In this topic we will learn on how to figure out the needs of the learner, to define the learning objectives and to create some intervention to achieve our objectives. In order to do that with CALL, we have to combine the behaviorist and constructivist learning theory. There are three things that we have to look into before we create any content/instructional design for the students

•  LEARNERS’ NEEDS

         - Learners’ needs is the gap between what the learners want to gain at the end of the day and the            learner’s current skill or knowledge
         - In order to find out what are the needs of a student, needs analysis has to be conducted with                the syllabus, conducting survey, free writing and public records
         -  It is done to gain better understanding about the student whether we (the teacher) have to                    adjust the lesson according to the students’ needs

•  LEARNING OUTCOMES

        - Learning outcomes is basically what the students will learn or achieve at the end of the lesson
        - It provides objectives to the lesson and we have to ensure that the learning outcomes is                       measurable to assess the students’ achievement

•  INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

       - Instructional design is all about creating syllabus to be used in the class based on the needs                  analysis, lesson planning, material selection and adaptation and planning of implementation and          intervention

•   ANALYSIS

· At this stage, we have to identify the objectives, learners level and needs
· Some of these questions might be helpful in analysis
· E.g. Who are the learners? What is the desired behaviour of achievement? What are the delivery        options? What are the learning theories applied?

•  DESIGN

· The second step is design. Design involves dealing with the learning objectives, learners needs,           learning theories, materials, exercises and content
· Creating a “storyboard” of what the courseware should look like helps us to keep in track with the     project/courseware

• DEVELOPMENT

 · Development is the stage where the developers (teacher or programmer) create and assemble              content and assets based on the blueprint in the design phase
· There are two parties involved in this proves which are the creators who are responsible in                   developing the graphics and materials and integrate them into the courseware. And we also have         testers who will check for bugs and errors and give feedback on the design

•  IMPLEMENTATION

· Implementation is the stage where the creators will develop procedures for the implementation of        the courseware
· This includes training facilitators and learners to use the courseware
· Other than that, lesson plan is developed to suit the courseware

• EVALUATION

· Evaluation is the stage where the impact and effectivesness of the courseware is evaluated
· There are two types of evaluation: Formative and Summative Evaluation
· Formative evaluation evaluates the effectiveness, usefulness and relevancy of the courseware
· Summative evaluation evaluates the effectiveness of the courseware as a whole whether it should be adopted, continued or modified for improvement

ENTRY 4 : SEARCH ENGINES & ONLINE DATABASE

Hello there and thank you for choosing my blog

So, this week i have learnt about search engines and online database. There are any other search engine rather than using google, internet explorer and mozilla

What is search engine?

Search Engines like Google or Yahoo uses software that collects data from the Web to include in its database. Each search engine has its own database. So this database is functioning to store references to Webpages. However, it only keeps only essential information of a webpage. It will query the information by keyword. Note that, it will take longer time to access to the webpages.

What is web-crawlers?

Web-crawlers or spider is an automated program or bot. it is also known as “Crawls” since it will crawls all over the Web Page collecting information through keywords, titles, synonyms, access frequency and also relevancy. The information is indexed and stored in database.

There are 4 parts  of search engines:

What is Meta search engine?

A search engine that matches the user’s query to multiple search engines. metaCrawler, SavvySearch an Dogpile. You should give it a try to experience a new searching platform. This Meta search engine is different from the usual since this is where all the confidential file and unexposed things has been hidden. 

ENTRY 3 : COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION

Hello guys ! SELAMAT HARI RAYA and sorry for the late update.

Today i would like to share about CMC

Do you know what is CMC ? Basically CMC stands for computer mediated communication between two or more people

CMC has been used in education since the late 80s and 90s with the introduction of CALL. As we learned in the previous chapter, CALL started off as an ideology that turned into reality with the advancement of technology. Incorporating CMC into CALL became widespread with the use of Emails and forums. Internet Chat Rooms (ICR) allowed direct and simultaneous communications for information exchange and this allows long-distance teaching/learning since it is a simultaneous/synchronous communication. Synchronous communication allows teacher and learner to interact without being in the same location. Nowadays, there has been an increase in popularity of e-tutoring through forums, video conferencing and even Facebook and Instagram.

There are 5 types of CMC: 

• Asynchronous CMC

          - communication is not synchronized
          - not exchanged or replied immediately

• Synchronous CMC

         - participant between participants is synchronized
         - can be exchange immediately

• CMC and long distance learning.
• CMC was applied in long distance learning in late 2000s and using video conferencing and e-tutoring.
• Collaborative Learning-                                                                                                                 -- enhance peer interaction and group work for example google docs and google drive.
• Authentic Communication                                                                                                               - easy access and opportunity to communicate with other learners as well as native speakers.     - context and material of communication is authentic rather simulated.

ENTRY 2 : EVOLUTION OF CALL

 And today i would like to share on topic " Evolution of Call"

 There are 3 historical phase of evolution of CALL:

•   Behavioristic CALL

          - A detail set of high and low level learning objectives is provided
          - is developed in 1960s based on behaviorist learning theory
             eg : The Stanford project
          - Advantages :
            Repetition is beneficial for learning
            Can provide immediate feedback

•   Communicative CALL

          - is developed in 1970s to 1980s

              eg : Computer as tutor and stimulus

          - Advantages :

            Programs are often cheap and available widely

            Emphasises on active student performances

            Greater student involvement

• Integrated CALL

          - use CD-ROMs

        

ENTRY 1 : BLOG WRITING

Today, i will review what i have learnt from my class. Blog writing is one of the short for "web blog". This term refers to a list of journal entries posted on a web page. Besides, anybody who knows how to create and publish a web page can publish their own blog. 

There are 4 types of blog which are :

Web blog

Tutor blog

Class blog

Learner blog

    I also learnt on how people keep on using blog:

Provide extra reading for students

An online learner journal

Encourage shy students to participate

    There are also some pro's and con's in blog writing:

    

     Con's

• Not tied to a class schedule
• People can learn of the topics posted all over the world
• Can be use to express themselves and receive feedback

     Pro's

• Blog as public domain
• Difficult to do correction's on students work
• Unmoderated comments

     

Entry 1 : INTRODUCTION TO CALL

What is CALL?
CALL is Computer Assisted Language Learning and it refers to the area of tech and second language teaching and learning. It using computer and in language learning and teaching. The call learning method will make the students become more interesting and fun as the teacher can grab the students attention. 

There are 3 types of Call :