Session 9: Technology and the Teaching of Writing Skills; Collaborative Online Writing Activities

Hello fellas, meet with me again, Lily. J

In this section 9 we learn about Technology and the Teaching of Writing Skills. So, in this section all of my member of CALL group must do collaborative online writing for teaching writing. My group use titan-pad to make collaborative online writing, if you want to make collaborative online writing like us, you can visit www.titanpad.com. My group discuss about website that we often visit. We choose British Council website as our favorite website to learn English.

We use titan pad to do this assignment. The ways of using titan-pad:

a.       You should not sign up. You can input your name directly in it.

b.      Search your friends’ account by certain code.

c.       After you find your friends account, you can directly make writing with your friends.

                        

The picture above is about teaching of writing skills. You can click the picture, if you want to see our discuss in titanpad... hehe

And this is the link our titanpad.

https://titanpad.com/VlzaVZLFhC

I think my explanation is enough,,, thank you for your nice attention ^-^ 

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Session 8: Technology and the Teaching of Reading Skills; Comics Authoring

Hello fellas, meet with me again, Lily. J

In this section 8 we learn about Technology and the Teaching of Reading Skills. So, in this section all of my member of CALL group must make comic for teaching reading. We make comic use pixton, if you want to make comic like us, you can visit www.pixton.com. Our topic is about “Shopping” in the shop.

                        

The picture above is about teaching of reading skills. You can click the picture, if you want to see comic... hehe

This is the explanation of our comic:

And this is the link our comic.

https://www.pixton.com/schools/comic/nbw53a0c

I think my explanation is enough,,, thank you for your nice attention ^-^ 

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Session 7: Teaching Integrated Skills

Hello fellas, meet with me again, Lily. J

In this section 7 we learn about Teaching Integrated Skills. So, in this section all of my member of CALL group must make webquest for teaching. We make webquest use piktochart, if you want to make webquest like us, you can visit www.piktochart.com

                       

The picture above is about teaching integrated skills. You can click the picture, if you want to see piktochart... hehe

This is the explanation of our piktochart:

This is our webquest assignment. We use a piktochart. The English material is Announcement text.

The integrated skill is reading, writing and speaking.The way to teach use this piktochart:

1. The teacher explains the announcement text. It is about the definition and the generic structure of announcement text.

2. The teacher provides the example of announcement text and asks the students to read the announcement text.

3. The teacher asks them to write their own announcement text.

4. The students present their announcement text.

And this is the link our piktochart.

https://magic.piktochart.com/output/22186130-announcement-text-by-lily-mia-and-vira  

I think my explanation is enough,,, thank you for your nice attention ^-^ 

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Session 6: Blog for Teaching

Hello fellas, meet with me again, Lily. :) 

In this section 6 we learn about Blog for Teaching. So, in this section all of my member of CALL must make BLOG. We can make blog in blogger, wordpress, edublog, etc. We must make blog individually because this is the assignment for final exam of CALL subject. And our blog must consist about our curriculum vitae, EFL Teaching Resources, and Portofolio. We can add daily journal in our blog too. We can use this journal ever after or forever.

                        

The picture above is about the appearance of my blog. You can click the picture, if you want to see my blog’s appearance... hehe

If you want to visit my blog you can click this link below!

Http://lailiyatulqudsiyah.blogspot.co.id

I think my explanation is enough,,, thank you for your nice attention ^-^ 

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Session 5: Online Resources for EFL Teachers

Hello fellas, meet with me again, Lily.

In this section 5 we learn about online resources for EFL Teachers. So, in this section all of my member of CALL group must make mind mapping for teaching. We make mind mapping in the web coggle, if you want to make mind mapping like us, you can visit www.coggle.it

                        

The picture above is online resources for EFL Teachers. You can click the picture, if you want to see our mind mapping... hehe

And this is the link about our mind mapping in the coggle.

https://coggle.it/diagram/WNy6PGpB1AABGNY3

I think my explanation is enough,,, thank you for your nice attention ^-^ 

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Session 4: CALL and Its Development History

Hello fellas, meet me again with Lily J

In this section 4 we will know about the internet research and the information about internet research tools. Such as kind of search engines, evaluating information on the internet, presenting information using timeline and the last is how to use timeline to support teaching.

Here, I will give an example of teaching using timeline, I make this with my group. My group make the tittle ‘Teaching Procedure Text Using Timeline’. Okay, check it out.

Teaching Procedure Text Use Timeline

The material which the teacher wants to teach is about procedure text. This material is for the students in the Senior High School. The teacher use Timeline as his media in teaching process and make the Timeline by using Tiki -Toki. The sequences of the activities are:

1. Teacher shows the timeline of the procedure text with theme “How to make brownies”. 

2. Teacher asks the students to guess what the material that will be discussed that meeting. 

3. After the students answer the clue, teacher explain the material which is procedure text using timeline.

4. Then, teacher shows the steps in timeline one by one to student

5.  After that, the teacher explain the general structure of procedure text, such as goal, the materials, and the steps. Then, teacher will relate the general structure with the timeline where is the goal, the materials, and the steps.

6. After doing all of the activities, the teacher divides the class into some groups. Each group should to make procedure text about their favorite food.

Using timeline, the learning activity more interesting to be implemented in the class because the students will curious for something new and it shows the real or concrete model.

The link of timeline: https://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/812924/HOW-TO-MAKE-BROWNIES/

My group member are me, Mia and Vira.

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Session 3: Technology in Education

Hello fellas, meet me again Lily :) 

In this section 3 we learn about the benefit technology in education and the impact of technology in education. So, in this section all of my member of CALL group must give opinion with support evidences such as journal, video, etc. and respond each other.

                        

The picture above is my opinion with the supporting in schoology application. You can click the picture, if you want to know my opinion... hehe. And this is the link about my opinion in schoology.

https://app.schoology.com/course/982493840/materials/discussion/view/982517732 

I think my explanation is enough,,, thank you for your nice attention ^-^ 

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Session 2: Online Socialization

Hello fellas, meet me again Lily.

In this section 2 we learn about online socialization. So, in this section all of my member of CALL group must give opinion about ‘why we do netiquette when we online or use social media?’ and respond each other.

                        

The picture above is my opinion in schoology application. You can click the picture, if you want to know my opinion... hehe

And this is the link about my comment in schoology.

https://app.schoology.com/course/982493840/materials/discussion/view/982514540

I think my explanation is enough,,, thank you for your nice attention ^-^ 

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Session 1: Online Learning Strategies & Netiquette

Hello fellas, in this section we learn about how to online friendly, how to use ICT for learning, and we know how to behave appropriately acceptable in an online communication. So, in this section all of my member of CALL group must introduce theirselves and respond each other.

The picture above is my introduction in schoology application. You can click the picture, if you want to know my introduction... hehe

And this is the link about my introduction in schoology. The introduction is about my name, my origin and my occupation if I have.

https://app.schoology.com/course/982493840/materials/discussion/view/982513654

I think my explanation is enough,,, thank you for your nice attention ^-^ 

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Bilingual Makes People's Brains More Efficient

Being Bilingual Makes People's Brains More Efficient and Could Combat Cognitive Ageing

People who speak two languages are experts at selecting relevant information and ignoring things that will distract from a task 

• Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith 

Scientists have found that the benefits of being bilingual stretch much further than those commonly associated with being fluent in two languages - it could also help a person’s brain in later life.

New research from the Université de Montréal shows that people who are bilingual are able to save brain power, which in turn could help with the effects of cognitive ageing.

The study, led by Dr Ana Inés Ansaldo at the university’s geriatric research centre, found that bilingualism can make the brain more efficient and economical in the way that it carries out certain tasks.

Published in the Journal of Neurolinguistics, the study tested groups of bilingual and monolingual senior citizens on how they performed tasks that involved focusing on visual information while having to ignore spatial information.

The bilinguals in the study showed higher connectivity between visual processing areas located at the back of the brain, she said, which shows that bilingual brains are more efficient and economical as they recruited fewer regions of the brain to complete the task. The regions the brain recruited were specialized areas that are used for detecting the visual characteristics of objects.

“After years of daily practice managing interference between two languages, bilinguals become experts at selecting relevant information and ignoring information that can distract from a task,” Dr Ansaldo said. 

While the monolingual and bilingual participants were “equally good” at doing the task, their brains were not acting in the same way. “The bilinguals were much more economical in terms of the brain power,” she told the Montréal Gazette. 

Dr Ansaldo said the impact that bilingualism has on brain function may also have a positive impact on cognitive ageing. This is due firstly to the efficient way bilinguals’ brains carry out tasks, and secondly due to bilingual people achieving the same results in a task as monolingual people, but without using the frontal regions of the brain which are vulnerable to ageing.

“We have yet to discover all the benefits of bilingualism," Dr Ansaldo said. 

Reference:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/bilingual-speak-two-languages-brain-more-efficient-combat-cognitive-ageing-study-universit-de-montr-a7519026.html

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