Daily Journal -8th Meeing-

Daily Journal "8th Meeing"

Good day, everyone.

Here is my eight daily journal about my CALL course. Don’t be bored, every one. I still have about another seven daily journals. Read it till the end, okay?

Now, this eighth meeting will talk about teaching reading skill using new thing. 

I am introduced a comic to teach reading.

Teaching reading usually is so bored.

You just asked to read, read and read again.

Read a paragraph, or even an essay.

Mostly that.

But, in this session, I am introduced to teach reading using a comic.

It can be the real comic, but here, it is a comic using online application.

You know that, reading is something that can give you many thing in this world, but it is also the most difficult one.

You need to motivate yourself to read something.

Considering that thing, teacher need to be more creative in engage and motivate the students’ literacy skill. How to make reading as the students’ habit.

So that’s why, in this meeting, I am introduced comic as one thing that can get student’s interest.

The comic can be made by the teacher, using Toondo or Pixton. Like I always said, that teacher need to be up to date to technology.

I have tried to make comic with Toondo, it’s fun and interesting. The one that you need to prepare is the idea of your comic, okay?

Let’s take a look on my comic made by my group.

I think I also learn new thing from this meeting. 

Yes, how to make a comic, and how you teach reading assisted with technology.

I can use Comic as an input to give new knowledge for the student, I also can make Comic as an output for higher level of the students.

Make everything, input and output as interesting as teacher can.

I think students who read and make a comic will have so much fun. 

Because in making a comic, students will have many creative ideas and they will create the best thing they want. 

Their result, it will surprise the teacher. I belive that. 

Tha't all what I can tell you about my eight meeting of CALL course. 

Hope you got something new and useful. 

Keep reading my Teacher's Path blog.

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Daily Journal -10th Meeting-

Daily Journal "10th Meeting"

Hello everyone, this is my tenth meeting of CALL course.
Do you read my articles about many things dealing with technology and teaching?
You must read it, Guys, just click here.

Okay, in this meeting, I am introduced by several video converence such as Skype and Google Hangout.

These application is used as an creativity in teaching speaking. Most of the teacher, they practice the students speaking skill only in the conventional way, presenting and speak infront of the class.

Before this meeting, I already know about those two aplications, but no more than knowing the name and function. I never use it to  have a video call.
But, in this meeting, I try it all. I can use Google Hangout and Skype as well.

I will tell you my story about using Google Hangout and Skype.
Firstly, My friend and I tried to use Google Hangout. We used our mobile phone and laptop, but yeah.. the internet connection become the best problem.

Then, we decided to have Skype as a tool for our assignment. It is really difficult to find good signal and internet connection. We already make group call, but suddenly one or two friends cannot connect it. So, we have tried to do "Skype" for several times in several days.
Painful.

But, miracle comes.
In the early morning, my groups can do the videoconferece. Our faces were on the screen. We were so death happy.

We try to watch our video, and... the clouds come, the rain fall.
Our voice are not clear and our senences in and out for many times.
But, still, the good one is that the experience.
Thank you, Sir.

Here, look at my group video call here.

Don't say anything, okay. I am happy that yo won't watch this.

Yes, back to normal.
In this meeting, I can find that Skype is a good tool for teaching. But, the internet connection is the one that needs to be considered for our students next time.
Of course, I hope that in the future, every school has their own wi-fi and every students can use school's computer or their own mobile phone for this.

Yes, before we use tools that need to be online, consider the main thing first, such as, internet connection, computer used, and others. So, before we give it to our students, we can solve and anticipate problem that may happen.

Teacher need to know many things so they can be called as a teacher. Teacher cannot be an out of date one.
Teacher needs to master HOW to USE TECHNOLOGY for the students. 

Yes, I think it's enough for you to read this journal meeting.
I will end it here, fellas.

Another reminder, keep going together with Teacher's Path in finding your Path.

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Daily Journal -7th Meeting-

 Daily Journal "7th Meeting"

Hai everyone, another welcome from my daily journal. I hope you are not bored reading my story. Yes, I am still on the sixth semester on this CALL course.

Today, it’s seventh meeting. It will talk about how the skills are taught integrated. Yes, we cannot teach English if it’s not integrated.

Imagine, you teach listening without reading or speaking or even writing. Your students will only listen all the time and do nothing. That will be so boring and .. that’s not effective , right?

You can teach two or three skills in the same time, and that’s really good, right?

Yess. Absolutely good. 

Teaching speaking integrated with listening, it will be perfect.

And also, in this meeting we introduced how to use webquest to help our integrated skill.

Webquest is design for teacher to give material to the students. Mostly, teacher only give little explanation and give many links to read. After that, there will be a evaluation. It’s an assignment for the students. 

Yes, it’s really helpful actually for teaching.

Also, I learn how to make poster online.

Yes, it is on the Postermywall.

It’s free and easy to make.

But, for my poster submission, I need to make it several times, because in the middle of my masterpiece, it’s a postermywall watermark. And I took so long time to make that watermark gone. 

Guys, have a look on my poster. 

Right here. 

Acuallly, I can do better on making this poster, but because of the limited time and internet access, i cannot do more.

In the end of this lesson, I can learn that integrated English skills is the effective one. We cannot separate one and any other skill. It’s a wasting time. Also, teaching English using webquest is also another good thing. You directly focusing what you want to teach to your students. I learn a lot.

Yeah, fellas. This is the end of my journal.
Wish you always healt, and keep enjoy my blog, Teacher's Path.  

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Daily Journal -5th Meeting-

Daily Journal "5th Meeting"

In this meeting, I also learn a lot.

Our lecturer asked us to find out as many as possible the resources for teaching English. Yes, for all those four skills plus vocabulary and grammar.

I did that stuff with my group. Each students take one skill and try to find the resources.

After we collect it, we need to put them in term of mind map. Yes mind map.

It usually made by our pencil, books and other stuff.

Nut, this time we made it online.

It’s really new for me. 

I am introduced coogle and poplet.

Those applications are just very cool.

You can put picture and color them as you want.

And I go with coogle.

It is because if I use poplet, it need very good internet connection.

But, don’t worry, using coogle is also very nice.

Here is my result of coogle.

Link

Yes.. after having this as my fifth meeting, I as teacher trainee realize that in this technology world, other people was provided us so many things. They provide us many tools or application that can be used for teaching. Teacher can use it as class activity easily.

Internet connection is not the problem anymore later. Teacher need to know all those stuffs and develop their creative activity how to use it in the classroom.

Remember, teacher's idea is the expensive one. Make your students' day as fun as you can.

Well.. okay, that's all everyone.
Keep follow my Teacher's Path blog to find your own Path on teaching.

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Daily Journal -6th Meeting-

 Daily Journal  "6th Meeting"

Hello hello hi. It’s me again in another week of my CALL Course.

Yes, I am still in the sixth semester with a mountain of assignment. But, that’s okay.

I am happy with it because I am in my own track; being a teacher.

Yup, this is my sixth meeting. Its title is blogs for teaching.

We are introduced how to use and manage blog for teaching. So, the teacher and students do not only meet in the classroom, but they also communicate by blog.

There are several types of blog. Blog that consist of teacher, students and material is educational blog.

Also, blog for your own needed is personal blog.

We are asked to have our personal blog about this CALL course that looks professional.
If you read this blog, Teacher’s Path, it is my blog for this sixth meeting submission.

Here is the header of my blog,

I have posted many posts. Yes, it is dealing with technology used in a classroom.

I hope it’s not only for fulfilling my assignment, but also as my dedication as a teacher trainee to other teacher.

I made this blog under the name Teacher’spath. I hope people who read this blog can have any other creative idea for their teaching. I hope people can have their own path to teach English, creatively and confidently.

Yes, after having this meeting. I realize that make a blog is easy, but manage it is the difficult one. You need to be patient and willingly post regularly on your blog. If you don’t do that, it’s just a waste.

And, using blog as one of classroom activity is cool I think. Other people can read and visit our blog. Students also will be familiar with other technology other than Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Yes, everyone.. Hopefully you can enjoy reading my journal.

Keep reading and enjoying this Teacher's Path blog while finding your path on teaching.

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