Powtoon and Posters PeePs

Greetings peeps!

So this week I received another task from my lecturer which I have to find a partner and do an educational video. Frankly speaking, I am really bad at this because I really don't know on how to edit a video. Recording is easy and making script too but editing the video? I guess that beyond my supreme abilities. Hehe.. 

But worry not, thanks to my lecturer, I have been guide to use Powtoon software where I can make my video interesting. I have been taught on how to use on this week class tutorial. Let me share a little bit with you guys on why Powtoon can make my video project interesting.

This is how the platform for Powtoon looks like. I did a huge explore to it and found several things that really unique. It gives you a lot of template and editing tools to help you color your video. It really adores me and I don't even know which to choose because all of them looks fantastic.

Moreover, I can animate my video with the characters provided in this platform. It is so cool because the characters can even move and do actions! I would really love to use this as my video maker soon. Just wait peeps! Oh wait there is another one software that I learnt this week. The software is Canva!!!

Well in this platform I can design my own posters,advertisment, banner, and a lot more. Actually I did used Canva before this to design my poster and banner for my big event in college. Canva is really easy to use because the templates are already there and there are a lot of design that I can choose. I have to make a persuasive poster in this week class and I did my best to make it simple. Here is my poster :

Sorry if that looks does not satisfy you. I hope I can develop my arts skill by using these two platforms which are Powtoon and Canva. Until then, I will keep updating my blogs! See ya!

Bye Bye!!!!

How To Let Go of Someone PODCAST!

So here it is my podcast!!! Hope you enjoy it!

Pod pod PODCAST!

Hello again peeps!! Pod pod podcast time is up! So this week I learnt about podcast and how to record my own podcast. I am so excited because this  thing is new for me.

Podcast is actually an audio and/or video file 'broadcast' via the internet and can be downloaded. I never heard a podcast before because I thought all the sound that produce from the internet called music or recorded sound. Never heard of podcast before but luckily I got the chance to learn it during this class.

There are two main uses of podcast which are:

• Students can listen to existing podcast
• Students can create their own podcast

The existing podcast is functioned as for the people to get self study, for students to listen it in classes, encourage students to find podcast that interacts them since the existing podcast got variety of topics and different levels for students to hear. I heard several podcast during this class as the lecturer told us to do so and it attracts me to hear it more because I got and learnt so many things by just listening to the podcast.

I wanted to do my own podcast and my wish came true after the lecturer gave us an assignment to do our own podcast. I feel a bit excited but then I became lost because I don't know what to talk and what to share in my own podcast.

First of all what do I need before podcasting? I need an audio and recording tools such as smartphones or online voice recorder to make my voice clear when people hear my podcast. It is not just that, I need some improvement for my voice to make it interesting by using the software that is called Audicity. 

The picture above is the logo for the Audicity software. I'm going to download it soon on my laptop and use it. Well peeps, thats all for this week. I will post my podcast here on my blog, so stay tuned and I will update it soon.

Anyeong! (Goodbye in Korean)

The Day I Got MC and Learnt CMC

Howdy peeps! 

Lately weather are so freezing and has made me blue ( sick ). 

First of all I would like to apologize to my respective lecturer because I did not come to class since I'm not feeling well. I tried to force myself to come but I can barely stand up straightly. So I went to the clinic and got myself a MC.

Thanks to the friendship I got, my friends share all the notes and information about what topic being taught. Its about CMC. 

Have you guys heard about CMC? CMC stands for Computer Mediated Communication. It is about when any human interaction occurs through two or more electronic devices. It is seems that education taking  whole advantages through CMC. CMC is divided into two types which are asynchronous CMC and synchoronous CMC.

Asynchronous CMC means communication that not synchronised. It messages are not exchanged and replied to immediately (or not expected to). There are several examples of asynchronous CMC such as E-mails, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, internet forums, blogs and also message boards.

Synchronous CMC means synchronised communication between participants. It means messages can be exchanged and replied immediately (often expected to). The specialty of synchronous CMC is it allows direct communication with the participants. For example, internet chat rooms, messenger, video and audio conferencing.

CMC has made learning become more easy and convenient for long distance participants. It allows teacher and learner to interact without being in the same location such as by the use of E-lectures, video conferencing and E-tutoring.

However, CMC also has its pros and cons. The advantages can be clearly seen when learning has no distance barrier. But in the negative sides, we can see that learner will have the lack of socio-emotional and nonverbal cues and also lack of real human contact.

Other than CMC, my friends also told me that I got to do article review for CMC. I chose to review the article entitled CMC for language acquisition and intercultural learning. The link is http://www.ipcsit.com/vol12/22-ICDLE2011E20003.pdf

From the article, the research on CMC-aided language acquisition shows a great potential, both for language and intercultural learning. It also tells me  the aim of CMC in intercultural learning can help to improve language teaching and learning, hence there is a interconnectedness between language acquisition and intercultural learning. From the article, it also state that implementing CMC in designing authentic experiences is not a trivial exercise, but it needs careful consideration both of the software and learning outcomes. I understand that for selecting the most suitable delivery technology instructors

require perfect understanding of intended discourse goal.

CALL ? Search Engines?

Greetings people! 

So this week I'm gonna share with you guys something new that i have learnt and heard for the first time. There are two things that I'm going to share about which are first the term called 'CALL' and search engines. I definitely familiar with search engines but the term ' CALL'? Really? 'Call' or 'CALL'? 

Some of my friends heard that term before because they have learnt it during their Diploma in my college but for me not. It is because I'm just from UiTM Foundation Programme and during my time there I did not learn about 'CALL.

So what is CALL actually? CALL stand for Computer-Assisted language learning. CALL refer to the area of technology and second language teaching and learning. I also get to learn the types of CALL which are:

These CALL programs helps a lot in teaching and learning process. From the types, we have CALL-specific software where I can used CD ROMS in language learning, web-based learning programs where I can refer to online blog and websites for information and the other two as well. 

I also got to learn the progression of CALL which consist of three. The progression are behavioristic CALL, communicative CALL and integrated CALL.

Moving on to search engine, as I said I really familiar with it because i learnt it during my Foundation Programme at UiTM and at first semester of Degree programme in my college right now. 

Search Engine is a web tool that allows user to enter keywords and find information on websites contained in its database. Search engines have four parts which are :

• Database, 
• Web-crawlers
• User interface
• Information retrieval system

There are things new for me actually for the search engines such as I get to learn specialized search engines which are :

 

These search engines really amazed me because as example like 'Pipl.com' can help me find people that I want. Just put the full name of the person and POOF he or she will appear. This thing scares me actually too because I thought my personal details that put on Web will be safe and secure but then from 'Pipl.com' my personal details can easily get from it.

Well I guess thats all for now. Till we meet again.

Sayonara peeps!