Reflection for CALT Class

    CALT (Computer Assisted Language Training), is one of the required courses that I take this semester in the 7th semester. Through this course, students are learning about technologies and applications that can be used for the teaching and learning process. I learned a lot about the numerous online platforms that may be used for teaching and learning through this course. Through this course, students will be able to integrate technology use in language education and properly evaluate it. Meetings for this course are held once a week on Tuesdays for a total of 14 weeks. 

 

    From this course, I know new websites that I can use for the media to teach students. Later, as a teacher, making an interesting teaching and learning process by giving technology is really important so that the students will not get bored by the materials. One of the new platforms that I have learned from this class is Genial.ly. We can make interesting presentations, interactive images, and many more on this platform. By joining this class, I also have a better understanding of other platforms that are usually used for the teaching and learning process. I know more tools that I can use from the websites and applications. The websites and applications are Zoom, Nearpod, Kahoot, Quizzes and etc. 

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Nowadays, TPACK is important in the education field for the teaching and learning process. This is used with the hope of being able to provide fresh air for the students as well as new directions to educators regarding the use of technology to support the learning process. Of course, the use of this technology is expected to be able to make learning run more effectively and efficiently. By doing a small thing like doing online attendance and making a presentation on PPT, it will make the teaching and learning more interesting, efficient and effective.

Word Cloud: Mentimeter

    The Mentimeter application now, especially during the learning or training period in the network, is widely used as a solution for making simple online surveys so that the presentations we deliver are more interactive because we can directly explore the opinions of the participants directly. Mentimeter is a tool for working remotely. Mentimeter is an easy-to-use presentation software. With Mentimeter we can make presentations fun and interactive. Mentimeter helps us to make our learning activities, presentations, lectures and workshops innovative and memorable.

How to use Mentimeter:

1. Access to Mentimeter with the address mentimeter.com and register by clicking sign up.

2. Next, select a plan using meters, whether it's free or paid. If you want free, click continue with free

3. Next, we will go to the page to start creating a presentation. Just click New Presentation

4. When we click on a new presentation, a slide page will immediately open to start making a presentation or survey

5. To use the free meter, we are only limited to making two questions. If you have finished creating questions for slide 1, please click Add Slide to create questions on slide 2

6. If you have completed the two questions that will be given to students, then the next step is to share the link with the meter code that we created with the participants so that they can fill out the survey that we will provide.

Nearpod

    Nearpod is a learning space platform that presents a unique interaction between students and teachers. During meetings in virtual space, teachers can create a presentation that contains images, text, videos, and even quizzes to play together. Nearpod provides two types of options to create interactive displays, namely:

1. Content, which is material that can be embedded in the presentations we make such as making slides, adding videos, inserting web content, 3D teaching materials, simulations, adding virtual reality content, adding material from Sway (Microsoft Office), audio and others.

2. Activities, which are various activities to make learning more active and interactive, are available in nearpod. These activities include time to climb, open questions, quizzes, tests in the form of matchmaking, making polls, and others.

TED-ED: Technology, Entertainment and Design

 

The goal of TED-Ed, the organization's youth and education project is to encourage and promote the knowledge- and idea-sharing of educators and students everywhere. Everything TED-Ed does supports learning, whether it's creating an expanding video library of original animated lessons, giving teachers around the world a platform to design their own interactive lesson plans, assisting inquisitive students' efforts to bring TED to their schools, and developing presentation literacy.

How to use TED-Ed:

1. Please visit http://ed.ted.com.

2. Register by clicking "Register" to create an account.

3. View the highlighted lessons, navigate to all of the ones already here, or select "Create a Lesson."

4. Enter a keyword to search for potential videos or a URL if you already know the video you want to use on the "Create a Lesson" tab.

5. You will be taken to the "Create a Lesson" page after choosing a video. It should be noted that there are presently two versions of the page with distinct interfaces, but they both function the same way. You can switch between them by clicking the link in the top right corner.

6. If necessary, change the lesson's name. Include the introduction, questions, discussion, supporting details, and conclusion.

7. Click "More" to learn more.

8. When you are prepared to share the lesson by creating a link or sending the lesson to entered email addresses, click the "Publish" button.

9. You may view your dashboard, which contains all the lessons you've made or started creating, as well as lessons and discussions in which you've taken part, by checking your email or by logging into your account. In this area, you can also manage notifications and settings.

10. Each video on your dashboard has a tab that informs you of the possible next steps, such as reviewing student work, and beginning, or ending a session.

Infographic

Infographics are instructional images that present complicated information in a clear and entertaining manner. Since they are entirely visual, they are frequently used to present facts and statistics. 

Infographics swiftly and effectively communicate complicated information. It's a powerful approach for you to convey important information to your audience in a style that is exciting, captivating, and simple to understand.

I'll then give you some advice on how to create an effective infographic:

1. You should first ensure that the information is accurate. Data or sophisticated information may be included in the information.

2. Next, create a practical infographic. It can aid the audience in contextualizing and interpreting information. Don't need to make a long paragraph but make it a sentence.

3. Finally, give it purpose. communicates concepts through imagery and design in a way that is understandable, coherent, memorable, and compelling. So, you can give a related picture to explain your ideas.

Twinery

 

How to use Twine

1. Go to www.twinery.org.

2. Use Twine online or download the latest version for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

3. Click +Story to create a new story.

4. Name your story and click Add.

5. To edit a story, navigate to the story in the grid and click the Edit button. 

6. Start typing your story.

7. Place his two square brackets to the left and right of the text to create an interactive story.

- This will take you to the next default page and from there you can add as many interactive clicks as you like. 

- For interactive selections on the same page, [[add two brackets each]] to either side of the text.

- To label an interactive click with [[not in brackets]], place -> immediately after the text of the label you want to click. [[word in sentence]] -> desired label.

- Click the rocket to start the story from the desired page.

8. To save the file, right-click Test and click Publish to File to save it to your downloads.

Google Form

Google Forms

Google Forms is a free tool owned by Google that can be used to create various forms online. Users can create Google Form features for questionnaires and data collection, create research forms such as final assignments, to create job vacancies registration forms.

How to make a Google Form is simple. Later, all data that has been filled in by respondents or users who have accessed the Google Form link from the author, will be stored safely and practically in the Google database.

The results of the poll can be in the form of a bar chart or pie chart and it will be in percentages which will make it easier for users to read and analyze the data. It is kind of simple to use google form. We should have a google account first and then we can directly go to google form and make the form.

The advantages use Google Forms

- Easy to use interface

- Free

- Create all forms of questions

- Customizable

- Suitable for online users

The advantages of Google Forms

- Need an internet connection

- Must have a google account

- Upload limitation

Overall, Google form is a great app that students and teacher can use to support the learning and teaching processes.