Week 4- Podcast: Review Time!

Assalamualaikum and hi again, everyone! It's time for me to update what I have learned in the class for week 4 which is... Podcast! What is podcast? So, podcast is the combination of the words iPod + Broadcast. It is an audio or video file, similar to a radio broadcast, that can be downloaded and listened to on a computer or MP3 player.

Madam Azida has guided us to a website called Podbay.fm, which it contained millions of interesting podcast! She also asked us to listen to any podcast and give a review about it. So, I have chosen my favourite podcast from "Gals on the Go" that was being hosted by Danielle Carolan and Brooke Miccio. The topic for the podcast is Productivity: Tips, Routines and Self-Care. Why did I chose this type of podcast? It's because i found that it is close to me and I  know that I can gain something good from it. Also, the podcast was only for 30 minutes. I'm afraid that I can't lend my ear for a podcast that exceed more than that. Thus, I think the duration was just nice for me 😄

                                                                                             

                                                                                       

Okay, so moving on to what the podcast was all about. I did get a lot of useful tips when I been listening to this podcast. Some of the useful tips was create task that you want to do daily. For example, make sure to know when you have to send email to your boss or when you need to call someone. Next, pick any days to relax yourself. One of the hosts has given an example where she said that she always choose Sunday to relax herself. She will do anything such as light up a candle while having a tea, and she found that the day can be so productive for her, which I think I want to try it later. Hehehe. Besides that, they said that we need to wake up early to start your day. Let's say, your class is at 9 a.m., so you can't wake up at 8.45 a.m., because you will not have enough time for yourself. Instead, you have to wake up at 7.45 or 8 a.m., so that you are not rushing and you can take your time to get ready for the class. Not just that, time blocking is also important! It is when you can set timer for certain task. For example, set 45 minutes to make sure your homework is done, so that you don't waste any time. Last but not least, do the toughest task first. You will feel less burden and amazing when you have done the task. 

So, that were some useful and interesting tips on how to be productive every day. Besides all the tips, I would like to give my review on how the hosts conducted their podcast. Personally, I like the way they conducted the podcast. Both of them gave each other the time for them to give the tips. Also, they just interrupted when needed, so that the podcast will be smooth and ease to be listened.

And... I think that is all for now. Till next post, bye guys! Assalamualaikum 💓

                                                                  

Week 3- Internet Communication

Assalamualaikum & hi everyone! I'm back for another update 😊

For week 3, I have learned about Search Engines and Online Database, and also Computer Mediated Communication and ESL. 

First of all, what is search engine? It is a program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular sites on the World Wide Web. For example, Google, Bing and Yahoo have their own database. Not just that, it is also divided into 4 parts which are database, which the storage keeps all the indexed (keywords) web pages. Secondly, the web-crawlers on Spider. What's with the name? It's because it crawls all over the web page to collect the information. Thirdly, user interface which the user and a computer system interact, in particular the use of input devices and software. Lastly, the information retrieval system is the results shown according to its relevance. Besides that, there are many types of websites that we can explore as it helps us to find any information that we want. For example, we can go to Concordance, and it can help us in terms of getting the correct sentence of any words that we type. 

Here is the example of all type of webs!

Next, Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and ESL is any form of of communication between 2 or more people via separate computer through network connection. It has two types of CMC, which are asynchronous CMC and synchronous CMC. Asynchronous CMC is a message that are not exchanged and replied to immediately while synchronous CMC is related with real time communication and is expected to be replied immediately. For example, the internet chat rooms. Besides that, we can also explore online course. If you are interested, you can go to https://www.openlearning.com/malaysiamoocs and you can gain a lot of useful knowledge there! Also, collaborative learning really helps to enhance peer interactions. With the advantages of the internet, it proves that we really can improve our communication and interaction skill among people. 

Till then, thank you for reading my blog! Bye, assalamualaikum 👋

Week 2- It's All About Computer Language

Assalamualaikum & hi all! ✌

I'm back for another update! So I did learn a lot about computer language in my second week of the class. Madam Azida taught us about Computer Assisted Language Learning or known as CALL. I still remember learning this when I was in my diploma year, backkk then. Basically, CALL is all about the medium to assist students for a better learning through using the computer and internet. 

There are also progression of CALL which known as Behaviouristic CALL which involves repetitive drill and practice for the students. I found that this type of CALL is very beneficial for learning as it focuses on repetition so that they can easily remember and learn the words. It then followed by the Communicative CALL which focuses on the usage of the language. This type of CALL is good for emphasizing students' performance as it involves discussion among themselves, such as online chat that acquires them to use the language to communicate with others. Then, it is being upgraded to the latest type of CALL which is involves the real world materials into it, known as Integrated CALL. 

I learned that all of these type of CALL show that how computer and internet usage is really, really important to improve our language. Besides that, I also learned on how to create an interesting and pretty design for my blog post through the website called as Canva. It just my second week of the class, yet I did learn a lot about something that I have never discovered before, which I found it is actually really interesting!

I'll post more later, okay? Till then, bye! Assalamualaikum.