What do you like about blogging?
I like blogging because you get to chew on life, like a cow chewing its cud, you get to think through your experiences, make connections, appreciate stuff again and taste it all anew. It matters not whether people read it, agree with it or enjoy it.
What you do not like about blogging?
I don’t like the fact that I have to spend hours infront of my my computer to write blogs. It’s okay if I have time but due to hectic load of work I don’t really have time for blogging so I really don’t like the fact that I need to spend lot of time for blogging.
What have you gained from blogging e.g. Language skills, improved fluency, critical thinking, improved thought processes, technology skills etc. How?
I’ve learned to organize my thoughts and to be disciplined writing on regular basis, contributing to the blogosphere. Blogging also helped me improve my knowledge and understanding of the issues related to my niche. Apart from that, I have also learned that I need to avoid certain types of posts. For instance, I don’t write very good reviews, so I’ve decided that my blog will not include reviews of books I’m reading. I’m much better at taking what I read and using it as a starting point for what *I* want to say, much like you described in your post about what you do when you can’t think of something to write. I’ve also learned that I’m not very good at strictly informational/news type posts. This has been really good for me, because learning what my weak points are as a writer has helped me to see what my strong points are as well, and I know how to make my blog different from the competition by doing what I do best.
On the other hand, I have also I have learnt a lot of things since I started blogging. I have learnt to use more precise words which can represent what I say in a better way. I have learnt to manipulate Blogger, Yahoo! 360 and Word Press softwares and in this process, I have learnt a little bit of HTML too. I have learnt more things about blog promotion, syndication etc. And because of the nature of my blog, I have learnt to view an issue from different perspectives before giving my point of view.
What do you like about this course?
I have learned many things in this course especially about finding resources from the internet to use it in ESL classroom. I also learn how to adapt the things that I find in the internet to use in ESL classroom. On the other hand I also learn about burning, converting, editng and etc.
What you do not like about this course?
Personally I don’t like the workload in this course. I personally think that this course should only pick one software for picture editing one software for video and one software for conversion and really dig deep and make full use of it. I don’t like that this course is using too many software for same things.
What have you learnt from this course?
I have learned many things in this course mainly about blogging because I am not much of a writer so in this course when I am forced to write I have learned that I am pretty much not a bad writer at all.
What have you expected but do not learn from this course?
Nope. Everything I expected was thought in this course.
9-Comments regarding modules:
Internet and computing skills
a. What do you like about this module?
I have learned on how to find the resources for using in ESL classroom in the internet and improve my computing skills.
b. What do you not like about this module?
I did not like when I have to download something from the internet and the download speeds are very slow. The module also was too thick for my liking.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
Some of the audio and video task given.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
Nope I really think the task given was interesting. I hope that the task given will be increased and the module given should be decreased.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Picture editing I guess. I am not a fan of photoshop because I use a different software in editing pictures so when I am forced to learn how to use photoshop, I really improved my skills in editing pictures using photoshop.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
It can help me find resources in the internet for the use for the ESL classroom.
Photo Editing
a. What do you like about this module?
Many ways of editing pictures.
b. What do you not like about this module?
Too many photo editing softwares.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
Interesting and promotes creativity to use pictures to create teaching aid for students.
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d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
Too many teaching aid need to produce. When this happens, it will decrease the quality of the teaching aids.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Editing pictures, adding border, Improving the quality of pictures and etc.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
It will help me in choosing the appropriate pictures and adapt it to become useful.
Audio Editing Skills
a. What do you like about this module?
I can edit the audio , cut the song and do various things with the audio.
b. What do you not like about this module?
The time taken to do this module. I think this module needs to be compressed and made more specified using only one or two software which can cover everything.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the activity of designing the ringtone that I can use after producing it.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
Task 3 the noise removal process was not really perfectly possible.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Find an audio format that is reliable to use in the ESL classroom without really loosing the original audio quality.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
I can use my skills to edit audio, choose any song, edit that song and use it in class especially with children. I also can make minus one songs to be used in ESL classroom and also personal use.
Video Editing Skills
a. What do you like about this module?
Learn various things about audio editing.
b. What do you not like about this module?
Nothing really, I think this module is the best module.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
The task itself promotes creativity.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
The software was not included and downloading the video editing software was quite slow as the size is big.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I learn how to extract the pictures, audio from the video it helped to improve my skill in editing the video and make it to become more fascinating.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
Adapting the teaching video to make it usable for ESL learners.
Software for ELT
a. What do you like about this module?
To produce various types of teaching aids from Microsoft Publisher
b. What do you not like about this module?
The time taken to explore some software.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
Learn many new things in Publisher.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
The task is very complicated and requires a lot of adaptation.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I’ve improve my creative thinking skills.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
It can help me in using various stuff like banners, quick publication and so on to produce teaching aids.
10- If you can change anything about this course, state what is and elaborate?
Too many softwares used in the modules. Choose one or two software that really can cover majority things and really work on it. When task is given give freedom to students on what software that they want to use as.
On a scale of 1 – 10, please rate your computing and technological skills for both before and after undergoing the course.
Before- 9
After-10
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