Application Review

 Review Social Media 

NO	Guidelines for Application Review
1.	Application	Signal
2.	Application Category	Social Media
3.	Relevance	3 Signal is quite useful for learning because there is a group chat feature so that teachers can share material with students in groups
4.	Feedback	4 Teachers can provide feedback to students through group chats or personal chats, and through this feedback students can improve and correct what is lacking
5.	Thinking Skills	3 This application can be used as a learning medium because there are features that support such as sharing documents, voice notes, etc.
6.	Ease of Use	4 This application is very easy to use, this application is the same as the WhatsApp application, so students can immediately easily to use it
7.	Engagement	4 In today's digital era, of course, students are very easy and comfortable to learn through social media
8.	Sharing	4 On the signal application teachers and students can easily share everything because signal application has features that support it
9.	Accessibility & Cost	4 We can download it on google play store can be used on smartphones and computers, this application only uses data networks or wifi to access it
10.	How to use/apply it in ELT?	Signal applications can be used easily to be applied in ELT because teachers can share or send materials, or learning videos that students use to learn
11.	What is the impact of it for ELT?	Students can be more independent in learning and make students more creative
12.	What are the advantages of it?	Making the learning process more flexible because the material can be accessed anytime and anywhere
13.	What are the limitations/weaknesses of it?	Signal applications in Indonesia itself are still empty of enthusiasts because the Whatsapp application is still used as a communication medium until now and also signal application,   unlike zoom and Gmeet which can be used to meet up to hundreds of people online or virtually.
14.	What language skills or components would it be effective for?	Speaking, writing, and listening are effective skills because the features contained in the signal application support these skills

 

Review of Mall And Gamification

 Review of Mall And Gamification

No	Guidelines for Application Review
1.	Application	Duolingo
2.	Application Category	Mobile Application
3.	Relevance	3 Helped foreign learners to learn a new language and they can learn more than one language
4.	Feedback	3 Teacher and student can also interact with each other personally, and this application also give the student opportunity to talk to each other in the group
5.	Ease of Use	3 Duolingo can be a medium for students to improve their vocabulary and teachers use it in the classroom in teaching to help their students in mastering vocabulary. One idea of using Duolingo is, it may help students in master new vocabulary through games so they will not be bored in learning, and one game in particular that can be played for this purpose is Duolingo.
6.	Engagement	4 Duolingo is an application designed to help the foreign learner to learn a new language and they can learn more than one language there. It is designed easily and comfortably, so it does not feel like the users are learning, but rather to have fun – fun with games. Because of that, the writer tries to use classroom activity as media in learning English, to see if it will help students in mastering vocabulary.
7.	Sharing	4 Student performance records and products are available
8.	Accessibility & Cost	Accessible on all mobile phone and tablet platforms (e.g., iOS and Android). All functions are available free of charge.
9.	How to Use / apply it in ELT?	Duolingo is easy to use because the procedure for use is simple, so Duolingo can be used for all ages. This means that Duolingo is easy to use and more attractive, so it will be comfortable as a medium that we use in teaching online classes.
10.	What is the impact of it for ELT?	Duolingo has a variety of techniques and is up-to-date in learning languages. This can make it easier for students to understand, be interested, and enjoy learning because it gives the impression of learning while in the learning process.
11.	What are the advantages of it?	-          Duolingo is a language learning media that can be used to increase levels of active learners in the teaching-learning process. -          Duolingo can create homework so besides learning in the classroom, Duolingo also can support to make students' practice to improve their vocabulary with Duolingo at their home. -          Duolingo can be accessed anywhere and everywhere, so teachers are not difficult to implement it in indoor learning or outdoor learning.
12.	What are the limitations / weaknesses of it?	Duolingo is an online media learning, so it is hard to implement in the classroom if there is no internet connection.
13.	What language skills or components would it be effective for?	Speaking & Listening

Second Meeting : Blended Teaching and Learning and Technology Enhance Language Learning

 Blended Teaching and Learning and Technology Enhance Language Learning

ICT in ELT is the activities of using technologies, such as computer, internet and other telecommunications media (radio, TV, smartphones) to communicate, create and disseminate store and manage information in English language teaching and learning. There are various types of delivering learning, namely:

• CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)
• MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning)
• RALL (Robot Assisted Language Learning)
• TELL (Technology Enhanced Language Learning)
• Blended Learning (Combination of face to face and online learning)
• Flipped Learning (Student autonomous online learning before face to face classroom meeting)
• LMS (Learning Management System, online classroom learning platforms)
• SAMR (Subtitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition)

Various kinds of learning management systems                                                                

• GoogleClassroom
• Moodle
• School
• Edmodo
• Canvas Instructor
• Quipper

ICT Activities in ELT

• Teaching Presentation / Explaining Lesson
• ResourcingTeaching Materials
• Assignment and Project
• Classroom Activities / Practice
• Assessment

ICT Integration in ELT

Advantages:

• ICT provides more learning materials
• ICT increases student critical and creative thinking and also accommodates collaborative learning
• ICT promotes autonomous learning 
• ICT improves students' and teachers' digital literacy skills
• ICT increases students' and teachers' positive attitudes to technology application
• ICT enhances students' motivation in learning
• ICT gives easiness and flexibility for long-distance learning
• ICT creates eco-friendly teaching and learning environment

Disadvantages: 

• Low teachers' knowledge and attitude toward ICT in ELT 
• Unmotivated students in autonomous learning
• Insufficient policy and institutional
• Incomplete facility and technology support of ICT
• Health issues 
• High cost and maintenance

 

 

First meeting : 21st Century Education Framework and Digital Literacy for Teacher Education

 
21st Century Education Framework and Digital Literacy for Teacher Education

Why do we need to learn technology? 

Society growth, why technology is important in our daily life. It is an essential tool that we cannot avoid, it plays an important part in the majority of our lives Technology essentially harnesses the tools, technologies, and strategies used to help us solve problems and simply make our lives better and easier to live in some way. Technology, which brings together tools to promote development, use and information exchange, has as its main objective of making tasks easier and the solving of many problems of mankind. When technology progresses and makes our lives even more convenient, we must stress how beneficial it is to our lives.  Therefore in this century students are trained to train digital literacy skills among them as follows :

• Critical-thinking and evaluation
• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Communication and etiquette
• Finding and selecting information
• Digital culture
• Online safety skills
• Functional skills.

The positive impact of technology on society has brought change and helped us to reach new heights that have never before been conceived of. Nobody else has changed technology’s way of life, and that is precisely why technology is and will always be so important today. so Technology is important in our daily life in many ways that we cannot ignore purposefully.