Faeza's Blog

Another week had passed... When it comes to presentation, have you ever felt bored of doing it? Might be because the software like Microsoft Power Point is plain and time consuming to make it interesting? No worries! Powtoon is here to make your day better! What is Powtoon you might asked? Basically, Powtoon is an animated power point software where you are provided with varieties of cartoon characters, interesting features and much more. Plus, free sign up available for you!  Besides Powtoon, we were also introduced to Canva. Canva is a graphic design tool website. You can use Canva to create various types of documents such as poster, banner, letter and much more. I used it before in my assignment and for a moment there, I felt like a graphic design students. XD It contain interesting designs and features where you can just simply click here and there to make you design look THE BOMB! Speaking of which, I was assigned to create a poster using Canva and here is what I com...

My first podcast is up! I had fun doing it even though I am not good with my editing. No pain, no gain right. Hope everyone have a great time listening to it :D

Podcast? What? Hi again everyone. So this week, I learned about podcast. I actually never heard of podcast until now. I had listened to it before but did not know what it was called. So podcast is an audio or video file being broadcast via internet and can be downloaded. There are two main uses of podcast: Students can listen to existing podcast Students can record and post their own podcast It can be one of the sources for students to increase their knowledge or improve their skills. For example, improving student's listening skill. They can search existing podcast on correct pronunciation so that they can pronounce better or might sounds just like a native speaker after a lot of practice. There are bunch of websites that you can access to listen to variety types of podcast. Example of podcast website is sound cloud. Aside from listening to podcast, producing one can be done easily. You just need to know the content of your podcast and having a good quality of sound. ...

Another week for another blog update! Greetings everyone! This week we learn about Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) What is CMC you might ask? It is any form of communication or interaction between two or more people via separate computers or devices. A process throughthat people can interact, exchange, perceive information, culture, thought, ideas, history, knowledge, mores and social issues with each other via computer medium networking by tools E-mails, Blogs, Wikis, Chat rooms, audio and video conferencing. For example, Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and etc. It started back in the late 1980s and 1990s, where Communicative CALL was introduced. It has two types of CMC, synchronous and asynchronous. Synchronous is a real time communication while asynchronous is a delay communication. But in late 2000s, CMC was implemented for distance learning to allowed teachers and learners to interact without being in the same location. This way, it offers learners easy access and o...

Hi again! Another week has pass. Which means another thing I learned Do you know what CALL is? Being a former customer service worker, I never knew there is another name for CALL. CALL is the acronym for Computer Assisted Language Learning. It is basically the technology that assist users in multiple skills like reading, writing, listening and speaking. Since technology keep advancing, obtaining information can be done anywhere and whenever we desires especially in learning new language. There are a few types of CALL programmes, namely: CALL specific software Web based learning materials Generic software Computer mediated communication programme All the programme above enable not only to learner but instructor as well to easily receive and distribute materials. For example, asynchronous and synchronous. Asynchronous can be seen in forum where it allow anyone with the same interest to get together without physically present and discuss. Whereas, synchronous can be s...