2nd Journal of Technology and Language Learning

I always use multimedia technology almost everyday. I use it to do my assignments or just do something with my notebook to spent my free time. See? Technology is very important for me as a student. Can you imagine if there is no computer or laptop or notebook to do our assignment, especially for reflective journal ? So, we have to do it by hand writting. Arrrrgh ! 200 word ? hand writting ? that would be bored, wasting time, and my hand can be broke.

 Actually, I am not really good in using multimedia. I just interest with browsing something. Sometimes I get confused if the application is too advanced. I like the simple one. But, I always try to be good in multimedia.

I will be an “up to date” and modern teacher. So,  I have to get big effort in multimedia. I realized that student is always up to date with technology. For example, a child is better in using PSP or iPod than their parents. I won’t to be a “jadul” teacher.

So, I hope from this course, I could be more expert in any digital media. So, I can be more “up to date” than my students later.

Humanistic Studies IE 1

Tentang Humanistic

            Pertama kali yang terlintas dalam pikiran saya setelah mendengar mata kuliah humanistic adalah pelajaran pendidikan kewarganegaraan seperti pada tingkat SD.  Yang saya tahu mengenai humanistic adalah pelajaran mengenai hubungan antar sesama manusia, secara garis besar mungkin sedikit mirip dengan pelajaran PKN yang saya pelajari saat di bangku sekolah dasar dulu.

            Mungkin saya akan menyukai mata kuliah ini, karena saya sangat menyukai hal-hal yang berbau kemanusiaan dan hubungan antar sesama manusia. Saya berharap dengan mempelajari mata kuliah ini, saya bisa menjadi guru yang dapat mengajar murid-murid saya yang pasti akan memiliki bermacam-macam suku, budaya dan agama secara profesional.

            Saya memiliki banyak teman dekat yang berbeda agama. Sewaktu SMA dulu, saya memiliki 4 orang teman dekat, mungkin bisa dibilang teman geng. Dua orang diantaranya beragama kristen dan salah satunya beragama hindu. Kita sering belajar bersama juga pergi “hang out” bersama. Namun terkadang kita memiliki kendala saat ingin pergi “hang out” di akhir pekan, yaitu waktu. Karena setiap hari minggu temanku yang beragama kristen dan hindu beribadah. Jujur, terkadang saya merasa kesal terhadap mereka, atau mungkin terhadap waktu beribadah mereka yang bertepatan di hari minggu. Timbulah pertanyaan-pertanyaan dan pernyataan yang konyol dalam pikiran saya ketika saya sedang kesal. “Kenapa ibadah harus hari Minggu ?” , “kenapa ibadah ga boleh ditunda aja atau ganti hari ?” , “kenapa Putu harus ada sekolah agama ? emang sembahyang aja ga cukup ?” , “Kalau mereka ibadah hari minggu doang, berarti cuma inget Tuhan hari minggu doang dong.” .  Bahkan saya sempat marah dan kecewa ketika rencana “hang out” kita dibatalkan karena salah satu diantara kita harus beribadah.

            Namun, semakin lama saya pun berpikir bahwa saya egois. Pertanyaan dan pernyataan yang sangat konyol itu pun membuat saya malu. Saya berpikir seolah-olah saya tidak memiliki keyakinan terhadap Tuhan saya sendiri. Kenapa saya harus marah dan kesal terhadap waktu beribadah mereka? padahal mereka sama sekali tidak merasa terganggu ketika saya meminta waktu untuk sholat ketika kita sedang mengerjakan tugas kelompok, bahkan tidak jarang mereka mengingatkan saya untuk sholat saat saya lalai. Sejak saat itu saya mulai mengerti, agar terciptanya hubungan yang harmonis diantara kita, perlu sikap saling menghargai dan menghormati dalam perbedaan.

            Semakin dekat dengan mereka, saya semakin ingin mengetahui lebih banyak mengenai agama mereka. Saya ingin tahu tentang cara beribadah mereka, tentang larangan-larangan agama mereka, tentang hari “spesial” dalam agama mereka. Hal ini sangat menarik dan bisa menambah wawasan. Menurut saya, semua agama tidak jauh berbeda, kita sama-sama diajarkan dan dibimbing dalam kebaikan dan menjauhi segala bentuk kejahatan. Seperti yang diucapkan kapten Amir dalam film Darah Garuda, “ Kita memiliki jalan yang berbeda, tapi memiliki tujuan yang sama, yaitu jalan menuju Tuhan”.

            Perbedaan bukanlah suatu alasan untuk menjadi halangan dalam kebersamaan. Dengan perbedaan kita bisa mengisi kekosongan yang ada dalam diri kita. Dengan perbedaan kita pun menyadari bahwa kita tidak hidup sendiri dan saling membutuhkan satu sama lain. Dengan perbedaan segalanya menjadi indah J

Reflection Journal for "Technology and Second Language Teaching" by Mark Warschauer and Carla Meskill

Technology and Second Language Teaching

My opinion about technology is anything that can help human’s activity, but it does not mean that we can not live without technology. This article showed me that we always use technology in learning activity. Even whiteboard or pen is a technology. One of technology that usually exist in learning activity is computer .

As I learnt before in educational psychology, there are so many methodologies in learning. Every method has their own technology . The article said that “ the computer is a machine, not a method”. So,  I think,  even we use a very sophisticated technology but we do not use an appropriate method, it can be ineffective teaching and learning activity . But, for me all of the method is good, depend on the needs of students.

There are the advantages and disadvantages of using technology in the language classroom. Based on the article, “the key to successful use of technology in language teaching lies not in hardware or software but in humanware”.  So, that is mean the main control is the teacher. If I were a teachear, I will reduce the disadvantages with using high technology in certain time. For example, I do not need to use projektor everytime, whiteboard is always there if I need it.

After I read this article, I realized that I have to be a very creative and smart teacher in using technology.  I do believe that technology is important for teacher, and teacher have to up to date with it. But teacher should not be too rely with technology, because teacher is the key to successful in teaching and learning activity.

2nd Article

Why Chocolate Makes a Great Gift

By Diane Drinkwater
Ezine@rticles.com          

It's affordable. There are so many different chocolate gifts available that there's something for the very smallest budget to those who have no limit on what to spend.
Everyone loves chocolate no matter how old they are. From the very young, to the very old, everyone is content to nibble on some chocolate!
There are so many different types of chocolate with plain, milk and white chocolate being the mainstay of chocolate gifts, but then the high levels of cocoa in some of the dark chocolates make it taste so different from the creamy milky flavours of the milk chocolate. It's a world apart and yet it's the same thing.
It can be flavoured with almost anything. From hot spicy chilli to nuts, alcohol and fruit, it can take on so many flavours that you'll be pleased to see there's something for every palate. You could eat a different type of chocolate each day for a year or two and still not duplicate anything!
Chocolate is easy to deliver through the post too. Some companies do special through the letterbox shaped boxes specifically to avoid you having to make trips to the post office to pick up parcels. This makes for easy Christmas shopping!
Boxes of chocolates are regular shaped and this makes them easy to wrap - with some companies even offering to take the hard part over for you and provide you with gift wrapped chocolates!
To top it off some chocolate shops also allow you to personalise chocolate by having names iced onto them. This really makes a wonderful gift as it makes the whole gift so personal and wonderful!
Chocolate is the universal gift! Suitable for everyone from anyone! Celebrate Christmas and make sure you give chocolate as a gift this year!

Title        : WHY CHOCOLATE MAKES A GREAT GIFT      On 13 Nov 2010

Author     : Diane Drinkwater

Source    : http://ezinearticles.com/?Knowing-The-Good-And-Bad-Friends&id=5350460

By : Andriana Eka Sakti / 2010120010

Summary :

Chocolate is a good gift . Everyone loves chocolate and it’s affordable .

Chocolate can be flavored with always anything. From hot spicy chilli to nuts, alcohol and fruit .

Some companies have a trick to deliver chocolate . They do special through the letter box shaped  boxes specifically to avoid you having to make trips to the post office to pick it up .

Some chocolate shops allow us to personalize chocolate by having iced name onto them . It can make it more beautiful .

Celebrate your day with chocolate as your gift .

Comment :

Hmmm, yes i think everyone loves chocolate .

Even we only have a little money,we can buy or make it.

There are so many flavour , i like chocolate with caramel . Mmmm, yummy ..

I think, what the company do to deliver chocolate is good . That’s very useful for us . But, i don’t understand what the chocolate shops do to personal chocolate .

But, If we eat it . That’s gone . And no trace out .

So, i think for a gift , that’s better if we give something useful , like a book or something like that . :)

1st article on 14th Oct 2010

What We Should Drink In Summer?

Emilydan

1888articles.com

In summer, even sit quietly we always feel hot and irritable. Under this circumstance, some people drink cold water and drink, they believe it is the fastest way to make them cool. Actually, in the medical opinion, it is a dangerous behavior. Because when a man is sweating and thirsty, he will drink lots of cold water and drink , the result this behavior will bring is：dinking lots of cold drink will bring about a reflexive sweat ,a loss of water in people's body and a harm to body. The more serious thing is: sweating can lead to the lack of salt in body, cause heat cramps and threatening people's life.

The correct way is to keep a good habit; you should drink warm water neither too cold nor too hot, and avoid of drinking cold water or drink.

The research has proved: drink warm water can reduce the temperature of body and cold drink can only make mouth cool. Cold drink can only make people feel cool for a moment, and after drinking cold drink people will feel more thirty.

Besides, sweating can take salt away from our body, so drink some water with salt is good for us. Some drink with salt can also be taken; as such drinks contain lots of sodium, potassium and other minerals. These minerals can supplement the loss of minerals that bring out by sweating.

Green tea is also a good choice for summer. As everyone knows chrysanthemum tea can dear away heat and purge pathogenic fire. And green tea can also help us lose weight. It could not be better to take green tea for those people who want to keep cool and to keep fit.

Sour milk beverage is another good choice for summer. The sour milk beverage is low fat, and its nutritional value is less than yoghurt, but it is a good drink to quench your thirst. The lactobacillus in sour milk beverage is very good for human being; it can promote the absorption of nutrition and adjust gastrointestinal function. Some sour milk beverages also contain the calcium and vitamins that are necessary to human being and play a big role in supplement of nutrition.

Title        : WHAT WE SHOULD DRINK IN SUMMER ?        On 14 Okt 2010

Author     : Emolydan

Source    : 1888articles.com

By : Andriana Eka Sakti / 2010120010

Summary          :

This article talk about how bad if we drink cold water . Drinking lots of cold water will bring about a reflexive sweat , sweating can lead to the lack of salt in body . Cause heat cramps and threatening people’s life .

The research has proved , drink warm water can reduce the temperature of body and cold drink can only make mouth cool. Cold drink can only make people feel cool for a moment .

Besides,  some drink with salt can also be taken , such as drinks contain lots of sodium, pottasium, and other minerals. Green tea and sour milk are also good choice for summer,  they fresh and good for our body .

Comment :

I just know , if cold water is not good for our body . It cold , so it can make us fresh , that’s what i know about cold water .

On the the other way , i think milk is not good , because it can make us , female , fatter .. But now i know , milk is good .

I don’t like drink with salt . That’s must be salty , i don’t like it ..

And now , i wont drink cold water too much . Warm water is better . :)