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Techfluency 101: A Past Exploration of Information Technology in Language Education

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Welcome back! ...or should I say goodbye? You're right! This blog post is the last post of my entire blog. I have finished my one-semester course, and I would love to share my remarkable experience here with you. I will divide this particular post into parts to make it more special and easier for you to read! WHAT I LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER The response to this one might be a little  cliché, but I learned a lot throughout this course. Before I enrolled in this course, I did not know what I was going to learn exactly. However, from the very beginning of the class, I was taught so many things, but it was not in the overwhelming way. In fact, I actually enjoyed the class most of the time. A moment that I still remember clearly is when I watched a video about AI learning how to walk. I was rather shocked to know that AI could be punished and rewarded for its actions, but it was really fun learning something new. Aside from that, most importantly, I now know how to elevate my tea
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Combining Language with Technology: What and How

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               Source: Twinery ( https://twinery.org/ ) Welcome, welcome, welcome! How have you been? Have you been trying some interactive tools lately? Well, I hope so! You know what they say? Experience is the best teacher. So, we are going to talk a lot about experience in this post! I'm going to tell you a story about the use of technology in the classroom based on my own experience. This took place when I was in the second semester of my study. The course was "Recount and Narrative Writing". Just like the name suggests, we learned how to write recount and narrative texts. What made me like that class was how the lecturer presented the materials. She prepared a lot of fun activities that includes technology. One tool she used was Padlet, the interactive tool we discussed in the previous blog post. She used Padlet to gather the students' answer of a question. Firstly, she gave us an instruction to add more adjectives in a sentence to make it more dramatic. Then, s
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Online Collaborative Tools and How to Use Them

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              Source: Padlet ( https://id.padlet.com/about ) Hello, students! Nice to meet you again here in this post! Previously, we discussed word clouds and how to use them in the classroom. I hope you received some insights on how to improve the classroom interaction between you and your students. Now, let us talk about a tool that lets you interact and collaborate more with your students. It is Padlet! Have you ever heard this tool before? If so, have you ever used it? To start things off, Padlet is a technological and educational company that provides a real-time collaborative platform in which people can share and organize virtual boards called "padlets". You can use it in the classroom mostly to gather ideas, but you can also use it to answer questions, to introduce students, and even to play games! There are just so many fun activities that can be done using Padlet. I'll give you some examples of classroom scenarios to make it more clear. At the beginning of the
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Word Clouds in Language Teaching

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  Hi, students! Welcome back to my blog where ideas float like clouds! How have you been lately? I hope everything is okay. If you ask me, I'm actually doing better these days! I'm not exactly on cloud nine, but everything is on track. Well, talking about clouds, do you know what word clouds are? Yes! Basically, a word cloud is a cluster of words. The words are usually within a particular category or theme, and the bigger a word's size is, the more frequently used it is. Moreover, word clouds are typically used to gather ideas on a specific topic. Word cloud was first invented in around 1976 by Stanley Milgram. Even though it has been years and years, word cloud is still very relevant today. "So, what's so good about it? Is it really useful?" Of course! Word clouds are very useful in some contexts. You can use word clouds to summarize and present data in research, academia, manuals, presentations, and other text types. One crucial thing about word cloud that m
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The Controversy of Artificial Intelligence in Education

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Source:  https://projectwale.com/ Back in the blog! Welcome, students! Lately, artificial intelligence (AI) has been one of the hottest topics everywhere. It is brought up in basically all fields or professions, starting from teachers, doctors, researchers, and even politicians. Also nowadays, it's not a surprise to see children being familiar with technology as it has gained a rapid growth of use over the past few years. However, there is still a question that continues to spark controversy among people. Is AI actually beneficial for humans, or is it slowly leading us to something bad? Well, from the short introduction, we are going to discuss AI! I am 100% sure you have used AI before even though you may not notice it. AI can take different forms, such as ChatGPT, Google Maps, Alexa, and so many other examples. So, from your experience in using it, do you think it is beneficial or not? In my own view, artificial intelligence was initially invented with a good intention, and that
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The Advancement of ELT Using Polls

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    Source: Mentimeter ( https://shorturl.at/ikzX5 ) Welcome back, students! I hope you're having a nice week. In this blog post, we're going to explore how you can enhance your teaching and interaction in the classroom using polling apps! “What is a polling app exactly?” Basically, it is an app that lets you, as a teacher, assess your students or ask their opinions on a particular topic. Usually, polls are used as formative assessments to measure students' progress. Besides that, as a student, you can use this for discussions, surveys, presentations, and so many other activities. Sounds interesting, right? Without wasting more time, let's just dive right into the point! There are numerous polling apps and websites which you can access such as Mentimeter, Poll Everywhere, Quizizz, Slido, and EasyPolls. Despite having so many options, I will only talk about one polling app that is already well-known. It is Mentimeter! Have you ever used this app? I hope you have! So, Men
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TED-Ed vs Edpuzzle: Which One Is Better?

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Greetings, students! In the vast universe of infinite knowledge and stories and history, let's just dive right into today's new adventure! Talking about infinite knowledge, sometimes, we get lost trying to find a way to deliver new information to students. It can be because we run out of ideas on how to deliver it. "So, what do you suggest?" I suggest you use a video-based learning! There so many websites to use, and today, we have two to discuss. The first website is TED-Ed, which stands for technology, entertainment, and design. TED-Ed was initially launched in 2012, and its popularity has been rocketing ever since. You may be wondering about why and how it is so popular among different generations and professions with over 3 billion viewers annually. Like the name suggests, TED-Ed provides technology-based learning that is entertaining and educational. It is designed in such way to engage with different kinds of students as well as catch up with the advanced techno
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