PowToon

I am so excited with this week's class as this is my first time of using PowToons. Our lecturer assigned us a group of 4 to do an educational video. To be honest, it is quite challenging for 4 of us to create the video as this is the first time for four of us using PowToons. However, after a few hours of using PowToons, we could already use PowToons smoothly. 

After group discussion, we agreed to do an educational video about obesity. This video was created to create awareness about obesity among kids. So here's our video! 😊 

Thank you for watching, I hope you enjoyed it!

Love, 

Fxhdx 💖

Podcast

Hi everyone, I feel so outdated because I just knew the existence of Podcast, even though I'm one of the Apple user *facepalm*. Podcast is an audio or video file and is being broadcast via the internet and can be downloaded to the computer or smart phone. The term "Podcast" derived from the term "iPod" and "broadcast".

Podcast is used to promote self study, or maybe to gain new knowledge through listening. Some people want to gain knowledge but they are too lazy to read. This is where Podcast takes place as via Podcast, students can listen to variety of  topics, from history, book review to the story telling.

Interested to create your own Podcast? Say no more! All you need are your smartphone (to record your voice, or other recording tools such as microphone), an editing tools for example "Audacity, and then you're good to go! Your final step would be, uploading your Podcast to your favourite medium, which are Youtube, Blog, iTunes and many more. 

Now, it's time for me to try on creating my own Podcast. Happy Podcasting, beautiful people. Feel free to listen to my first Podcast. I reviewed a book entitled Fangirl, written by Rainbow Rowell. So here's the link!

Fangirl Rainbow Rowell Book Review By Fahda

Love, 

Fxhdx 💖

How To Design Courseware (Instructional Courseware Design)

Hi people! Since I was on MC for 2 weeks, therefore I have to read the notes and update my blog from home. After I have read the notes for this week's topic which is Instructional Courseware Design, there are a few things that I can pick up. A courseware is one of the example of CALL. Courseware are design as a support to lesson, not to replace the lesson. Before designing a courseware, there are a few steps that need to be taken to consideration in order to make sure the courseware are able to meet the learners' needs. Based on Addie's Model Framework, there are 5 steps for the development of instructional coursework, which are analysis, design, develop, implement and evaluate. Well, I think that's all from me as of now. See you in my next post! 

Love, 
fxhdx 💖

Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)

Hi and Assalamualaikum people! As for this week, we only had a single period of class. Therefore, we only managed to learn a chapter which is Computer Mediated Communication or CMC for short. CMC is a form of communication  in which, we use different computers but still connected via internet. CMC can be divided into two, which are Synchronous CMC and Asynchronous CMC. Synchronous CMC is a medium used to have immediate response, such as Whatsapp and Skype (unless they chose to ignore you 😜). While Asynchronous CMC is a communication medium in which we don't get immediate reply, such as email. CMC plays an important role in long distance learning, because through Synchronous CMC, students and lecturer can easily get connected via video conference such as Skype, for their online lecture.

CMC can be very useful if we managed to set the rules and limitations in using technology as a form of communication. Limitations in our lives plays an important roles in order for us  to produce generations of normal and humanly human being. What I am trying to say here is that, everyone nowadays seems to be very clingy and dependable on their smart phones or computer, until they forget to socialize with people around them. 

Some of the kids these days  throw their tantrum if their parents didn't give them their iPads. They no longer play with each other, at the park just like how we used to do when we were a kid. This shows how unhealthy our futute generation has become and it is possible if oneday, people in the future will be less human, as the results  of lack interaction and affection among human, due to excessive of hours spending their time with the robot (including computers and gadgets). Before I end my post for this week, I would like to highlight that, prevention is better than cure. Therefore, use technology wisely. Don't let it takeover your live. You only live once, give it the best shot!
Love, Fxhdx 💋

CALL & Search Engines

Assalamualaikum people, since we have covered two topics for this week, I have to say that I have learned a little bit more about internet's application and it's usage. The topics that we have covered for this week are Evolution Of CALL and Search Engines. I just realised how much we have evolved in terms of computer and internet usage. Compared to the times when I was in primary years, where we used diskette instead of pendrive, and when we use Jaring to connect to the internet instead of nowadays' high speed wifi, where no  cable are needed to connect our phone or laptop to the wifi.

 Next, I just found out that we could search almost anything about someone's record on the internet using a few advanced search engines that are available on the internet, such as Pipl.Com. However, some of the files can only be viewed by the authorised person and not all of the records are available for the publics to access, unless you are good at hacking the

files. Among some of the files that could be found on the search engines included financial records, medical records, academic information, so on and so fourth.

 As from my opinion. we have to be very careful in sharing or posting about our personal information on the internet. Even though we already deleted the data, but the record is still there. Which means, it is not really being erased from the internet. Overall, I could say that this week's class is very interesting as I was introduced to another part of the internet, which is the scary part of how people could easily search for our personal data. I could say that lives these day are not very private anymore. Privacy is something really expensive as almost every files about us can be access and can be found on the internet. Thank you for reading my post, till next time!

Love, Fxhdx 👄

Hello!

Hi and Assalamualaikum people! Thank you for spending some of your precious time to visit my blog 💓 I hope you're having a fabulous day, and happy fasting! Sending virtual hugs to my readers.

Love, Fxhdx👄