Google Forms

Hello everyone!

In the previous post, I had talk about kahoot! And today I would like to talk about something else related to learning tool.

As you know in this era many people chose to make a digital-based forms instead of the paper one. Why is that? There are many advantages of using the digital one than the paper one. First, of course you will save your money because you don’t need to print or copy hundreds paper. Second, it is environmentally friendly! You don’t use any papers by using a digital form. And the third, by using a digital form, your form could reach many people even from the abroad! It is very useful, right?

So, today let me tell you about the digital form that I mentioned before. I bet many of you have known about this form. Yes, Google Forms! Google Forms have many features that could help you to make many kinds of forms, such as online survey, questionnaire, invitation, and many more.

Why Google Forms?

As I said before, in this era many people try to use less papers. Because of that, many platforms in the internet tried to make many tools to fill our needs and one of them is Google Forms. Sometimes a teacher needs to gather a data and it will be very convenient to use Google Forms to gather those data because we won’t be panic if we lose the data. It has been automatically saved on our gadget!

Then, how to create a form using Google Forms?

First of all, you need an email. You need it to sign up in Google Forms. If you already have an email, then you may sign in and go to the Google Forms’ website directly (http://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/). Then, you may see many templates on it, but you could just click the “blank” one or you may adjust it to your needs. After that, you may just fill the questions according to your topic! Don’t worry, Google Forms has provides many kinds of answer for your forms like multiple choice, short answer, paragraph, checkboxes, and many more. And you may also add some pictures to make your form more interesting! If you have finished, you can add some regulations for your respondents. You may asked them to write their email, or anything. And the last is to share the link of the Google Forms to everyone!

Very easy, right? Let’s try it out!

Here is mine if you need a reference!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MVQUFONqAfj4HELGo1tDadYBr5B8eOpye4SxgEsE3bw/edit

Weblog - blogger

Hi everyone!

Today I would like to talk about weblog. So, what is weblog? Weblog or web blog is a website where the writer could write anything on their website. Basically, weblog focuses more into the writing content, such as blogger.com or any other websites that focuses more on writing.

By using weblog, the writer and the readers could be connected. How could this happen? Of course through your topics! For example, if you are a teacher you could share some tips or some ideas about teaching, new teaching techniques or maybe you could share about your teaching materials for your students. So your students may learn again about the lesson that you have taught before and if they don't understand about any particular lesson, they could ask you through the comment section.

Then, how to create a weblog?

Here are the steps of creating a weblog. First, you have to sign in to your Google account and open blogger.com. Next, you have to choose the title of your blog later. The title is up to you, but it would be easier to name it after your topic. So other people would immediately know or imagine what is the content of your blog. After that, here is the most exciting part of making weblog. Change the theme of your blog! This time you will decorate your own blog. Very exciting, right? You can search for some themes through google or you may choose the theme directly from blogger. After you have chosen the theme, click "create blog" button. Done! Your blog has been created! And if you want to publish your writing, click "publish".

Very easy, right?

Please try it out and see you on the next post!

Kahoot!: The Game-Based Learning Platform

   
    It always be a problem for every teacher, that is having the students' attention. It appears that learning something is a not-so-fun activity for the students. They love playing games more than they love learning. Therefore, the teacher always try to find a new way to teach the students through the games.

    Nowadays, it is the digital era. It means all revolve around technology and education is not an exception. Now there are a lot of learning platforms and one of them is Kahoot!. Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform made by Johan Brand, Jamie Brooker, and Morten Versvik in a joint project with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. It is a multiple-choice quizzes that can be accessed via web browser or Kahoot! app. It is usually used to review the students' knowledge about the lesson.

     Kahoot! was designed for social learning, with learners' gather in one place to see the big screen which will show them the questions and the multiple choices. So, in the learners' Kahoot! app or web browser, they just show them the multiple choices and the learners have to choose the correct answer. The one who answers the right question and quicker than the others will get the first place. However, the fun just begins. The total questions depend on the teacher. It could be 10 questions, more than that or less than 10 questions. And if the learner wants to get the first place, they have to answer each question quickly and correctly. So the learner has to pay attention to the lesson well. Unless the won't get the first place.