Gigee Gosling in Mexico

Gigee CALL Program: The opening

“Gigee Gosling  in Mexico” is another Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) program we developed. This multimedia is designed to assist students in learning recount text individually, or guided by teachers in a classroom context. The text we created is concise and hopefully not only able to help students gaining a better understanding about recount text, but also entertainment (Edutainment).

Gigee CALL program scene

The text tells us about Gigee’s personal experience of her first migration from her home in Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Gigee is a personification of a gosling. The text is also written with the purpose to give students knowledge about Canada Geese migration. Indeed, the story inspired by the true facts of Canada Geese migration in America.

Gigee Gosling in Mexico CALL program meets our need of learning listening and reading recount text, which is why we provide a story in two ways, with and without text while we are watching the animation. The material also attached in the program, it can be learned by students themselves or presented by teacher in the class. In order to avoid student’s boredom in doing exercise, the program is equipped with an interactive “drag and drop” game, and interactive quiz to evaluate students understanding about recount text. Hopefully the program will come in useful for you.

Too-too-moo and the Giant CARE Tutorial Program

Too-too-moo and the Giant CARE tutorial program is the animated version of “Too-too-moo and the Giant a Tale of Indonesia”. It is created by Satriadi Basuki (2010) using Macromedia Flash 8 aimed to assist English learner in learning a narrative story. The length of  the story is for about 767 words, with the background of Javanese culture.  The program also provides some features in learning reading narrative, like the explanation of narrative texts, vocabulary, interactive game and quiz, and etc which are package well in colorful design and layout.

The story tells about a poor little Too-too-moo and her mother who had to feed a giant who came to their house every day, since if they did not feed him, he would eat Too-too-moo instead. When Too-too-moo was left at home by her mother who went to the market, Too-too-moo was eaten by the giant because she ate a quarter of giant’s porridge made by her mother. Will the story end here? Relieve your curiosity by downloading the file. FREE OF CHARGE!!!

In order to download the file just simply click:

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Kodo Weather: When Kids Learn Weather

Well, we’ve got a frog here. His name is Kodo. The name “Kodo” is taken from “frog” in  Bahasa Indonesia  that is “Kodok”. He is cute, isn’t he? : – ).

 

The Opening of Kodo Weather

This instructional media is created to assist young learner (especially in EFL environment) to learn vocabulary about weather.  Yeah, off course, due to some reason I didn’t include all kind of weathers here. Hopefully this will be useful for you! Thanks a lot!

follow this link to download the file:

Download Kodo Weather

Situs Jejaring Dermawan: PeopleString, situs jejaring semacam Facebook, dapat minimal $30 sebulan, mau?

“People String adaiah sebuah situs pertemanan sepeti layaknya Facebook, tapi bedanya di People String kita dibayar atas aktifitas yang kita lakukan.”

Anda akan mendapatkan $ 0.1 langsung setelah anda mendaftar. Dan tambahan $ 1.50 pada saat anda selesai menjawab survey untuk pertama kali di Mailbox-Cashbox. Jadi total pertama anda akan menerima $ 1.6 Oya, survey pertama wajib dilakukan untuk mengetahui berapa banyak email & newsletter yang ingin anda terima setiap harinya.

Seandainya Facebook, Twitter dan Myspace membayar untuk setiap teman atau followers yang Anda tambahkan, berapa teman yang akan Anda tambahkan? Sayangnya mereka tidak membayar Anda, sekurang- kurangnya sampai detik ini. Jangan kuatir! People String (PS) membayar untuk setiap email dan surat pos yang Anda terima serta untuk setiap orang yang Anda ajak bergabung. PS membayar komisi-komisi sebesar 2-20%, tergantung status membership dan level.

Apa sih People String ini?

People String adalah gelombang terbaru dalam jaringan komunitas sosial global. Di dalamnya ada kreativitas, budaya dan forum untuk mengekspresikan diri, sama seperti Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, dan social network lain. Bedanya, People String membagi-bagikan keuntungannya kepada setiap anggota.

Kongkritnya inilah manfaat tak terhingga dari People String: 1. $1.6 langsung setelah selesai registrasi. 2. $0.50 untuk setiap teman yang Anda ajak bergabung. 3. Komisi dari setiap teman dalam group Anda sampai level 6: 20% (direct referral) dan (6% level) 2-6 untuk entrepreneur member, 5% (direct referral) dan 2% (level 2-6) untuk free member.

Bagaimana Cara untuk mendapatkan benefit tersebut?

Caranya gampang. Anda mendaftar secara gratis kemudian mengajak beberapa teman untuk bergabung sebagai teman lagi di People String. Anda akan takjub melihat pertumbuhan grup nantinya dalam beberapa waktu. Teman saya mengikuti seminar dan training online yang diadakan oleh People String. Dia lihat ada yang sudah dapat belasan ribu Dollar hanya dengan mengajak 10 teman saja. 10 teman itu mengajak teman mereka dan teman mereka mengajak teman lagi dalam beberapa bulan sudah ada lebih dari 40 ribu teman. Jadi pekerjaan di People String sangat-sangat enteng, tapi potensi incomenya hugereally huge! Luar biasa.

Dari mana People String mengumpulkan uang itu?

People String dibayar oleh perusahaan atau pengusaha yang memasang iklan. Iklan-iklan tersebut disalurkan oleh People String melalui mail (surat pos) dan email (surat elektronik), serta dipasang langsung pada website People String. Mail dan email dikirim kepada para member. Jumlahnya tergantung pada permintaan member. Pada waktu menjawab questioner Anda tentukan sendiri berapa surat dan email yang mau Anda terima setiap hari. Surat dan email tersebut tidak perlu Anda baca (tidak wajib). Putuskan sendiri apakah Anda mau membaca atau tidak. Jadi sama sekali tidak ada beban tambahan di sini; berbeda dengan skema pembayaran untuk baca email yang biasa dikenal di mana Anda harus membaca email-emal yang masuk.

Sulitkah proses registrasi? Sama sekali tidak.

Cara join:

1. buka http://www.peoplestring.com/?f=satriadibasuki lalu Klik Sign up now.

2. Isi username.

3. Untuk daftar gratis pilih Free Account.

4. Isi formulir.

5. Login.

6. Click Mailbox Cashbox.

7. Klik Take your survey.

8. Jawab survey.

9. Selesai.

Menjawab survey mungkin agak merepotkan bagi pembaca yang kurang paham Bahasa Inggris. Jika demikian lakukan salah satu dari opsi berikut:

1) Conteng saja secara sembarangan karena apapun yang Anda conteng tidak berpengaruh pada income Anda. Survey ini maksudnya untuk mengetahui keadaan dan minat Anda sehingga People String dapat mengirim iklan ke target yang tepat. Beberapa minggu setelah registrasi akan datang surat ke rumah Anda yang berisi sebuah kode (code). Gunakan code itu untuk mulai aktifkan proses aliran Dollar ke rekening Anda. Ikuti petunjuknya. Setelah itu surat dan email akan mengalir ke kotak surat/mailbox Anda dan Dollar pun mengalir secara pasif ke rekening Anda. Buatlah email khusus hanya untuk People String. Gunakan Gmail, jangan Yahoo karena yahoo sering mendapat gangguan.

Bagaimana caranya menambahkan teman di People String?

Ini pun soal yang mudah. Berapa friend yang Anda punya di Facebook atau social community yang lain? Ajak saja mereka untuk rame-rame ngumpul lagi di ruang yang baru. santai, ngobrol dapat dhuit. Anda bisa juga melakukan promosi dengan berbagai cara. Mengubah kebiasaan menjadi uang Kalau Anda sekarang di Facebook Anda sudah punya kebiasaan bersosialisasi secara virtual (via dunia maya). Kalau Anda punya alamat email, sudah tentu Anda biasa membaca email. Kalau rumah Anda sering menerima kiriman pos itu pun suatu yang biasa. Tapi kebiasaan-kebiasaan itu tentu tidak mendatangkan uang buat Anda. People String mengubah kebiasaan-kebiasaan itu menjadi uang. Act and prove it yourself now! Bertindak dan buktikanlah sendiri sekarang.

Mungkin anda akan bertanya bagaimana cara peoplestring mengumpulkan uang dan bisa memberikan penghasilan pada membernya?. Jawabannya, peoplestring akan menerima penghasilan dari iklan lebih banyak dengan semakin terkenalnya situs mereka. Coba anda bayangkan berapa penghasilan facebook saat ini (tapi sayang mereka tidak membaginya untuk member yang membuat mereka menjadi terkenal seperti sekarang iya kan?). Semua hal itu sangatlah sederhana dan mudah untuk dilaksanakan. Hanya diperlukan sedikit kemauan saja. Sukses pasti untuk semua.

Good luck & selamat berusaha dan mendapat rejeki tambahan.

Sukses menanti teman-teman dan sahabat sekarang dan masa depan yang lebih cerah dan pasti.

JOIN di http://www.peoplestring.com/?f=satriadibasuki

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Pembayaran bonus/komisi :

a. Untuk free member 1 bulan sekali (jika sudah mencapai minimum payout sebesar $25)

b. Untuk entrepreneur dibayar 2 minggu sekali.

Untuk metode pembayaran diperlukan data anda. Silahkan masuk ke SETTING terus ke CASHBOX dan klik MAILBOX CASHBOX. Kemudian :

1. Please select how much mail you would like to receive. Postal Mail: Email: (terserah anda mau pilih di angka yang mana. Lebih banyak postal mail dan email yang anda terima dan baca, maka akan lebih banyak incomenya)

2. I wish to receive payments by: ( Saya sarankan anda untuk pembayaran pilih paypal agar lebih mudah dan cepat) jika anda belum punya akun paypal silahkan daftar

3. (ini wajib di isi) tax information.

Dibawah ini cara memasukkan data di tax information: Tax information : w-9

First Name: Isi nama awal

Middle Name: Last Name: Isi nama ahkir

Business Name: kosongkan saja

Legal Entity Type: pillh

Individual Country: Indonseia Address

1: Isikan alamat kita Address

2: City: Isikan nama kota dimana kita tinggal contoh- Bandung State or Province: Isi contoh -Jawa barat Zip: Isikan kode post contoh -52735

Taxpayer Number Type: Pilih Other Taxpayer ID Number: Kosongkan saja I am exempt form backup withholding : di centang di check boxnya Kemudian di signature isikan nama kita seperti yang di atas dan click SUBMIT

STRATEGI MENDAPATKAN 30 DOLLAR DARI PEOPLESTRING

Strategi ini khusus bagi anda yang sudah bergabung di People$tring, jika belum gabung sebagai member http://www.peoplestring.com/?f=satriadibasuki OK lanjut ke strateginya Ini adalah salah satu keuntungan bergabung sebagai member di People$tring, selain dapat komisi referral yang besar $0,5 per referral dan komisi dari downline sampai level 6. Bila anda tidak bisa merekrut downline gak jadi masalah, asal konsisten, minimal $30 per bulan hampir bisa dipastikan anda dapatkan.

Bagaimana caranya?

Untuk bisa mendapatkan sampai $30 sebulan bahkan bisa lebih, yang diperlukan adalah konsistensi untuk melakukan hal-hal berikut ini SETIAP HARI, minimal satu kali di pagi hari (antara pk 00.00 dini hari s.d. pk 12.00 siang) dan satu kali di siang hari (antara pk12.01 siang s.d. pk11.59 malam)

1.Login 2 kali sehari (pagi dan sore/malam) ke account PeopleString-mu dapat 10 people points. Anda bisa buka Facebook, Email, atau situs lain melalui member area People$tring anda. Jadi, usahakan setiap online yang pertama anda buka adalah People$tring anda dan dari sana anda mengakses situs-situs lainnya agar anda otomatis dapat 10 people points.

2.Cek email PeopleString dapat 10 points.

3.Pilih menu Shopping rebate lalu klik salah satu kategori misal kategori Cell Phone (gak perlu mengunjungi situsnya anda tinggal balik lagi ke menu Home dapat 10 points.

4.Lakukan SEARCH apa saja melalui kotak pencarian di member area PeopleString (kolom Google Custome Search ada bagian atas di homepage account PeopleString anda). Setelah itu kamu Refresh nambah 10 points lagi. 5.CashBox/MailBox untuk melihat update-update terbaru. Lalu kembali lagi ke menu home 10 points tambahan lagi.

Nah, setiap anda melakukan aktivitas-aktivitas di atas, anda berhak atas 10 People Points. Berarti dengan 5 aktivitas tersebut, anda akan mendapatkan 50 People Points 2 kali sehari, sehingga total People Points yang kamu dapatkan dalam sehari adalah 100. Ingat, 100 People Points = $1. Bila konsisten melakukannya setiap hari, dan bila dalam sebulan ada 30 hari, maka $30 sudah kamu peroleh.Pastikan para downline anda juga melakukan hal ini secara konsisten setiap hari. Semakin tinggi penghasilan downline anda, semakin tinggi pula besarnya komisimu dari mereka.

Oh iya buat yang belum join di http://www.peoplestring.com/?f=satriadibasuki untuk lebih mengenal lebih jauh tentang People$tring Lebih kurangnya begitu semoga dapat membantu. jika ada pertanyaan silahkan hubungi saya di email “satriadibasuki@gmail.com”

What Researchers Say about CALL and CARE

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA, 2003) reports their analyses of research about how primary and secondary teachers are using ICT in English Curriculum. There is key research evidence about ICT in Reading for students and teachers. For students: (1) Reading interactive storybooks can help primary pupils expand their vocabulary and gain insight into the structure of narrative texts (Segers and Verhoeven, 2002). (2) Using ICT can enable pupils to understand, visualize and interpret difficult texts (Birmingham and Davies, 2001). (3) There are learning gains in areas of phonological awareness, vocabulary development, reading comprehension and spelling (Software Information Industry Association, 2000; Daal and Reitsma, 2000). (4) Computer-assisted reading support systems can be effective in supporting secondary pupils with reading failure (Lynch, 2000). Besides ICT offers many benefits for students, it also gives teachers many benefits as pointed out by the researchers. The key research evidence of about using ICT in reading the for teachers, using ICT texts such as word processors with speech facilities can motivate pupils to read more and help older pupils or more fluent readers understand a text by reading it more rapidly than by listening to it. Speech support can help with unfamiliar word. In addition, electronic texts are redefining literacy by introducing new ways of reading and writing and pupils need a totally different range of reading skills to navigate ICT texts. ICT has created another genre where texts are layered, and can contain internet hyperlinks and moving images which include sound and video. Research suggests that animated graphics, video, digitized pronunciations and hyperlinks necessitate the development of new literacy skills (Karchmer, 2001).

In addition, a growing body of research supports the value of computers, with well designed software, to support reading comprehension instruction. There are some important information can be obtained from the report developed by the Northeast and the Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NEIRTEC, 2004) project, a collaboration of Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), TERC, Education Alliance at Brown University and Learning Innovations at WestEd, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

In a British study, Medwell (1996); found that early readers increased the accuracy of word recognition and text comprehension significantly when they used electronic books; peers using paper copies of the same books did not show the same gains, even with teacher support. Matthew (1997);  Lewin (1997); (Olson, Foltz, & Wise 1986); Olofsson (1992) ; (Harste 1994; Rowe 1994), also have similar findings. Positive effects of the implementation of CALL in reading also reported by: Dalton, Pisha, Eagleton, Coyne and Deysher (2002, see also Rose and Dalton, 2002); (Anderson-Inman & Horney 1998; MacArthur & Haynes 1995), and (Underwood and Underwood 1998).

Those researches are dealing with many aspects of the implementation of CALL in the discipline of reading, and evidence of good practice and positive outcomes in a number of areas. However, researches using CALL program in Indonesia is still in its infancy. There is a need for a clearer identification of how the positive benefits can be incorporated into classroom practice, at what stage, and using which particular hardware and software. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of CARE to improve student mastery of reading comprehension.

Computer Assisted Reading in English (CARE)

Implementation of CALL in discipline of reading is called “CARE” (Basuki, 2010). CARE is the abbreviation of Computer Assisted Reading in English. Implementation of CALL (CARE) in reading offers many benefits that printed papers do not. CARE not only exposes students with text but also combines it with graphic, sound, and animation.  Interactivity also considered important in CARE, since it is able to give students instant feedbacks.  Hartoyo (2008: 88) quoted the study conducted by Whyte, et al (1995), feedbacks such as “Well, the answer is in correct. Try again, and good luck!”, ”Well.., still incorrect! Have another try”, “Nearly correct” if students answer incorrectly, or responses such as “Good”, “Excellent”, “Well done” if students answer correctly is very important in language learning. Feedback has a significant impact on students’ motivation, which is leading to increased interest in learning.

CARE implementation research in Semarang State Junior High School 2, March 2010.

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA, 2003) reports their analyses of research about how primary and secondary teachers are using ICT in English Curriculum. There is key research evidence about ICT in Reading for students and teachers. For students: (1) Reading interactive storybooks can help primary pupils expand their vocabulary and gain insight into the structure of narrative texts (Segers and Verhoeven, 2002). (2) Using ICT can enable pupils to understand, visualize and interpret difficult texts (Birmingham and Davies, 2001). (3) There are learning gains in areas of phonological awareness, vocabulary development, reading comprehension and spelling (Software Information Industry Association, 2000; Daal and Reitsma, 2000). (4) Computer-assisted reading support systems can be effective in supporting secondary pupils with reading failure (Lynch, 2000). Besides ICT offers many benefits for students, it also gives teachers many benefits as pointed out by the researchers. The key research evidence of about using ICT in reading the for teachers, using ICT texts such as word processors with speech facilities can motivate pupils to read more and help older pupils or more fluent readers understand a text by reading it more rapidly than by listening to it. Speech support can help with unfamiliar word. In addition, electronic texts are redefining literacy by introducing new ways of reading and writing and pupils need a totally different range of reading skills to navigate ICT texts. ICT has created another genre where texts are layered, and can contain internet hyperlinks and moving images which include sound and video. Research suggests that animated graphics, video, digitised pronunciations and hyperlinks necessitate the development of new literacy skills (Karchmer, 2001).

Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

Before we get acquainted with the term CALL it will be better if we peel off what ICT is, since both are inherent. ICTs stand for Information and Communication Technologies and are defined, for the purposes of this primer, as a “diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.” (Tinio, 2000:4). These technologies include computers, the Internet, broadcasting technologies (radio and television), and telephony.

Today, students are unseparated with their laptops.

Recent advances of technology have enabled electronic media to offer useful alternatives for education. The spread of technology throughout the world is making computers an increasingly practical tool for enhancing the learning process. In 1994 Hartoyo introduced the term CALL in Indonesia. Hartoyo (2008: 11) states “the development of Information Technology (IT) has permeated the application of computers in the learning process, which is generally known as Computer Assisted Learning (CAL).” This beneficial impact also touches on language education field. Hartoyo (2008) quoted Kenning (1984) the computer can also be utilized to enhance language learning, and also be used to generate examples to illustrate certain operations, or to stimulate conversation. The implementation of CAL to language is called “CALL” (Hartoyo, 2008: 21). CALL stands for Computer Assisted Language Learning.

Hartoyo (2008: 21) states the CAL program refers to the learning involving the utilization of the computer, usually by means of an interactive-computer system (hypertext/multimedia). According to Esteras and Fabre (2007: 40) multimedia refers to technologies applications that integrate different media: text, graphic, sound, video, and animation. In education, it is used in presentations, or computer-based courses. Shih and Weekly (2005: 13) argue that digital media, either online (Internet-based) or offline (from floppy disks or CDs), that enable reading on computer monitors have the advantage of being multimedia and thereby the potential to be highly engaging. In most cases, however, adding a small number of graphics or sounds is not only acceptable, but desirable, as images and sounds can quickly explain difficult concepts and make material more appealing to students. Discretely the implementation of CALL in discipline of reading is called “CARE” (Basuki. 2010). CARE is the abbreviation of Computer Assisted Reading in English.

Media for Instructional Purposes

Media, Teaching Aid, and Visual Aid

Media is a tool used as a channel to deliver a message or information from a resource to a receiver (Soeparno, 1987: 1). In teaching and learning context the resource is a teacher, while the receiver is students. Teaching media is different from teaching aid. Soeparno (1987) states a teaching aid is tool used to support teaching and learning process. In short, teaching aid is a hardware which has not been programmed yet, or it is unable to be programmed. A blank black board is a teaching aid which has not been programmed yet (written or drawn), while a chalk and an eraser are teaching aids which unable to be programmed. Thus, a blank black board, a chalk, and an eraser are not categorized as teaching media, but merely teaching aids, since those tools have not been or are unable to be programmed. Media is a combination from both of hardware and software. Software is a device that has to be programmed to hardware. Media is different with visual aids as well. The nature of visual aids that they are tools which visualize a particular concept.

Media, teaching aids, and visual aids are also different from their application. The application of teaching aids and visual aids is completely used by teachers. Without teachers they are unusable. In contrary, there are some media that can be used without any teachers.