Group Refection

Anthony I. Chan 

1.What was your reaction to the online Blog Activity?

As a blogger myself, I find the blog activity a holistic experience. It would be a great avenue for a blogger neophyte like me to exercise my blogging skills; besides the blog activity we have does not only initiate higher order thinking skills but also maximizes ICT and web media on hand.  I have come to explore the internet resource to have a meaningful and efficient learning about our subject. As a whole, this one of a kind experience effectively contribute to my learning   experience , to have more grasp of the real application and authentic tasks that has brought this learning experience a worth remembering.

2. Are you having some difficulty configuring the use of Web Blogging? Explain.

Since I have a little background of Web blogging it is just easy for me to deal with the configuration of the Blog. The gadgets are just one click away; links are just there, html configurations and others. The instructions are given; basically it depends upon what blog site where you intend to have an account, because definitely blogger.com is a user-friendly blog site unlike Wordpress.

3.Did the activity give you deeper or broader understanding about the use of Blogs? Why?

This activity has brought me a deeper and wider use and understanding about blog. I have come to know that through blog I can maximize and broadcast my learning about the subject, the blog has served to be an immediate reinforcement about what I have learned from the class, as what they say, learning does not end only in the four corners of a classroom and indeed it happens, I have got to outsource information from different web sites and linked it on my blog that has given me ample knowledge of the topic.

4. Did the activity increases or decreases your enthusiasm and, willingness or effort to learn more about technology? Why?

The Web Blogging activity has indeed increased my enthusiasm to learn more about technology because I’ve got to be exposed with the World Wide Web, thus initiates higher order thinking skills. I browse pictures, upload videos and explore Assessment lectures which really have given  me knowledge about technology and its interplay with learning.

5.   5.What important things have you learned from this activity?

The Web Blogging activity served to be a significant role in my learning the subject. I learned that using E-portfolio would be an effective tool for teachers and for future teachers to give or to initiate authentic assessment through technology. I learned to go beyond the limits of the traditional learning, in a fast pace world like ours, Web Blogging would be the best and most effective tool for college students like me, less papers less hassle.

6.    6. What generalization can you formulate with this activity?

The Web Blogging activity is a bright idea to ponder on, how could one ever imagine that portfolios can be set up in web. Indeed this activity has instilled true learning among students like me; I recommend this tool to be utilized by teachers because as a student who has experienced this activity I could say that inputs remain intakes through Web blogs.

Ronald Vincent S. Estremos

      I.        1.What was your reaction to the online Blog activity?

        At first it was kind of hassle in our part as a student, but later on I appreciate the value of having the blog as part of or social life. We need not only to be socially acquainted with the people that surround us but also to the cyberworld. As a future teacher we have to enhance ourselves using and integrating technology to our teaching techniques.

    II.        2.Are you having some difficulty configuring the use of Web Blogging? Explain

During the making of the blog, it was slightly easy for me because I do have background during my educational technology 2, we also do have activity like this. We were assigned a special task individually so it was not hard for us in making the blog.

   III.        3.Did the activity gave you deeper or broader understanding about the use of blogs? Why?

Yes, because through this blog, I can now express myself freely, doing my own work in the web

  IV.        4.Did the activity increases or decreases your enthusiasm, willingness or effort to learn more about technology? Why?

Yes it increases my enthusiasm to learn more regarding with the recent technology that we are enjoying now. This is very useful to everyone, to those who are knowledgeable and willing to learn.

   V.        5.What are the important things have you learned from this activity?

The important things that I learned out of making it were, first is that I learn how to manipulate the web, it increases my proficiency in the English language, it teaches me to be more creative.

  VI.        6.What generalization can you formulate with this activity?

My final statement is, being proficient in the right use of technology is a useful tool in the field of teaching.