Sixth Posting : My Experience During Blogging

This is my last posting of my Language and Information Technology Course. I am really happy because I have done all my six postings well although I have face many problems during blogging. One most important thing that I can say about blogging is that blogging really has brought a lot of memorable experience to me.

First of all, I would like to thank my Associate Proffesor Datin Dr. Norizan for helping me a lot when I really in trouble and in need help. Thank You a lot Datin.

Now, I would like to this advantage to tell all of you about blogging. Blogging really helps me to improve my English language because all of our postings must be posted in English. Before I post any of my postings I have to read and collect information regarding the topic that I have to post. By this, I’m reading the articles or information that I have collected. So, this really useful for me to improve my English and it is also useful for my course which is Literature in English as I will learn everything in English in my course.

In the other hand, blogging also useful to me as it can make me improve my writing skill. Before this, in my second posting I have done a topic about Computer assisted Writing. This blogging activity also can be included as one of the activities in Computer-assisted writing because I’m applying the same method that I have been earlier told in my second posting which is writing. In this blogging activity, I write or type all of my postings in the Word Processor first before I copy and paste it in my blog to be posted. By this, I’m improving my writing skills.

In addition, blogging is also one of the useful learning experience for me. I’m saying this because I have learn many things that I really don’t know before this. I always access in the internet for information regarding the topics that I have to posted and by this I’m learning and gaining information and knowledge about many things. Blogging is really useful for me and I enjoy blogging because I really have a new experience when blogging. It’s really effective and practical for me.

Even though, blogging is really enjoyable and useful for me, but I really face many problems and difficulties during blogging. Sometimes even I have think for dropping this course when I can’t able to find the relevant information regarding the topic that I have to posted or if I might not able to finish my postings at time. I really face a big problem when I doing my third posting which is about “The Impact of Using ICT in Education” because I need to find information regarding this topic in the e-journal from PTSL (Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang). All the information I collect for this topic is not the one that I need and its all irrelevant information. This makes me face difficulties and problem for posting my 3rd posting. Another problem that I face is as I did not have my own notebook with me, I have to go to cyber café’s to find information and I spend most of my time in the cyber café posting my post. Sometimes I have borrowed my friend’s notebook if I can’t finish my blogging activities at time. I even tend to awake the whole night doing my blogging activity. These are the difficulties that I have face during blogging and it really brings a memorable experience to me.

Although I have face many problems and difficulties during blogging, but I still will recommend my other friends who are not taking this course, and my family members for blogging as it will be really useful for everyone to improve their writing skill, English language, vocabulary and grammar. I hope that blogging will not be a memorable experience only to me but it will also be a memorable experience for everyone who is blogging.

After this SKBP course which is Language for Information Technology course, I’m sure that I will still blogging. I will always post any new information regarding anything such as entertainment, jokes, advertisements or any news for anyone to view my blog and give their comments regarding my blog or posting. Not only after this course, but now also I’m having my own website from www.freewebs.com and I have posted many things in my own website. Anyone who wants to view my blog can view it trough www.freewebs.com/sweetyzone.
Thank You !!!

10 Easy Steps For Getting Rid Of Split Ends

A spilt end is a common condition, which proves to be the devil of every girl's life! Split ends are most often seen in long hair but also found in shorter hair if not cared properly. It is certainly a curse for anyone trying to grow his or her hair long.

Split ends (or trichoptlosis) are the bane of every self-respecting woman's life. During the seventies women used to burn off the split ends. This need not be done now.

Why Does The Hair Split?

· When the protective cuticle has been stripped away from the ends of hair fibres. Once the hair's cuticle wears down split ends are unavoidable. All you can do is trim them and vow to treat your hair better henceforth. Typically, the hair splits into two or three strands, and can be around two to three centimetres in length. The best treatment is to cut off the split end of the damaged fibre.

· They are more likely to develop in dry or brittle hair, and typical causes of damage include excessive chemically or vigorous brushing.

· Split ends are formed on growing hair because the inside of the hair, also known as the cortex, splits at the ends, thereby getting the name "split ends". Reasons for this fraying are because of intense heat that is caused from curling irons, blow dryers, and such or because the hair is overstretched or damaged and hard combing or brushing that splits the ends.

· Split ends happen when the hair is exposed to extreme temperatures, not enough oil and lack of nourishment.

Another culprit is a hairpin that is not smooth at the end, because when you

· try to take it out, it can rip the hair.

Protecting Your Hair From Splits

· Avoid intense heat on hair like when using curling and straightening irons.

· Use a conditioner that protects hair during heat if you can't naturally dry your hair always.

· Throw away hairpins with sharp ends and use one with rounded corners.

· Drink lots of water as water has minerals that are good for hair.

When hair becomes dry or damaged, the hair shaft splits at the end. Here's how you can keep those unsightly splits from spoiling the looks of your locks.

Instructions

STEP 1: Keep brushing to a minimum since it promotes breakage. Brushing wet hair is a definite no-no; use a wide-toothed comb when hair is wet.

STEP 2: Strive for low-maintenance hair. Hair dryers, curling irons, perm and hair colours all damage hair. If you must blow-dry, use a cool setting and keep the dryer 6 inches (15 cm) from your hair.

STEP 3: Protect your hair from extreme weather. Wear a hat on sunny days and keep hair well moisturised in the dry winter months.

STEP 4: Apply a leave-in conditioner or pomade to the ends of your hair daily to keep it strong.

STEP 5: Snip away any split ends you spot. Cut at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) above the split. A split end will split the hair all the way up to the scalp, so snip it as soon as you spot it.

STEP 6: Schedule a trim with your hairstylist if you start seeing a lot of split ends.

STEP 7: Take small sections of hair and carefully twist them in a gentle downward motion.

STEP 8: Any split ends will automatically stick out.

STEP 9: Carefully snip into the twist with sharp scissors. Don't cut right through; just cut into the thickness to remove the damaged cuticles and give a natural layered effect.

STEP 10: Be careful to cut roughly the same amount from each twist

Fifth Posting : My Personal Experience Taking Online Test

Hello everyone…How are you all today? I hope you are all fine and happy. This is my fifth posting where my Associate Professor Datin Dr. Norizan has give me and my course mates a different task where we all required to attempt two online tests during our tutorial session. We all have taken two tests which are Electronic Malaysian English Competency Test (E-MECT) and Kemahiran Asas ICT tests online. After we all have done both tests, we have to publish our results and give our own response or opinion taking online test.

For your information, the first test that I have taken is Electronic Malaysian English Competency Test (E-MECT) and the score that I get in this test is 60%. While the second test that I have taken is Kemahiran Asas ICT and in this quiz I get my score as 18/30. I am not satisfied with the results or scores that I get by taking these online tests because this is my third experience taking the online tests and not my first experience. I did not get a good score in my E-MECT test because the Internet server get down while I’m taking the test and I have to take the test for the second time where I not able to recognize or memorize back my answers. While, for the Kemahiran Asas ICT test, I can’t able to get a good score because I am not really understand the terms of computers that has been used in this test because all of the terms has been given in Malay and I have faced difficulty where most of the computer terms that we use daily are in English. I can’t able to translate the computer terms that we use in English into Malay.

My first experience taking an online test is when I am taking my driving license four years back. During that time, I feel very nervous taking the test because I haven’t taken an online test before. My second experience taking an online test is when I am in the University doing my second semester where I need to do all my quiz online for my critical appreciation course. My lecturer asks all our course mates to take our quiz online and we need to take it before the due date that has been given. For those who can’t manage to do the quiz that have been posted before the due date that have been given will get 0% as their score for that quiz because they can’t do the quiz again after the due date.

Now, I am taking the E-MECT test and Kemahiran Asas ICT as my third experience taking the online test. The E-MECT exam is about comprehension reading where Taking an online test has give me a new we are given 4 passages and we need to answer all our questions according to the passages that has been given. While, in the Kemahiran Asas ICT test, we have been given 30 questions and all the questions are about ICT which has been asked in Malay language. Although all the tests that I have taken online are objective questions, but all the questions that have been given are really tough and difficult. All the tests need one to think a lot and think carefully before answering all the questions.

I have a new experience while taking all these online tests because all of these tests must have time management, where I have to manage my time for taking the quiz. If I can’t able finish to answer all the questions before the time that have been given end, there are not any extra times that will be given for me to finish answering my questions. This makes me to have a good time management.

There are some advantages and disadvantages of taking an online test.

There is an advantage of taking an online test which is we can know our scores straight away after finish doing the tests and submit the answers. We did not have to wait for a long period of time to get to know our scores as what as we have been waited before this when we are taking manual tests in schools.

Here, I can also find some disadvantages of taking an online test. First of all, the answers that have been given for a particular question sometimes might be confusing because it are bringing the same meaning. After we finish done the test, we can’t know what are the mistakes that we have been done. This makes us difficult to identify our mistakes and can’t argue if we did not satisfied with the answers that have been given. While if it is a manual test, we can know our mistakes and if we did not satisfied with the answers that have been given, we still can argue and have a discussion to confirm the answers.

Another disadvantage of taking an online test is we have to face a big problem if the server down while we are taking an online test. If the server down before you completely answer all the questions in the test, sometime you can’t able to retake the exam again and this can spoilt your scores. Sometimes, the marks will be given although the server down before you completing your test but the score that will be given, based on the questions that you have answered only and will not get any chance to completing your test although the time that has been given for you did not finish yet.

I think these are all the experience and my opinion regarding taking an online test.

Thank You!!!

Forth Posting : Beyond Concordance Lines : Using Concordance To Investigate Language Development

This is my forth posting which is about Beyond Concordance Lines. Before I started to do my blogging about this topic, I have read the article about Beyond Concordance Lines : Using Concordance To Investigate Language Learning from the OTL book by Arshad Abdul Samad. Before this I really can’t what is concordance really means, but after I have read the article I can understand what concordance is really about. In my I understanding, concordance means to bring together which means to concord a passage of text which shows the use of a word. Concordance searches the instances of word or phrase and come up with each cases of it. An index in the back of a book will show words in alphabetical order but the concordance shows each instance of each word together in the context from which it came.

One of the application of concordance is applied in literary work and linguistic studies. Concordance is really useful when studying a piece of literature studies because it uses the term of particular words, phrase or theme. It shows us how often a work occurs in any text most probably will be in a poem. If the word did not occurs, it will be useful for one to build up some ideas of a different theme that can be used in a poem and how to relate it to the other poems. If any questions about the theme or any words in the poem and their place in the poem, it will be easy to understand by looking through the concordance.

In the other hand, in the computer concordances, you only need to click the alphabet letter (A-Z). After you have click the letter, you will see a list of words will come out. For example, you click an alphabet L and all the words that begins with the alphabet L will come. Now, what you need to do is just choose the right words that you are searching for and click on it. Here, you can find all the occurrences of the words in poems in question forms. Some of the examples of websites that one can view to get a better understanding of concordance which has been applied in literary and linguistic studies most probably in a poem are http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/shelley/framconc.htm, http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/mariner/framconc.htm, http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/keats/framconc.htm, and http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/blake/framconc.htm.

In conclusion, concordance is litter bit like a computer because it can find things for you. The advantage of concordance is the speed and the fact the concordance will find all words, not necessarily possible in textual concordance.

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Third Posting : The impact of using ICT in education

Welcome back to my blog. How are you all today? I hope you are all in the pink of health. For all of your information, this is my third posting. In this posting, my associate professor Datin Dr. Norizan has given me and all my course mates a task which we all need to write about what we all can find and understand by searching it in the e-journal at Tun Sri Lanang Library (PTSL). All the task that have been given are about The Impacts of Using ICT in education, society, business, health, and computer assisted language learning: application and prospects. I have chosen to write about The Impact of using ICT in education. Based on my researches on five references such as SCORPUS, EBSCO host, Computer Database, Pro Quest, and LISA net, I can confirm that it is true that ICT has bring a big impact in education field.

In our technological savvy era world, while computer has been invented to our world, it has bring a lot of benefits to our world. For example, Microsoft Office, and Internet technology are some of the functions that can be used in computers. Computer has been found in the educational field which are used to support one’s education still from the beginning. Computers and applications of technology have become more persuasive in our society which led to a concern need for computing skills in our everyday life. This need for computer literacy has become extremely influential and many schools purchasing computers based on this rationale.

What are the impact of using ICT in education? Based on my research that I have been done in the e-journal website, I can understand it better. Today, computers in schools are both a focus of study in themselves and a support for learning and teaching. Rationales can be presented for both computer literacy and using computers as part of educational technology. The focus of this review will concern the use of computer technology as an aid to learning and teaching in schools.

Moreover, ICT is supporting tools in learning process and particularly collaborative learning scenarios. These technologies offer the possibility of moving away from the stand-alone computer, thus allowing interaction with several devices and making information accessible through a wireless connection to a server. These technologies offer new opportunities for individuals who require information especially in the field of education. Therefore, many researchers as well as academicians are currently exploring the potential of mobile and wireless devices for supporting their learning and teaching processes.

In addition, ICT also has been influenced in curriculum activities. Bases on my research, some areas of the curriculum have been the focus of considerable ICT development. Apart from initiatives to support literacy, evidence of positive impact has been reported in mathematics, modern foreign languages, science, history, geography, physical education and the creative arts. There has been considerable development in the provision of online resources for teaching across subject areas, from a range of sources, commercial and pubic. More specifically, learning of modern foreign languages has benefited greatly from the increased availability of online resources as well as technologies such as digital video and photography, while animations and simulations have enabled pupils to grasp more complex concepts in mathematics and the sciences.

Technology is also developed to solve a person’s problems in productive ways. Therefore, when discussing applications of computer technology to education the question must always be asked, “What educational problem(s) needs to be addressed?”. This question needs to be asked at all levels of decision-making, from the teacher planning a programme, to a school administrator purchasing hardware and software, to an educational system officer developing policy and strategic plans. Providing computer technologies for schools has usually involved increases in investment in education that must be justified to the community, and that is usually done by quoting students.

In conclusion, I can confirm and say that the influence of ICT has bring a big impact in educational field.

Thank You !!!