Post-Mortem: 1 Maju Group Blog Project
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As many of you would know, I have just finished my practicum at a Malaysian Secondary School.
In this school, I had the opportunity to teach a highly motivated & good proficiency class.
With this class, I have experimented with a writing activity.
This writing activity involves getting the students to work in groups to practice their writing skills on blogs.
I called this experiment: 1 Maju Group Blog Project
I mentioned this in a previous post: My Students Blog Too!
Yesterday, I completed a post-mortem on the experiment.
In this report, I evaluated the advantages and limitations of implementing a group blog writing activity in a Malaysian Secondary School classroom.
The full report can be found at the 1 Maju Group Blog Project Website
I will put up a summary here.
The advantages I observed were:
- Positive Group Work
- Motivating
- Language Enrichment
The disadvantages I observed were:
- Individual Focus Lacking
- Sleeping Partners & Partners Left Out
- Deadlines Not Honoured
I found the group blogs to be an excellent on-going enrichment activity with the advantages mentioned above.
However, I warned that the disadvantages have to be taken into account or the whole activity would lose a lot of its relevance.
At the end, I promised to evaluate the setting of my future school & employ a similar activity.
I would like to acknowledge the willingness of 1 Maju to be volunteered in this experiment.
You have made it a successful one!
I learned a lot about Malaysian student attitudes, Malaysian school infrastructure & the internet in Malaysian classrooms.
Thank you, 1 Maju!
'Deadlines Not Honoured" always happen in the class...
ReplyDeleteLike our homework and project... especially the folio...
haha..
That is a disease that should be completely eradicated!
ReplyDeletehi ...
ReplyDeleteguess now ...
we no need have to call u sir ...
not teacher anymore ...
the blog project ....
it was fun while it lasted ...
good luck in the future !
hahaha~~
ReplyDeleteCall me: Jarod.
=)
Jarod, Welcome.
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oooo.... rupa-rupanya u teach at my ex-skul ya?? hahaha... nt bad....
ReplyDeleteif i were there... i ll make u masuk tanjung... hahaha....
cal you jarod ...
ReplyDeleteweird lah ...
need time to adapt ...
XD
aha!!!Jarod koko??
ReplyDeleteMuahahahaahahahahaha~~
Steph, Vio & Qi:
ReplyDeleteYou'll get used to it~~
Or you can call me Jarod koko like Qi.
=)
karisu:
yes, your ex-school has become my ex-school as well.
What do you mean by masuk tanjung?
jarod koko ...
ReplyDeletekokonut ...
ha ha ...
jk ...
XD
Jarod, cn i jz call u jarod if u dun mind me being rude, ehee..
ReplyDeleteYes, you are no longer my students...
ReplyDeleteYou may address me as Jarod.
JAROD?!JAROD?!
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stil thinkn wat 2 sy...
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bwahahahahahah..~~
soly a tchr..ops..jarod..keke..
didn't mean 2 hurt ur heart..
hihi..><
Or you may choose to still refer to me as Cikgu Yong/Mr Yong.
ReplyDeleteI dont mind.