++ Question 4

While you are “playing”/”accessing”/”assessing” the application, does it remind you of anything you do in a classroom, or with a teacher, or with a fellow classmate, or in self-study?

While utilizing this application, it reminds me of a few things that I have done in the classroom and the traditional teaching and learning process. I can say that; the classroom climate will be improved and stabilized, students will become motivated, and teachers will facilitate the classroom instead of playing the traditional role of teacher – teaching all way long.

Based on what I have done with the application, I can say that it reminds me about my self-studying session. According to Murchu (2005), when studying alone, students will see their own goals, organize their own work, and manage their own time. As the application is an online resource, so it is up to me to determine when and where to use the application. Like a textbook, the application has a list of glossary at the end of every ‘chapter’. It really helps me if I am studying alone.

Besides that, it also reminds me of the things that the teacher will do in the classroom – giving lengthy notes on the biography of author, synopsis, themes and moral values. This can be seen if we browse through the Novel section. A lengthy explanation is presented and of course it is not attractive anymore. Without any illustrations, graphics and simple tables, the application can be considered as having a contradiction with what Chitravelu (2005) suggested in her book. A text itself must tempt the students to read through it until the end. But looking at the plain text in the application, I am sure that students will become more interested in doing the activity without reading through the information presented in this application.

Image 7: Example of how the website present the setting of the novel