ENTRY 11: ME VS SMARTBUILDER


Hello meow~~~~~

So, for this week, my main focus will be on creating the lesson as I was in charge of doing it and I have to create a lesson about simple present tense (be-verb). At first, I thought that it can easily be created by using the Smartbuilder software. After I spent a few days in front of the computer trying to figure out how it should look like, it came upon to me that SmartBuilder is suitable for creating exercise and activities and not lesson. I feel that way because I found it hard to explain to the students about simple present tense to the students if I used SmartBuilder to create the lesson.

I brought up this issue with my groupmates and they agreed with me. Therefore, we have decided to create our own Powtoon video. We chose video as a medium for explanation due to several reasons. Firstly, the lesson can be in one video which will reduce the number of “pages” that we have to create in SmartBuilder. Secondly, the lesson will look more appealing and interesting since we can use animations for the video compared to if we put notes in the lesson. And lastly, students can learn on their own by watching the video and it will help us to achieve the main purpose of creating the courseware which is to incorporate CALL in language learning and at the same time promote independent learning.

By the end of the week, I can say that things are starting to come together as we are clear on what we are doing right now with the lesson. 

Until then, adios~

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