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INTRODUCTION
The Ministry of Education sees ICT as a means, not an end in itself. As such, all
Efforts are concentrated on developing new media as tools in the service of richer
Curricula, enhanced pedagogies, more effective organizational structures in schools,
Stronger links between schools and society, and the empowerment of disenfranchised
Learners.
Te web provides an alternative to the traditional classroom in the delivery
education. A number of changes in educational theory and practice, in particular
theories about what it means to know a language and what the relative roles of
teachers and students are make it an especially important new educational resource.
Changes in the new world of communication also, make it necessary for the web to
become an important component of the educational matrix.
The concept of ICT in education is seen as a system that enables information
gathering, management, manipulation, access, and communication in various forms. In
line with this, the Ministry of Education of Malaysia has formulated three main policies
related to ICT in education.
ICT is for all students. ICT is used as an enabler to reduce the digital gap
between the schools.
ICT is used as a teaching and learning tool, as part of a subject, and as a subject
itself.
ICT is to be used to increase efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness of the
management system.
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WHAT SHOULD A PERFECT WEBSITE HAVE?
1. Interaction between the readers and web site.
Interaction lets the readers to communicate with the web site. If visitors are involved
with the site there is a greater chance of repeat visits as well as improved loyalty. From
the web site I chosen, the interaction between the web site and the readers is done
when activities that teaches an alphabet using is made between the links. For example,
when you click on the link
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/4678/furbytopg.html , you will find how the
reading activities are done.
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From the home page of the web site, cartoon is used to attract the students.
3. Must have reasons
Children are very smart nowadays. A web site must have a very good reason on why it
must be published. If it is published without any means, then no one is going to surf it.
4. Must have sense of credibility
Readers are very wise. You have to give them enough proof that your claims are true.
They need to see some testimonials and even case studies at least so that they are
sure. What important is, your content must be from yourself.
WEBSITE SELECTION
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/4678/index-2.html
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As a future English teacher, I have chosen a very interesting website to be aids
on teaching my students-to-be.
The main essentiality why I have chosen the website is because the desire of
mine to teach reading skills to my students. If you believe that reading merely involves
the ability to make sound of the words printed on a page (or even in a letter). It is
important for us to realize that reading is much more complicated than this. My
understanding of the skill I am going to teach and my choice of how I am going to teach
the skill will very strongly influence what and how I will teach.
So, we will take some time trying to understand what reading involves before
going on to think about how actually to teach it.
The website is all about reading skill. It teaches students how to use a letter in
forming a word, the position of letter in a word and many more. Included are the
activities which interacts student with the website. The aids of graphics and pictures are
also included so that students will know what things are the words trying to tell the
student. This website is a kind of simple one selected to be a helps on how to teach
student about reading skill. What I just hope is that the website will going to enhance the
students knowledge about reading better.
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1. THE SELECTIONS OF FONTS
The web page displays many different machines. The fonts availability of the
home page of the website is in comic sans MS. This font appearances is totally fine
balanced on one platform which making it readable to all. The letters are written with a
medium sized font. Some of the fonts are written bolded. This s because some
important things that the reader should take note must be the most attractive one
appeared. This will take the reader attention so that they know what important thing they
should be aware about the teaching web site. The fine controls of the fonts, such as the
cascading style sheets (CSS) which allows specifying of fonts itself, line spacing, size
etc are being finely managed. For example, most of the statements or the sentences
are being centered fixed. Other is that when the spacing used between the sentences is
1.0 which will not make the readers being confused to be read when they are scrolling
down on the web page.
Another point to ponder is the colour using of the web site. The use of colour
from the web page is not being abused. First, the significant proportion of the potential
viewers of the page does not have any problems with colour. The main reason of this
statement is because the colour of the fonts and the background is different. These
unlimited colour palettes will not makes the fonts look gloomy but instead brighter
colours that has been used in the website interpreted deep-rood emoticon. Why I say
this? In some cultures, every colour has its own association. As same as the colours
used in this website, the readers have their own interpretation with the colours of the
fonts and what it implies when they click on the texts.
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From my observation, almost all of the texts are a link. This means, they contains
another pages which shows another information about the one clicked. The texts
change its colours once they have been accessed, providing cues to the user about
what material they have already accessed. On teaching progress, we will know which
part have we taught the children and which part is not by using this advantage. Take a
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look on the example below:
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To compare with the different size of the monitors used by all people around the
world, this websites prevents a very long line of words. It was designed with a maximum
values of widths which compacting simple understandable words in it.
2. GRAPHIC USING
While graphics and icons tend to play a significant role in web site page design,
their use should be carefully thought out. The home page of the web site contains at
least 6 graphics in it. The first one is below the headings and the other 6 is below the
links of words which teaches the reading skill of an alphabet. See the example:
The one below the headings.
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The one below the links.
From the graphics, we can see that the background does not vary with it. So it shows no
complexity between the designations of the graphics used with the one as a
background.
Another thing to be analyzed on the graphics in this website is that it attracts
readers by the way it appears. I am saying this because the colour used are not same
and has their own tone and appealing. The pictures also are different between one
another even though some of it does not really shows the relationship of the pictures
itself with the links they shown.
The pictures are very attracting. This is one of the advantages of the web site if it
wants to attract pupils to surf the page. The children may feels that the pictures are so
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interesting because it is in cartoon mode and we all know that children loves cartoon
much more than a real picture.
An example of cartoon strips if we click on the link
from the home page. You may continue clicking on the button to follow
the stream of the cartoon strip. As the children do this, they may know how to read and
understand the words in the pictures. This is a perfect teaching method by using a web
site.
3. MAIN USAGE OF COLOURS
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Using many different colours within graphics may well result in the browsers for
older machines running out of entries in the colourmap, with unpredictable
consequences. In case of the web designation advantages, as discussed earlier, the
colours of the web page is totally attracting readers especially student to read it. The
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colour varies one another. For example,
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From the pictures above, the colours of the background varies with the pictures in it.
The fonts are pink in colours while the picture doesnt have the same colour used with
the background. We can also see that the colours used are not just in one tone but it is
different with the other colours. They are in soft mood and perharps one students read
it, they will not feel very stress and pressured enough. Let us just think how it will be if
strong and dark colours are used. No children will going to be attracted for sure.
4. LINKS OF INFORMATION
A reading text or a group of reading text on a topic in the home page of the web
site sourced can be used as a stimulus of reading. For example, after studens have
already know the alphabets very well, some exercise or interactive activities are
designed to full fill the purpose of the website. For example:
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The exercise asks the student to click on the pictures that has the same middle sound
as I pig. This is a kind of way on hoe the web site wants to be interactive with the
students. It also shows that the web site has a very important role in reading process
which means that it serves a different pedagogic function.
THE WEAKNESSES
1. LACK OF MULTIMEDIA AIDS
From the web site, it is very hard to find a single multimedia content. What was
mean by multimedia content here is the aids of audios and videos. Movies and sound
are both available to users of the web. One problem associated with this web page is
how hard to watch or hear any digital helps. With the help of multimedia materials,
student will actually going to pronounce the letter better because the page is teaching
student about reading and phonics. It will also make an explosion of knowledge to the
student. This is because those multimedia will going to teach the student with
visualization together with audios.
2. ONLINE CONNECTIVITY
To surf the web page, internet connectivity is so necessary. Without internet connection,
internet explorer is nothing. If student cannot surf the internet, how can they gain the
information presented by the website?
Another problem about internet connectivity is that the area where it is necessary to
connect to the internet is so limited here in our country. Only certain places are being
located as where internet connection is available.
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As a briefing, internet connection is all about money.
3. TEACHERS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ICT
Using technologies as an aid of teaching means that one have to master the
knowledge of it first. Teaching to someone without knowing what it should be is like a
blind which leads another blind. What happened next is that both then fall into the ditch.
Without knowing how to use the technology helps, how can someone use it as a
teaching material? The student will be more confused what you are trying to do instead
og gaining knowledge. For this, we have to know that it is actually not a burden to learn
about technologies now days but to master it is a must. Especially to the teachers who
are using todays invention.
4. GREATER ACCESS TO COMPUTER
Once computers are very expensive nowadays and only large organizations
could afford to own them. They are also rather large and unless companies or a person
have a lot of space, owning several was a practical impossibility. So what the problem
is? Students are not working. They dont gain money everyday as to show that they
dont have enough money affording to buy a set of computer. Without any devices that
can help them to surf the internet, how they will learn about reading skill by using the
internet? In a short word, owning a device to surf the internet is a problem for some
middle-classed people, so surfing only to the homepage of the website means a lot to
them.
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO OVERCOME THE WEAKNESSES
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1. USE AIDS OF MULTIMEDIA
The website is an aid for teaching the alphabets uses in words to the students.
So I really suggest that the web designer to put some video or any audio in the web site
to make the student understand the uses of the word in reading processes. For
example, a video or a moving pictures ( one in a GIF form ) must be added at least one
in every page so that student will be more attracted to the website and so that they will
learn how to pronounce ( and use ) the letter very well. This will indirectly teaches them
how to read better.
2. SHORT TERM OF ICT COURSES FOR TEACHERS
When the teachers attend this short term of courses, they will know how to apply
technology in their teaching skill. Even though they will not be so expert on it but at least
they will now know how to teach by using the helps of computer device or the internet.
Student will indirectly gain those knowledge also and they can easily surf to the website
to learn about reading and phonics.
3. ONLINE CONECTIVITY AVAILABILITY IN SCHOOL
It will be a pleasure for all students if they can surf through the internet in their
own school. A school with a computer laboratory helps but without internet is actually no
use. I would like to say that if student can surf to the internet anytime in their school,
they can surf the web site designed so that they can learn about the reading and
phonics. Online availability is not only for this purposes but think about the uses of
internet.
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CONCLUSION
Information technology is constantly evolving. Ways in which information is packaged,
stored and used are constantly changing. The problem with this approach is that it is not
based on a systematic evaluation of the pedagogic potential inherent in the web
recourses. The web site used as an example is not the only one we can use in teaching
skills. There is still a lot of web site we can use as an aids of teaching and learning skill.
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