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What is ICT

ICT is an acronym that stands for Information Communications Technology. ICT covers any product that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form. For example, personal computers, digital television, email, robots

Character Education

Character education is the teaching of core values. For example, the Character Counts program defines six teachable "pillars of character": trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

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It is about my hometown journey, travel and culinary.

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Wednesday 23 July 2014

Teaching in Indonesia

WARNING! This video is just a joke... No offense ya.
Here they are anyway though of the types of teaching jobs in Indonesia!





Friday 18 July 2014

FunFacts


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Slang : #OOMF

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#OOMF is a popular Twitter hashtag and it’s used to mention someone anonymously. 
#OOMF could be your crush, your ex, or a person you just don’t want to mention directly. 
For example: At this time of night, all I can think about is OOMF.



Monday 14 July 2014

My Hometown Culinary Trip part 3

Ready for tonight's topic? Sit back and relax. Because I would like to tell you one of my favorite snacks in Pontianak, chai kue.

Chai kue (in my mother tongue, it is called "choi pan") is Chinese snack which its skin is made from a mixture of rice flour and tapioca. Its contents are various, there are yam, beans, chives (kuchai) and taro. Chai kue can be cooked by steaming or frying. Steamed chai kue usually has semicircular shape and fried chai kue has circle shape. It usually served with fried garlic and eaten with soy chilly sauce.




Nah, at this time, I am going to talk about Chaikue Siam A-Hin. Please watch my video with my friend at this food stall first.


For more details, lets see some pictures below this :

steamed chai kue

fried chai kue

detail fried 'yam' chai kue

detail fried 'kuchai' chai kue

detail fried "beans" chai kue

the sour chilly sauce

siomay

Besides chaikue, this place also provides siomay (shrimp and chicken) and steamed ko kue. For the price, steamed chaikue is IDR 1200/piece, fried chaikue is IDR 2000/piece and siomay is IDR 2000/piece. Normally, 10 pieces/person is enough.

food over

 after finished our meal, let us take a selfie first :p

Then, if you are looking for good size, good price and great taste chai kue, I recommend you to come this place and try the main menu of this food stall.


Picture source :
My harddisk :D


Saturday 12 July 2014

Structural Assignment : Teaching Learning with ICT

1.     Why do you think we need ICT in teaching learning process?
Because learning takes place everywhere, not just in the classroom. Today, we are in 21st Century, ICT can empower teachers and students, promote change of the teaching learning process to be better and foster the development of 21st Century skill. By ICT, we can connected to the world (locally and globally). We can learn from teachers around world. We can share our ideas and ask our question without gap. The information and knowledge are unlimited if we applied ICT in teaching learning process.

2.    In what ways ICT can really help both teacher and students?
ICT can helps teacher enjoy the teaching-learning in class and the students enjoy their learning and doing their homework. In ICT, there are some options to learn, such as blogging, broadcasting, Google document presentation and social networking.
By blogging, students can have learning experiences. The students can share ideas, videos and their own website. They learn to be creative and productive by design their blog and share their words with the world. Then the students can get comments and feedback about their materials. The teacher can give his or her suggestion and advice for their blogs. It really helps the students to get the confidence from the feedback of their friends, teachers or people around the world.
By broadcasting, students can record their own video about any subject and the teacher can listens the broadcast from the students and then give them a feedback. The students can also listen to the other broadcast and learn from it.
By Google document presentation, the teacher can presents a slide show that have been talked in the class. The students can develop the presentation to be more interesting by text, graphic and pictures to present the project. Google documentary also offers the capability of sharing their works with anyone, anywhere in the world.
By social networking (for example Twitter), the students can connect to their teacher and the others by following the tweets. The teacher can gives a discussion topic in a tweet and the students can share their opinions by reply their teacher’s tweet. It helps them to share their ideas and get the point from the “chat”.
Both teacher and students can learn about critical thinking, generalist (broad) competencies, ICT competencies enabling expert work, decision-making, working as a member of a team, when students have a group project and do it with their friends as a group, and the teacher can be a part of that team, and also learn about communicating effectively.

3.  Which do you prefer to ask, what computer can do for us, or what we can do with computer? Mention the reason.
What we can do with computer. Because computer is a general-purpose tool with many uses, so the primary limits on what it does are set by the choices of its user, us. We, humans, can explore the computer’s function and innovate the program on computer, improve our creativity on computer.


The Hidden Paradise of Borneo : Lemukutan Island

Lemukutan island is flanked by small islands, such as Randayan and Kabung. Bengkayang district has 12 small islands with abundant natural resources. Only 5 of the 12 islands, inhabited by people. Including Lemukutan island. The rest, is still a piece of the islands with no inhabitants.


The island is located around 15 miles from the nearest landing point on the edge of the north Pontianak-Singkawang. The name of market where the sea transport dock landing is Teluk Suak(Suak bay).
Suak bay is 31 km from Singkawang. Its position is before the Singkawang's border if we go from Pontianak. From the Suak bay to the island takes about 1.5 hours.



Wilderness conditions, naturally maintained by the local community, make this island is still very natural.
Along the way before arriving Lemukutan island, you can its beautiful scenery. The sea breeze and the sound of crashing waves on the rocky give us so natural sense.

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Clean water, causing the ocean floor with coral, colorful plants, can be viewed directly from the boat. You can also see the cultivated seaweed communities.

You can find sunrise and sunset at the each side of the island. It is really charming. Overnight on the island is really exciting. Unlike in Randayan that provides cottage, on the island, visitors can stay at home where its inhabitants had been prepared specially for the visitors (homestay) at some spots around the islands.


It is such a beautiful place to spend your summer time. Here is a list to do at Lemukutan Island :




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Sunday 6 July 2014

Giving and Responding to Bad News

When you have bad news, there are ways to do it correctly, and ways to make a mess of it.  It is always not easy to deliver bad news. But at least you know the appropriate words when you have to do it.

First, before you deliver the bad news, you can say: “Hey, I’m afraid…”  Example: “Hey, I’m afraid your cat’s died.”
Or you can also say in a longer sentence: “Hey, I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news for you.” Example: “Hey, I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news for you. Your cat’s died.”
Or you can exchange the words: “Hey, I’ve got some bad news for you, I’m afraid your cat's died.”
Alternatively, you can say: “Unfortunately, I’m afraid…” So, the sentence is: “Unfortunately, I’m afraid your cat’s died.”
Don’t forget, at the end you have to say something positive. Example: “it’s better for your cat. He was terribly sick, right?”

Now, what if someone gives you some bad news? How do you respond?
For example: “Hey, I’m so sad. My cat's died."
For expressing shock, you can say: “Oh my God! That’s awful/terrible!”
Or, you can imagine how your friend feels: “You must be feeling absolutely terrible/awful.”
If you have heard the news from someone, you can say: “I’ve heard about it. I’m so sorry to hear that.”
Last, show your support by saying: “Anytime you want to talk, just call me.”
Otherwise, you can also say: “If you ever need to talk to someone, you know where I am.”
You can also offer help: “If there’s anything I can do, just let me know.”

That is all about giving and responding to bad news, hope you can remember the ways to give and respond the bad news.

References :
http://englishtips4u.com/2013/07/09/engtalk-giving-responding-to-bad-news/