Nowadays, there are some changeness in paradigm of educational area, where peoples are involved in educational area should give pressure of student’s cognitive and affectives, especially how affect student’s thinking and studying method that can increase their analitic skill, critic skill, problem solving, and communication for reaching out their thinking behaviour Teacher as a mediator in delivering teaching material should be able deliver and present that teaching material that can motivate student in teaching process. In this case, teacher should be able to use information technology in delivering and presenting teaching material, so teaching material will be easy to be understood by student In this dedication for society activity was held for helping teachers in Kabupaten Ogan Ilir in delivering teaching material by using blog As a result, Teacher increase their skill in making teaching blog. It shows that respond from teachers that follow this activity are very pleasure. As a f...

This research aims to identify the effect of the difference between blogs in design and form on the student knowledge acquisition process in the High stage in Bisha governorate in KSA. Two designs were chosen from blogs designs; one depends upon the hypertext while the other depends upon the super graphics. The following supposition was tested: There is no statistical difference (α = 0.05) between the degrees average of first experimental student group (who depend upon the hypertext) and the degrees average of second experimental student group (who depend upon the super graphics) to test the students' knowledge acquisition in Mathematics. The scientific approach proposed for achieving these research goals depends upon the experimental design approach (Preexperimental measurement- After experimental measurement) for two experimental student groups; the first group depends upon study by using blogs designed by hypertext while the other one study by using blogs designed by super graphics. The research sample consists of 48 students appointed from Prince Sultan High School. Such sample was divided into two experimental groups; the first group studied textually while the other studied graphically. The unit of Engineering Diaries (Reflection- Displacement- Rotation) was chosen from the mathematics curriculum for the first secondary stage to perform the study effect test. The researcher designed knowledge test of the unit of Engineering Diaries in the mathematics curriculum as measuring instrument. Knowledge test was performed on both groups before and after the experiment.

Reports worldwide indicate that students are having difficulty with mathematics, specifically with their ability to communicate and problem-solve. This study investigated the impact of blogging in grade nine classrooms on mathematical knowledge, communication and learning performance. A mixed methodology including survey data, open-ended questions, performance tests, and blog analysis was used. Twenty-seven participants (18 males, 7 females, 2 no response), 13-16 years old, participated in the study. The results indicated that students had positive attitudes toward blogging in mathematics class. However, only 30% of students rated blogging as a useful learning activity. Communication within the blog was relatively limited over six weeks, however, learning performance increased for all three units covered (slope, linear relationship, optimizations). Suggestions for improving the effectiveness of blogging are provided.

This study investigates the relationship between blogs and achievements in reading skills of prep-class students at tertiary level. Another purpose of the study is to find out the effective criteria in the use of blogs in reading courses of prep-classes. For the purpose of the study, a convenient sampling procedure was handled. The study was conducted in the fall semester of 2014-2015 academic year with a total number of 38 students 19 of whom constituted an experimental group and the rest 19 were in the control group. Out of 19 participants in the experimental group six were females, 13 were males. On the other hand, there are four females and 15 males in the control group. The participants were prep class students at a private university in Turkey. The groups were formed by the prep class administrative board after gathering results of the preliminary exam. Therefore, in choosing the samples, the ones to whom the researcher herself taught reading as a part of the curriculum were randomly selected students. As to the study, the participants were asked to decide on the topics that they would like to read, but the researcher decided to use which appropriate reading skills to employ upon negotiation with the other reading teachers. The study itself took eight weeks during which the same topics such as sports, shows, festivals, etc. were discussed with both the experimental and control groups. In the experimental group, the researcher used the class blog that she herself prepared for which she had support from the experts of the fields and make use of different reading course books. As the design of the study, a pre-test/ posttest design was applied to both the experimental and the control groups. In addition to this, a questionnaire and an interview were conducted to learn the attitudes and thoughts of the students. The data from pre-test, posttest and questionnaire were analyzed through SPSS Statistics 20©. At the outset of the study, a pre-test the results of which indicated that these groups did not differ in terms of overall reading comprehension was administered to both groups. Moreover, this was checked by another test called T-0, a reading progress test, the day before the beginning of the study. Then during the period of the experiment which takes eight weeks, two reading progress tests, T-3 and T-6, were applied once in three weeks to observe the improvements of the experimental and control groups in reading skills. The results gathered from these tests indicated that while both of the groups improved their reading skills, the experimental group had higher grades than the control group. Furthermore, the progress tests have shown that as the duration of the experiment is extended, the effects of using blogs on reading skills become more vivid. At the end of the study (the end of week eight) a posttest was administered to both groups. Results obtained from the data analysis indicate that there is a statistically significant difference between the posttest results of the groups which means that the blog has positive effects on students’ achievements. Moreover, participants state that they like to use a blog since it helps them learn the language and improve their reading skills. Additionally, they believe that using blogs have motivated them to read more and to get better results from the reading exams. Besides, interviews show how to organize a blog effectively with handling the topics such as arranging easy-use templates, choosing popular reading passages, deciding the level of English based on CEFR, etc. As a result, it is clearly understood from the study that the use of blogs is an effective, motivating and contemporary way of improving and enhancing reading skills.

Defi Trisnasari. S891408008. 2016. A Blog-Based Writing Medium: Its Effectiveness to Teach Writing Viewed from the Students’ Motivation (An Experimental Research at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 2 Bantul, Yogyakarta in the Academic Year of 2015/2016”. A Thesis. First Consultant: Dra. Diah Kristina, M.A, Ph.D; Second Consultant: Dr. Sumardi, M.Hum., English Education Department, Graduate School, Sebelas Maret University. This study aims to verify whether: (1) A blog-based writing medium is more effective than a diary to teach writing on recount text; (2) The students with high motivation have better writing skill than those having low motivation; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching media and students’ motivation in teaching writing. This quasi-experimental study was conducted to the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Bantul, Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2015/2016. There were seven classes which consist of 184 students. To get the sample, the cluster rand...

Learning media has a contribution in increasing student activity and motivation in learning. The use of the right teaching media in learning process can arouse desire, generate motivation and stimulate new learning activities. The more intensive the learning experience by students, the higher of the quality learning process itself. Student involvement is based on motivation and high interest from the students in participating in the learning process, and also from the teacher’s side is required to master the use of various types of media and learning strategies. For this reason, it is necessary to think about alternative learning media that are fun and appropriate for students. One of the media used in learning mathematics is a storybook based on Local Natural Resources whose contents are close to the lives of children. Its need creative thinking and innovation to create local cultural outcomes that are packaged so that they are accepted and studied globally. Environmental preserv...