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OVERVIEW OF BLOGGING WORKHOP
“LET’S BLOG YOUR ESL WRITING CLASS”
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This space is dedicated to describe the overview of the workshop “Let’s Blog Your ESL Writing Class” covering the detail of workshop, itinerary, management team, ice breakers, references of workshop, power point handout, certificate, and flyer/ poster.

DETAILS of WORKSHOP
1.1 Purpose
“Let’s Blog Your ESL Writing Class” is conducted in order to enhance teaching learning activities (TLA) by inserting IT inside it as nowadays IT can’ t be separated from our life and the involvement of IT in education is known as E-Learning. Therefore, the general objective of this workshop is introducing BLOG as an implementation of E-Learning while the specific objectives of this workshop are equipping the teachers with the basic knowledge of creating blog as virtual journal for their class or own subject, asking for the teacher to be active in promoting blog for their class to modernize traditional writing class, and motivating students to grasp the latest IT in their education.
1.2 Participants
This workshop is intended to junior or senior high school English teachers at Surabaya, but it also opens for all the teachers, educator, public sector, even students. As this workshop is also applied workshop, so the number of participants are limited up to fifty participants. It prevents a non-maximum application of blog on online computers is the participants have to share the computers with others and also to ensure the maximum guidance from instructor during creating blog. Because of the limited seat, the committee has priority for the respective teachers who are invited by the committee. However, this term changes if until the closing date, the capacity is not fully filled.

1.3 Presenters
There are two presenters joining this workshop; they are Ms. ESulistya. M.Sc M.TESOL and Mr. Bayu Cakra Putra, S.Kom MOS. The first one is a senior lecturer and head Educational Technology Center (ETC) at Universitas Harapan, specified in IT Development while the second is the IT Programmer at PT. TELKOM Divre V Jatim under Education Division. Ms. Sulistya delivers the presentation on BLOG for ESL class and ESL writing class while Mr. Bayu concern more on the application of the blog. The committee selected those two persons as they are qualified for delivering the materials. Indeed, Pusat Pemerhati Pendidikan Indonesia (P3I) has a MoU with Universitas Harapan in supervising education. Then, Mr.Bayu is representative of TELKOM–SPEEDY as the sponsorship and internet provider during workshop.
1.4 In Event

Itinerary a One–Day Workshop on Blogging
Let’s Blog Your ESL Class
Saturday, 16 September 2006

Time Event
08.00

Registration
08.00 – 08.15
Opening Workshop by the Head of Pusat Pemerhati Pendidikan Indonesia (P3I)
08.15 – 08.30
Ice Breakers “Color My World”
08.30 – 10.30
“What can blog do for my ESL class?” presented by Ms. ESulistya. M.Sc M.TESOL
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.00
Tutorial “Creating a Blog in Three Easy Steps” presented by Mr. Bayu Cakra Putra, S.Kom MOS
12.00 – 13.00
Buffet Lunch
13.00 – 14.30
“Promoting Blog in ESL Writing Class?” presented by Ms. ESulistya. M.Sc M.TESOL
14.30 – 16.00
Creating Class Blog (Application) guided by Mr. Bayu Cakra Putra, M.Ing
16.00 – 16.15
Distributing questionnaires
16.15 – 16.30
Closing and certificate

Fee

: Rp 150.000,00
Facilities
: Seminar kit, coffee break, buffet lunch,
certificate, internet access by speedy (4 hours)
Information &
Registration
: www.p3i.ac.id
tin_edublog@p3i.ic.id
+62 (31) 8721731 fax: 8721741
Bank account
: Yayasan Pemerhati Pendidikan Indonesia (P3I)

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MANAGEMENT TEAM
Workshop on “Let’s Blog Your ESL Class” ran by Pusat Pemerhati Pendidikan Indonesia (P3I) and sponsored by TELKOM Speedy, Surabaya Plaza Hotel, and Blogger.com. This workshop is handled by a MANAGEMENT TEAM, consisting three person in charge (PIC), and below is the job description of management team
1. Marketing, Promotion, Publication, Registration & Information
This person deals with the matters above in which she takes care of promoting the workshop to teachers’ community through advertisement on newspaper, ads lip on local radio, contacting some respective junior and senior high chools, distributing flyer and poster in some bookstores, schools, courses, and ducational institutions. Indeed, she also handles the process of registration, contacting the participants, delivering further information about workshop.
2. Sponsorship, Presenter, and Treasury
This second person can be considered as the Chairman as she has to work earlier in selecting the presenters of the workshop, seeking and lobbying some ponsorship to support the workshop run well. She also becomes a treasury in which all the money circulation should be recognized and she opens a bank account for the workshop fee.
3. Technical Support (Sound System, Decoration and Room setting, Aid Equipment, Supplying handout, and Catering)
This person in charge of supplying and maintaining all the technical supports, ranging from contacting the sound system provider, providing and checking the aid for presentation, setting the room and stage, and checking the availability of the handout. This person also should ensure that the accommodation for participant is ready on the d-day.

ICE BREAKERS “Color My World”
Objective: to attempt to match a color choice with a partner
Time Required: five to ten minutes
Group Size: an unlimited number of participants, who will work in pairs
Materials: none
Preparation: none
Process
1. Instruct the participants to form pairs, facing one another
2. Explain that you will conduct a game similar to the old favorite, “Rock, Paper, Scissors”, except that participants will choose to say one of three colors. Say that, upon hearing the announcement, “1, 2, 3, Color!”, each person is to look at his or her partner and simultaneously say of the following colors: red, white, or blue. This process is to be repeated every time you make the announcement. The objective is too see how many times the partner can match their individual choices.
3. Make the announcement, “1, 2, 3, Color!”, then wait a few seconds and repeat the statement. Repeated this process several times
4. Have the participants change partners and conduct the procedure again. Repeat the sequence as many times as desired
Discussion
· How long did it take for you to begin to get “in sync” (synchronized) with your partner?
· How does a person individual style of behavior affect interpersonal encounters?
· In what ways can we associate this activity with our work situations?

REFERENCES
Campell, Aaron. 2003. Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes. Available at: http://www.iteslj.org/Techniques/Campell-Weblogs.html. Retrieved on July 20, 2006

Johnson, Andrew. 2004. Creating a Writing Course Utilizing Class and Students Blogs. Available at: http://www.iteslj.org./Techniques/Johnson-Blogs. Retrieved on July 20, 2006

Stanley, Graham. 2005. Blogging for ELT. Available at http://www.bbbc.co.uk Retrieved on August 28, 2006.

Ukens, Lorraine L. 2000. Energize Your Audience! 75 quick activities that get them started…and keep them going. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer

How do you say that?

Hi buddy…. see you again here in English corner. Frankly speaking, during our daily conversation we frequently use non-standard Indonesia terms; such as kantong kempes atau bokek, emang gue pikirn (EGP), jaim, jayuz, sok tahu, and etc. And can you find the synonym of similar term in English? The answer is YES…However, English below is not the standard one too but they are common for daily conversation. Try it now… and feel the difference…Prepare your gut to shake your spoken English skill.

Here are some examples

1. Tong Pes (Kantong Kempes): to be flat broke. I was really flat broke when my friend invited me to her birthday so that I just brought nothing
2. Uang panas: hot money; illegal money. I can lend you some money as this is hot money and I have to transfer it this evening.
3. Bayar dewe: to go Dutch (everyone pays own meal). Wanna go to Pizza Hut tonight? But it is a Dutch treat
4. BeTe: lonely-needing a friend. I am so lonely. I am needing a friend to share all my problems.
5. Curhat: heart-to heart talk. Don’t be shy. You can talk heart-to-heart to me and let me keep your secret.
6. Hidung belang/ mata keranjang; a womanizer. Be careful if you fall in love with that guy as he is a womanizer.
7. Cuci mata: sightseeing, window shopping. Let’s have sightseeing on the weekend to release your stress after hard days of studying.
8. Emang Gue Pikirin (EGP): whatever. I don’t care. Whatever you do, I really don’t care because you are not my friend anymore.
9. Cewek impian: imaginary diva. Rahmad dreams that Krisdayanti is his imaginary diva.
10. Jaim: to keep up with the Jones. You should keep up with the Jones in front of your new boyfriend.
11. Jayuz: telling jokes that is not funny. That person is odd. I think she always telling jokes that are not really funny to us.
12. Kapok: Once bitten twice shy. Lets bit him once and he will shy twice. You know he is an annoying person
13. Kambing hitam: scape goat. Poor Ronny! He became a scape goat in that case.
14. Mimpi kali ye: only in your dream, dream on it. I think you dream on it. It is possible to pass the test as you don’t study hard.
15. Minggir donk: watch out; move over; excuse me. Watch out! My big monster (sport car) is running over the limited speed.
16. Mo tahu aja lu: You are just curious. I dislike Rani. She is just so curious and wanna know everything that should not known.
17. Naksir: to have a crash on someone. I really have a crash on Hady but I really don’t have any gut to express it.
18. Sok tahu: smart allect; Mr. Know it all. He is pretended as Mr.Know it all but in fact he just knows nothing.
19. Resek: very annoying. I don’t wanna make friendship with her. She is very annoying
20. Kawin lari: to elope. Don’t elope my daughter or you will send to a jail.

Encarta English

Hi..guys, have you ever heard the word ENCARTA? I wish most of you know this feature for assisting you in learning as this feature looks like encylopedia. Encarta is a digital multimedia encyclopedia published and updated frequently by Microsoft Corporation. As of 2005, the complete English version, Encarta Premium, consists of more than 68,000 articles, numerous images and movies, and homework tools, and is available on the World Wide Web by yearly subscription or by purchase on multiple CD-ROMs or DVD-ROM. Many articles can also be viewed online for free, a service supported by advertisements. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta)
Through this virtual means, I can browse everything about the world just on a click. Telling the truth, I am so glad if I posses this virtual means at my own PC; however, it seems impossible since I have to prepare the requirement to have handy internet.

Enhance your presentation through MINDJET

Teaching Learning Activities (TLA) of English nowdays is undergoes the technology and it is merely called E-Learning. Many educational institution have been applying this method. E-Learning can cover the obstacle of TLA; they are time and pace. This E-Learning can be conducted in flexible time so the student-teacher interaction is not limited the space and time. Both of them can access the TLA whenever and wherever as long as they have computer access.
As the teacher, we must to be initiative in creating the environment of TLA through E-Learning. In delivering material, teacher can use powerpoint that widely used over the world. Now, there is a software that can help you to present the material; it is called MINDJET-MINDMANAGER. This software can alter the powerpoint as it offers several benefits for presentation. Basically the features of this software is merely similiar to powerpoint.
Wanna explore it, just try it out and get the benefit on it.