Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The forth also the last week in Hawaii

A mixed feeling comes to my mind but I think other members in our team are also the same. We are really between the line of feeling. One is very happy because we are going to back to our home countries where our families are counting days and time to see us after 3 months away. The other is sad. Three months is not long enough to love all but not too short to forget. Of course, there may be some disagreements happening among us during the time of studying and working together. However, deeply in each of our heart, I totally believe that we all keep at least a very beautiful memory about each member in the group. Hope this project will last long and our friendship will be forever.

The first day is a day of many small activities.
In the morning, we are introduced to the Copyright which is very important in U.S. but I think it is not paid much attention to in our country. Thanks to today lesson, we know that there are many thing related to using or quoting others' works. They can be
1. Copyright: we have to ask for permission or pay for using the others' product.
2. FairUse: we can use others' work without paying but  just for educational purposes only or just quote a little from their works for our educational projects.
3. Creative Common: there are four common signs on this but I am not really sure about the. I must ask the professor for clarifying in tomorrow class.
4. Open sources: there are many sources especially soft wares that are open online. All people can use them but upgrade them day by day.
The afternoon is fantastic because we learn many things related to Gmail. It is unbelievable that there are so many applications in Gmail that I have never known before.
1. Hangout: an application that people can use to chat together.
2. Site: to design simple personal website.
Then, we also have a chance a work with Wordle. It is a nice software which I think English teachers can use especially in their writing class. By using Wordle, students can realize whether they use a particular so many times or not. If so, they can back to their assignment and change them to the synonyms. Thanks to that, I think their writing styles will be better and the vocabulary will be richer day by day.
Here is the website that you all can try it free: www. Wordle.com


The second only the last day of learning. I feel a little sad and regretful when hearing the professor announces that today is the class day of learning. The day after for voting and sharing our blog as well as preparing for the final project presentation. The last day is for group presentations.
Today, we also learn many interesting things. However, I got stuck here and can't say anything about this class day.

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