FOURTH DAY - ADOBE INDESIGN (August 25, 2013)

Adobe InDesign is a newer version of Adobe PageMaker, a desktop publishing program. What does that mean?? Well, it means that both are tools to be used for design and layout purposes. InDesign is the perfect choice for making any document that needs some creative layout, from posters to newspapers. It offers all kinds of features to modify your text and images, which can work together in interesting ways to create a unique and professional design. In our 4th Sunday of our class, I learned about the use of Adobe In-design which we made an online newsletter. This is what I am excited of that's why I enrolled in this course. At first, I was confused on how to do it or how I make use of it. But later on, I understand the process. It's somewhat like the Photoshop. I've been using Photoshop for layouting birthdays, etc. There are things that the two have the same features. Adobe In-design have many features than the Microsoft Publisher. It is nice to use it in making newsletter, yearbook, etc. Knowing this application, it gave me an idea to make an online story book because it's like a book by just flipping the page and making different cards with beautiful design on it. It give me the chance to create an online story book about my life. I wonder if anyone likes to read it or just have to scan it..Hahaha... Oh, but I just have to download it to create an online story books. I’m just very excited to use and create different designs. I had realized that through this application, my online newsletter will be seen not just locally but internationally. They can be aware what’s happening in our society and they can also critique. It can make me famous if I will do my very best to do it. It can attract to all the readers to read my newsletter, and stories. Perhaps, there will be some people that will request me to do some work in line with this application. For that, it can be my part time job and receive income through this. Not that bad. If God bless me to have my own business, well, I can use this InDesign to market my business by creating pictures and designs so it will be possible that I can have a foreigner costumer. Quite possible! As what I’ve said, it will be very helpful to my life and for the others. It is a great thing for me to learn this application since I am very fond of computers that's why my eyes getting teary because of constant exposure to it. I realize that since we should utilize the computer, why not use it to improve my teaching. But sad to say, I was assigned in far plunged area where signal is hard to reach. Even my pupils can hardly eat three times a day. How can this technology help them? This advancement of technology is just good for those who can afford, and for those who have the access.

THIRD SUNDAY - GMAIL, TWITTER, AND POWERPOINT (August 11, 2013)

In our third Sunday of our class, we made an account in Gmail and twitter. We had fun in adding friends and sending messages to each other. We exchanged emails so that it will be very easy for us to send mails. We are given opportunities to meet new people and friends in our own and also in the other diverse communities across the world. By doing so, we can become friends or fans of the profile, and will be updated on current events, specials, and other essential information that the masses would like to share. Since we have done with our MS Word Exercises, we sent it to our instructor that day using the Gmail instead of printing. Just a bit of seconds, all our activities has been sent.

We had also experience the MS PowerPoint though I have already knowledge on it and created numbers of slides for reporting and projects. Microsoft PowerPoint is such a great tool used for so many things. You can create a slide for a report of presentation that will be easily to discuss and have very nice colourful effects and transitions that can motivate and caught attention to your viewer. You can put videos and music on it. Just about anything! It is very fun, creative, and useful.

As we all know, online testing can bring a lot of benefits to assessment: time-saving, flexible and economical. One application I learned was the use of Wondershare QuizCreator which you can create an online test to measure the knowledge of the takers. For making an interactive Flash test, it can be one of the most suitable ways. Especially to my job, it is really useful to me in testing my pupils. Aside from its big time-saving, it can minimize the cheating between them because they have to focus to their questions. Another very good thing about it, you can also randomized the questions and the option to every takers so there’s no need for them to ask questions to their seatmates. Besides, there will be allotted time to each questions. You can put as many questions as you want up to 9 question styles. After they answered the questions, they are going to submit it and they will know their result just a bit of second after clicking the submit so less burden to the teachers or the testers to check the test. I am so glad our instructor taught me about this. Very helpful and motivating!