# THIRD DAY ICT CLASS EDU 7130

Assalamualaikum.

In today’s class, Dr. Mohaida started with an exercise where we have to answer questions about Hot Potatoes, Instructional Process and Addie Model. At first, I had problem to answer the questions as I did not read the articles given by Dr. Mohaida and referring to books was not allowed. Luckily, I had prior knowledge about all the three elements above. Dr. Mohaida was very kindhearted to let us to refer to books, but I was still with my decision to answer with my own knowledge. When the time came for discussing the answer, I learnt a lot from her and can add my knowledge about the three elements. I also knew where was I lacking in three elements.

Here what I gained from the class:

Hot Potatoes, although it is an old application, but it is really useful for the teachers. It is so easy to use and this application has five tools which are,

Hot Potatoes

1) JQUIZ – For creating quiz where the teacher can create MCQ and True or False questions.

2) JCLOZE – For creating fill in the blank questions

3) JCROSS – For creating crossword puzzle

4) JMIX – To create scrabble exercsie

5) JMATCH – To create matching exercise.

All these five tools are really compatible to teaching as it can be put into ascending level of difficulty. It is also fun for the students to finish the exercise. Other than that, the teachers can put instant feedback and hint for each question.

              As for steps in Instructional Technology, it is based on Alepsi and Trollips, where there are four instructional process which are:

1) Present: Teach and explain to the students about the topic

2) Guidance – Giving example to the students.

3) Practice – Giving exercises which are not graded to see students’ understanding

4) Assessment – Graded assessment which consists of formative and summative assessment.

These four steps are very important in instructional process. Skipping one step can affect the students’ understanding towards the topic. As a teacher, we must follow this step in order to provide the students with quality teaching.

              Last but notleast, ADDIE model. The ADDIE model is the generic process traditionally used by instructional designers and training developers. The five phases—Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation—represent a dynamic, flexible guideline for building effective training and performance support tools.

ADDIE Model

1) Analysis – Analyze the needs of the students and how to teach them effectively.

2) Design – Design the objectives and lessons of the teaching.

3) Develop - Develop the lesson through lesson plan by stating the goals and objectives of the lessons. May go back to design phase again if something goes wrong.

4) Implement – To deliver the lesson to the students based on the development of the lesson plan

5) Evaluation – Evaluate the students understanding and performance by giving exercises or test. Formative and summative assessment may be used.

All in all, if we can use all of these above in class, we can provide the students with effective teaching hence enhancing the students’ understanding. As a teacher we must understand the concept of ADDIE and Instructional Process in order to develop a good lesson for the students. As for Hot Potatoes, it is a really useful application which will enhance the teachers’ delivery in class.