Developing Stage of Cycle 1

35 fact, the researcher had to remind the students continuously, so that they would not forget to comment on their friends’ work. They were asked to focus on the content, grammar, and the arrangement of the story. Before they gave comments, the researcher had already written the comments as an example for them. After that, the students followed the researcher to give some comments using their own words and their own thought. As a result, their responses were so good, it can be seen from the following picture. Figure 3.1 Students’ comment After the students received some comments from their friends and the researcher, they had to review the comments whether it was correct or not. Then, after they reviewed their mistakes, they had to revise their story. So, from the comments given, they knew what to revise and they would not repeat it in the next writing task. In this activity, students’ grammar knowledge also improved well and they could actively participate on it. 36

d. Reflecting Stage of Cycle 2

In the last meeting, the researcher still reminded the students to rewrite their story after they gained the comments from other students. Also the researcher kept asking students to give comments on other students’ work. Since the students got more explanation on grammatical construction, they could minimize their grammatical mistakes on their story. Moreover, most of the students gave comments on other students’ story about grammar. Because of the regular uses, the students could operate Edmodo well and effectively. The media, for accessing Edmodo such as Android and the internet connection, were prepared well. The researcher also noticed that the students who had finished and mastered on the use of Edmodo, they helped their friends who had not done yet. Moreover, they also lent their media such as laptop even their Android to their friends. Furthermore, some students also explored the features provided in Edmodo, one of them asked the researcher whether they could connect to other students in this school. She also asked about educational games in Edmodo. Actually they could connect to other students as long as they also had an Edmodo account. Then, if they connect to the teachers around this world, they could find learning games in Edmodo. In addition, the students also implemented Edmodo for sharing information about teacher’s availability in the school. At that time, there was a teacher who had a meeting outside the school, so the captain of the class informed the students in Edmodo that the class would be free. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI