writer informed the students and asked them to use change their profile picture and uses their real name.
1.5 Data Analysis in the Third Cycle
1. In this third cycle all the plan made by the
writer had been successfully conducted. Albeit there still found some shortages
found in its application he came up to the conclusion that the main objective in this
activity can be applied for intriguing students to write based on their own pace.
2. ERP group which is made by the teacher
seems to be useful to encourage students in writing. In this case, they are given the
opportunity to experience a free-writing activity.
3. From the questionnaire result, it can be
found that they believe that they can improve their writing if they participate
actively in the ERP group.
4. From the observation on ERP group, the
writer found that not all students took a part on ERP group. And having discussed
with several students who did not follow ERP group, arouse several
reasons regarding to this issue. The first was some
students were not accustomed so they were afraid for having discussion on ERP group.
Second was they were not confident and confused to write something related to the
character they wish to play on ERP group.
5. In this third cycle, they were able to write
and express their idea freely since the ERP group was intentionally made to facilitate
those who want to write something differently. However, there must be some
evaluation reflected to the fact that not all
students were brave to take a part on ERP group.
6. Related to some shortages found in this
third cycle, the writer plan to have another activity which can be used and followed by
the all students. He also tried to have a collaborative teaching with another English
teacher.
4. Cycle IV
4.1 Plan: Having discussed and shared the experienced
of the three previous cycles, as the steps of improvement, the writer discussed and shared the result to another
English teacher who also use Edmodo in teaching writing. He took a part on the discussion in the teacher‟s forum on
Edmodo so called “Our Globas Classroom” which is created by Mrs. Dale from Alabama, USA. From the
discussion, it is resulted to do another project on Edmodo in which students are encouraged to do collaborative
writing activity such as pen-pal activity. An activity in which students from Al-Azhr BSD collaborated to
Alabama Senior High School Students. And the steps on this phase can be listed as follows;
a.
Discussing the steps with Mrs. Nira Dale.
b. Asking students from both classes to posting
their writing on the specific group called
“OUR GLOBAL CLASSROOM”
c. Asking students to change their profile and
greet one another. The screenshot can be seen below.
4.2 Action: The steps on this phase can be listed as
follows;
a.
Moderating student‟s postings.
b. Asking student‟s to discuss about teen dating and
post the result on “Our Global Classroom” group.
c. Posting video tutorial about the task teen dating
on Edmodo.
d. Asking students to give comment or response
about the topic being discussed. The screenshot can be seen below.
In this phase, the writer tried to moderate students‟ posting since the activity were followed
by two schools they are from Al-Azhar BSD and from Alabama Senior High School. The topic
discussed was about teen dating. In this activity students were asked to give opinion which is based
on the scientific reason about the teen dating. They are hoped to come up with the answer whether
teen dating was a potential dangerous or harmless fun?
In doing the activity, students were divided into several groups and asked to do small research
within group about the topic. Each group consisted from 4 up to 5 students. In this phase, the writer
collaborates with Mrs. Dale to give instruction to the students. In giving the instruction, she had
conducted a Skype session in the classroom so that the students can easily grasp the instruction for
doing collaborative writing activity.
From the discussion with Mrs. Dale, there some points should be taken into consideration.
The first was about rules on “Our Global Classroom” group should be followed by all
students. It was about sharing personal facebook or twitter account which must be avoided during the
discussion. The second was about choosing best
five responses from Al-Azhar BSD and Alabama Senior High School to be shown on Mrs. Dale
personal blog. And the screen shot can be seen as follow.
Picture 4.10 Collaborative Writing Activity
4.3 Observation: The steps on this phase can be listed as
follows; a.
Observe student‟s activity on Our Global
Classroom group.
b. Helping students in doing the small research
about the given topic.