Observation: In this phase, the writer did the

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.

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