1.4 Reflection
The steps on this phase can be listed as follows;
a. Giving the questionnaire about problems they
face in the first cycle. b.
Evaluating the number of student‟s posting for each classes.
c. Discussing the problem of internet connection
with some students. d.
Discussing about the next activity on Edmdo which is posting a recount text.
e. Asking some students to bring their own
modem. f.
Discussing the problem of internet connection with the IT staff.
The activity in the first cycle was focused for making account and posting self introduction on Edmodo.
It is found that students respond positively on this task. It can be seen from the number of students who write
posting and the interaction among them. With regard to the problem they face during the first activity, it seems
that internet problem and the group code are the biggest problem faced by the students.
In evaluating the number of students posting, he discussed with several students and asked them about
some problems they face when they used Edmodo. From the evaluation, it can be found that in the first activity they
did not bring laptop or gadgets so that they were not able to make account on Edmodo. From the discussion, the
teacher asked the students to make account on Edmodo using their personal computer at home and gave them the
group code to be used for making personal account.
In this phase, the writer tried to overcome the problems by discussing about the internet connection with
the IT staff in Al- Azhar BSD. From the discussion, it can be taken into consideration that students should bring their
own modem hence they are able to get connected to the
internet and able to access the internet with the high-speed connection.
The problem in the internet connection occurred due to students access the Wi-Fi at the same time, so that
it makes the server busy and resulting slow internet connection. Having discussed with some IT staffs, the
writer asked the students to bring their own modem for the next activity. He also discussed with several students
related to this problem to make sure that the students did not mind to do such a thing.
To sum up, the evaluation in the first cycle started from the plan up to reflection had been made by the
writer. It is because there are some shortages found in each phase. In the planning phase for instance, for the
next activity, he tried to divide students into small group and gave students different group code.
He also evaluated student‟s interest to use Edmodo since the next activity is the core activity in which
students were asked to post recount text and gave feedback to others. And the main evaluation from the first
cycle was about the internet connection. This is a common thing happened when ICT based activity brought into the
classroom. To overcome the problem, he asked students to bring their own modem, or at least they had their gadgets
supported with the access to the internet. Due to the group division in the second cycle, he asked each group which is
consist of 4-5 students to bring at least 2 gadgets. They can be a smart phone, tablet computer, or laptop.
In this first cycle, the writer gave questionnaire to the students to know student‟s responses and it is used by
the teacher as a self assessment related to the writing activity planned by the teacher in the classroom. From the
questionnaire result, it can be found that 60 students thought that it was difficult to make account on Edmodo.
And there are some factors arise they are slow internet connection and they forgot the group code given by the
teacher.In the first cycle, He also asked another English
teacher to observe teaching learning activity. The result can be seen below.
Table 4.3 Form of Observation in the First Cycle
Note: 1 = Poor
2 = Enough 3 = Good
4 = Very Good This observation form was used by another English
teacher Mr. Bambang Untoro to know how well the writer in conducting teaching learning activity using Edmodo. The writer
also discussed with Mr. Bambang about the activity, and asked for the feedback to improve the next activity which is conducted
in the second cycle. From the table, it can be seen that in general the writer had successfully conducted teaching learning activity
using Edmodo micro-blogging.
NO Activity
4 3
2 1
1 Apperception
√ 2
Explanation √
3 Grouping Technique
√ 4
Test, quiz √
5 Evaluation
√ 6
Rewardpunishment √
7 Authentic Assessment
√ 8
Reflection √
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