SERVICE LEARNING

unit 1.2 11/08/2016

service learning is participation in an organised service activity that meets to the needs of the community. Reflection on service learning  is the ability to stand back from an experience and discover the connections between actions and their effect. In this instance i stood back from the experience of providing a service to community. from service learning i came to realize that service learning  needs to be planned and pre-organized before the event is eventually executed. I believe that service learning has helped students develop the habit of critical reflection, deepen their their understanding of course content, enable them to integrate with practice, sharpen their ideas creatively, enhance their skills in working collaboratively and learn.

As i reflect on action, i can tell that my group did accordingly as planned, the only challenge we were facing is that the group of children we had were not willing to play games we brainstormed for them. i believe we need should have planned thoroughly me and my group so that the service could be successful.

THE UNMENTIONED MIGHT OF A WOMAN

The article titled ''The Unmentioned Might of a Woman '' by Zoeloe is written from a man's point of view or from a narrator's perspective of praising a woman. The narrator consider or perceives a woman as a powerful person towards a man's life. Although, it is was seeming really but not necessary that there times where the man can be annoyed by some of the typical female characteristics.

This article indicates gender imbalances, according to the article that women have more power than men, women are men's pillar of strength, and they can influence a man as much as possible because men's powers are swallowed by their pride. The author also feels that women are special beings than men are. and therefore women should be praised and honored every day for their presence.

I agree, the article clearly portrayed men as patriarch, men are the one who are capable to make a decision for the family often and I also support the author's claim that men hide their feelings behind well-built barriers made of emotionless expressions, which are then mistakenly identified as power despite the fact that by not facing their emotions, they are then unable handle them when push actually comes to shove – leaving them filled with emotions which clouds their judgement. However not all men are sexist as claimed by the writer.

The style of writing of the writer is effective, word choice of the writer is outstanding as when I read the article I became able to visualize the sentences and because it is written in figurative form that had evoke my emotions. The format style of article is unique-making the article drawing more attention from targeted audience. The writer in order to express or describe his feelings he chose narrative style making the entire article readable and understable.

WEBLOGS AS AN EMERGING GENRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

According to the Jo Ann Oravec , weblogs or bloggers are valuable in higher education as they can help students place the various emerging hypertext variations with older media in wider context of ''media ecology''. Experimentation with and discourse on weblogs can also stimulate student interest in lager notions of the social construction of information as well as presentation  of self(and perhaps also make plagiarism less attractive), as students explicitly link to each other's works in a format that fosters currency,individuality,and critical commentary. Weblogs students  to develop literacy skills, critical thinking skills, knowledge construction ability, cooperative learning, and academic development. The weblogs does not only benefit students,it also enhance educators as it give them opportunities to familiarize themselves with various online material.

I barely have enough experience about blogs. i just do not see its uniqueness from other technological applications such as Facebook. Apart from that it is not easy to access. Well from the little experience i have about blogs, i am enjoying reading others point of views based on the certain topic,reading my peers past experience and the fact that weblogs can be used as a learning tool in higher education especial for distance education. i have come to realized since bloggers were introduced to me i am motivated to write in format of my choice and do research ans also read other person researches. It interest me to share with others and to draw them into a conversation about what the blogger has written. In essence they are inviting feedback on their thoughts, ideas and reflections. what i also love about blogging is that it is reducing the risk of plagiarism.

Just to say i am looking forward to explore in this world of bloggers.

In order to improve blogs to make them a meaningful learning tool for students, i would recommend that using weblogs in university to be mandatory in university to motivate student.Weblogs should be easily accessible and access control should be set to private. student should use weblogs as learning journal, where students reflect about what they learning. Teachers should encourage students to participate in weblog and discussion groups and to draw information from sources other than the textbook, this can help students increase the thinking skill. In so doing this weblogs can be one of the most important tools for learning.