Rab was back and in the fifth period, we had three guests from Ritsumeikan University.
One of the guests was the prefessor who gave a lecture for us in our Language Education class (GE).
We first graded our own PWT as a second checker. As some of the others in CB notice in blog posts, I didn't think it a good way either because we students wrote what we thought was the best response to the questions in PWT. So when grading, it is less likely that we spot the mistakes because we believe that our answers are right. The grade will be more accurate when an ELP teacher grades as a seconperson. It wouldn't also make sense if a third check will be done anyways, when the previous two are too different. Students might be able to gain a little bit more than now if grading other's PWT, but for now, I don't agree with having student himself to grade as a second person.
In class, we also used a software called "Sentenceworks" to edit our essays. It found many of my grammar mistakes so in that way, it was useful. It did not, however, point out mistakes in the contents, so I expect "Criterion", the second software Rab had introduced, to do that part of work. After all, we are gunniea pigs!:)
Then Rab showed us several websites which articles were written through fewer filters, compared to other major media like CNN. I will try to check those pages, but not forget that it is not that there are no bias in those websites. The 'Unreasonable Man' catched my eye. Are there any politician in Japan like Ralph Nader??
At the end, we practiced making a presentation with Powerpoint on Google docs. Since I have learned how to use Powerpoint in high school, the system itself was not new to me, but to insert videos directly from YouTube and setting picture behind letters were surprising! Above all, not to put too many texts in a slide so that audience will listen to you was the most affective warning for me.
This weekend, I have tons of homeworks to getrid of:( :( :(..............
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