Using Social Media to Maximize Students’ Learning Outcomes
With the emergence of various types of educational technologies the teachers’ role has become more of the facilitator instead of machine of delivering lectures. Today students have access to various sophisticated digital technologies and its use gets appreciation since businesses and other organizations expect graduates to be expert in new technologies.Since the use of social media has changed many things the manner people communicate and interact, this article highlights the scope and efforts to use social media to enhance learning experiences of undergraduates at Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST).Students’ responses to the new technologies have been incorporated to guide future course of actions. Since use of social media into a teaching assignment requires considerable time and effort by the teacher, nonetheless, experience of faculty in their efforts to use social media in the teaching of traditional courses has also been focused upon.
The Use of PowToon As Media to Reduce Teacher’s Anxiety in Teaching EFL Class
In improving the quality of teaching, several factors must be to pay attention to. One of the factors at issue is anxiety, which is a significant problem in the classroom. Anxiety often occurs in inexperienced teachers. It makes teaching ineffective in terms of providing information to students. The consequences of anxiety in learning have an impact on discomfort in learning. With today's developing technology, this problem can be reduced, especially on the anxiety factor in the learning process. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of using the PowToon application in reducing teacher anxiety in teaching EFL classes. This literature study used eight papers studying the effect of the use of PowToon and similar E-media in teaching. The findings of this study indicate that PowToon provides many advantages in learning. Because PowToon is one of the media that can make it easier for teachers to teach and explain. With the help of PowToon, the application can also make students innovative because learning does not feel bored with monotonous learning situations. The findings show that using media with PowToon can reduce anxiety, increase teacher confidence, and make learning more enjoyable. Thus, this research can provide information for teachers who has less confidence in teaching
From student to therapist: exploring the first year of practice.
OBJECTIVES
The transition from classroom to clinical practice challenges many health professional students. This study used a phenomenological approach to explore the lived experience of rehabilitation students during their final placement and first year of practice.


METHOD
Students (n = 6) in occupational therapy and physical therapy wrote reflective journals every 2 weeks during their final fieldwork placement and first year of practice. The researchers independently analyzed the journals for common themes. An independent peer completed a blind analysis of two journals. Data were also compared with published first-person accounts of novice practitioners.


RESULTS
The lived experience of the first year of practice included four consecutive stages: Transition, Euphoria and Angst, Reality of Practice, and Adaptation. Themes from the journals included great expectations, competence, politics, shock, education, and strategies.


CONCLUSION
Recognizing the stages in the process of transition from student to therapist may assist in educational curriculum development and clinical support and supervision for new graduates. Educators need to continue to make education practice relevant while maintaining a theoretical perspective.