IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY USING POSTER MEDIA FOR SECOND GRADE HEARING DISABLE AT SMALB

The objective of the study is to improve vocabulary in children with special need. The researchers have chosen the object in the school because, the school has lack of learning media and teachers. This research used the "Poster" as a media, in addition the poster can make the students more interest to learn. The researchers using Poster media with a carton paper converted into a tree viewer and students are required to fill in a blank section of the tree shape based on a pre- existing question on the poster containing the Vocabulary subject Noun and Verb. Vocabulary with visuals so that they are easier to learn which tend to be limited by the ability they (deaf students) have. The researchers used Class room Action Research (CAR).The steps in action research (planning, action, observation, and reflection) are done in a cycle. This method is one of the active learning strategy by involving students to always study English learning especially The results of this research showed that the poster media can improve the vocabulary of the students and the students more interested to learn vocabulary.Keywords: Vocabulary Understanding, Deaf, poster Media

PhyD3: a phylogenetic tree viewer with extended phyloXML support for functional genomics data visualization

Motivation:Comparative and evolutionary studies utilise phylogenetic trees to analyse and visualise biological data. Recently, several web-based tools for the display, manipulation, and annotation of phylogenetic trees, such as iTOL and Evolview, have released updates to be compatible with the latest web technologies. While those web tools operate an open server access model with a multitude of registered users, a feature-rich open source solution using current web technologies is not available.Results:Here, we present an extension of the widely used PhyloXML standard with several new options to accommodate functional genomics or annotation datasets for advanced visualization. Furthermore, PhyD3 has been developed as a lightweight tool using the JavaScript library D3.js to achieve a state-of-the-art phylogenetic tree visualisation in the web browser, with support for advanced annotations. The current implementation is open source, easily adaptable and easy to implement in third parties’ web sites.Availability:More information about PhyD3 itself, installation procedures, and implementation links are available at http://phyd3.bits.vib.be and at http://github.com/vibbits/phyd3/.Contact:[email protected]

Evolution of Interaction Style Using a Multimedia Conferencing Application

Multimedia conferencing applications provide all the functional complexity of an audio conference with the added requirement of managing different media: voice, data and video. Such a fully-featured interface can be challenging to learn. In an effort to answer these questions, this study examined the evolution of interaction style as users learned a new multimedia conferencing application. The interface provided menus, an icon toolbar, an outline (tree) viewer, and a conference room metaphor. Results indicate that across sessions, a predominant interaction style was evident for each task. Also, each user developed a preferred interaction style. Deviations from the typical interaction style can be interpreted as instances of particularly intuitive or particularly unusable aspects of the interface.