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Narrative Research in Educational Research

2012-02-22T16:06:00.000+08:00

Narrative research is the study of how different humans experience the world around them, and it uses a methodology that allows people to tell stories of their "storied lives."1 Narrative researchers collect data about people's lives and collaboratively construct a narrative (written account) about the individual's experiences and the meaning they attribute to the experiences.

Narrative research has a long history in such diverse disciplines as literature, history, art, film, theology, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, sociology, sociolinguistics, and education, and as such does not fit neatly into any single scholarly field. Within the field of education, a number of recent trends have influenced the development of narrative research:

The increased emphasis in the past 15 years on teacher reflection, teacher research, and self-study
The increased emphasis on teacher knowledge. For example, what teachers know, how they think, how they develop professionally, and how they make decisions in the classroom
The increased emphasis on empowering teacher voices in the educational research process through collaborative educational research efforts

1 "Stories and Experience and Narrative Inquiry." by E.M. Connelly and D. J. Clandinin, 1990, Educational Research, 19 (5), p. 2.

Defining a Population in Educational Research

2012-02-18T00:01:00.000+08:00

The first step in sampling is to define the population to which results will be generalizable. Examples of population are all 9th-grade students in Indonesia, all gifted elementary school children in Makassar, all first grade students in Indonesia who have physical disabilities and have participated in pre-school training, and other based on your need. These examples illustrate two important points about populations. First, population may be virtually any size and may cover almost any geographical area. Second, the entire group of interest to the researcher is rarely available. Thus, a distinction is made between the population, and the population from which the researcher would ideally like to generalize study results, the target population, and the population from which the researcher can realistically select subjects, which is known as the accessible population or available population. In most studies the chosen population is generally a realistic choice (i.e., accessible), not an idealistic one (i.e., target).

Suppose you decide to do a study of high school principal's opinions about having their students attend school six days a week. Suppose, also, that you wish to generalize your results to all high school principals in Indonesia. You quickly realize the difficulty of getting information from every high school principal in the Indonesia, so you decide to obtain a representative sample of all Indonesia's principals. But obtaining even this sample would be a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive effort. Your research plan must be brought into line with cold, hard reality, so you decide to study only principals in your home state. By selecting from a more narrowly defined population, you will save time and money, but you will also lose the ability to generalize about the target population. Your result will be directly generalizable to all high school principals in your home state, but not to all high school principals in the Indonesia. The key is to define your population in enough detail that others can determine how applicable your findings are to their stuation.

A description of the sample you ultimately choose should include the number of participants and demographic information about the sample (e.g., average number of years teaching, percentage of each gender of racial group, level of education, achievement level). The type of demographic information reported depends on the sample; the information used to describe a sample of teachers would be different from that used to describe a sample of students, parents, or administrators.

Quantitative Sampling in Educational Research

2012-02-14T12:56:00.002+08:00

nothingtosomething - educational research Sampling is the process of selecting a number of participants for a study in such a way that they represent the larger group from which they were selected. a sample is made up of the individuals, items, or events selected from a larger group referred to as a population. Rarely do studies gather data from the entire population.

As an example, suppose the superintendent of a large school system wanted to find out how the 3,000 teachers system felt about teacher unions, whether they would join one, and for what reasons. Interviews were determined to be the best way to collect the desired data. Clearly, it would take a very long time to interview each teacher one by one. Even if each interview took only 10 minutes, it would take a minimum of 500 hours to collect data from 3000 teachers. On the other hand, if 10%, or 300, of the teachers were interviewed, it would take only 30 hours to collect data. Assuming that the superintendent needed the information "now, not next year," the latter approach would definitely be preferable if it would yield the same information. if the sample of 300 teachers is correctly selected, the conclusions based on their interviews should be the same or very close to the conclusions based on interviews of all teachers. Of course, selecting just any 300 teachers would not be satisfactory.

In the first place, the number of elementary teachers who are female is highly disproportionate to the total number of female teachers in the district, and males might feel differently about unions. In the second place, opinions of elementary teachers might not be same as those of junior high or senior high teachers. How about interviewing 300 teachers who are member of National Education Association? Although they would probably be more representative of all 3,000 teachers, they still would not do. Many teachers who are members of National Education Association are already member of a union affiliated with that organization. It is reasonable to assume that the opinions toward unions of members and nonmembers of the National Education Association would be different, how, then, can we obtain an adequate representative sample?

There are several relatively simple sampling techniques that could be applied to select a representative sample of teachers. These procedures do not guarantee that the sample will be perfectly representative of the population, but they definitely increase the odds. Use of the procedures would also allow the superintendent to speak more confident.

In the section that follow, nothingtosomething will provide selecting random sample, determining sample size, avoiding sampling error and bias, and selecting nonrandom sample.

How to measure the weight and loading speed of the blog

2012-02-08T12:16:00.000+08:00

For those of you who want to check your blog's weight and it's loading speed, you just need to read simple tip below:

Click HERE or open it manually http://www.iwebtool.com/speed_test
Write down your blog URL in the field provided. If you have more than one blog, you can check all your blogs at once by writing it's URL per line.
Click check. If you don't see the check button, scroll down the page.
Wait for a minute for the results.

Untuk Menjadi Blogger Pro, Dot Com-kan dulu Blog Anda

2012-02-03T15:41:00.001+08:00

Menjadi seorang blogger pro adalah cita-cita saya sejak lama, dan saya yakin, beberapa dari anda juga pasti menginginkan hal yang sama. Mengapa blogger pro??? Jawabannya sederhana. Karena blogging adalah aktivitas yang menyenangkan, bisa digunakan sebagai sarana untuk memperluas jaringan pertemanan yang berlaku universal, dapat melepaskan dahaga bagi orang-orang yang haus informasi, dan yang terakhir, blog bisa dijadikan sebagai sarana pengepul rupiah. Berapa banyak yang akan Anda dapatkan jika anda ditakdirkan sebagai orang yang sukses dalam dunia blogging? Relatif. Pendapatan anda tergantung seberapa pedulinya Anda terhadap blog yang Anda kelola. Namun, dari kumpulan kisah inspiratif yang pernah saya baca, ratusan dollar bukan hal yang mustahil untuk seorang blogger pro, dan parahnya, ratusan dollar tersebut hanya dihasilkan dalam beberapa bulan saja.

Berikut ini adalah beberapa blog tersukses dunia yang berpenghasilan sangat fantastis.

TechCrunch

Blog ini memuat informasi tentang teknologi dan start up dan berpenghasilan sekitar $200.000 per bulan yang kalau dirupiahkan, bisa mencapai angka milyaran rupiah.

Mashable

Dari tag line-nya, niche dari blog ini sudah bisa ditebak. "The Social Media Guide" sudah pasti merujuk ke informasi tentang pemanfaatan media sosial. Blog ini berpenghasilan sekitar $180.000 per bulan. $180.000 itu berapa rupiah? Silahkan anda cek sendiri. Jangan kaget setelah melihat hasilnya.

PerezHilton

Blog ini berisi informasi tentang berita selebritis. Penghasilannya sekitar $140.000. Kalau dirupiahkan, masih berkutat di angka milyaran rupiah.

Daftar blog diatas adalah 3 dari ratusan bahkan ribuan blog-blog sukses dunia. Angka fantastis tersebut tentu saja ingin dimiliki oleh setiap blogger, termasuk Anda bukan?!

Ada hal unik yang saya lihat dari daftar 25 blog tersukses dunia yang pernah saya baca (3 diantaranya adalah blog yang telah saya tuliskan diatas). Keunikan tersebut terletak pada sebuah kesamaan yang dimiliki masing-masing blog. Apa persamaannya??? Jawabannya hanya satu kata, domain. Ya, ke-25 blog tersukses dunia menggunakan domain .com. Bagaimana dengan blog Anda??? Masih menggunakan embel-embel blogspot? atau wordpress? Ingin memiliki blog seperti TechCrunch, Mashable, atau Perezhilton?

Jika Anda ingin blog Anda berekstensi .com, kini Anda tidak perlu jauh-jauh memesan di luar negeri. Menggunakan jasa pembuatan domain dalam negeri merupakan hal yang bijak. Jika Anda serius, Anda bisa menghubungi Syar'ie Blogmaker. Jika saja Anda ingin berinovasi sedikit dalam hal pemilihan domain, Anda juga bisa menggunakan domain .net, .info, .biz, dll yang juga bisa Anda dapatkan di Syar'ie Blogmaker.

Kalau Anda benar-benar tertarik untuk men-dot-com-kan blog Anda, saya sarankan untuk melakukan riset sederhana dulu di beberapa mesin pencarian (google, yahoo, bing, dll). Lakukan penelitian sederhana tentang siapa saja yang menjadi pesaing Anda di dunia maya. Hal ini penting untuk mendongkrak popularitas blog Anda dan akan membuat blog Anda bisa bertahan hidup dalam persaingan. Setelah itu, buatlah Meta Keyword, Meta tag, dan deskripsi yang unik dan berbeda dengan tag dari pesaing Anda tersebut tetapi tetap dalam lingkup target niche dan sejalan dengan visi misi Anda. Setelah Anda yakin, silahkan lakukan pendaftaran dan mulailah mengejar mimpi. Kini, pondasi telah selesai, saatnya ACTION!

Biography Karni Ilyas (Bang One)

2012-01-30T21:17:00.000+08:00

Inspiring people|Biography Karni Ilyas was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, September 25, 1952. He is one of many Indonesian journalists. Karni is a graduate of the Faculty of Law University of Indonesia.

Karni began his career as a journalist for the daily Suara Karya in 1972. He then moved to Tempo magazine from 1978 to occupy the position as Managing Editor. His skill in the field of law making Karni was assigned to lead the Magazine Forum in 1991-1999. The next year, Karni holds the position as Commissioner of the magazine. He led Liputan 6 SCTV (1996-2005). On television he found the new world that was incredible for him. He was encouraged when dealing with the news deadline that could arise at any time. The new world is the reason it has the power of television jargon that is speed, speed, and speed. Within just six years, he managed to deliver Liputan 6 SCTV became the leading news program in Indonesia. Karni moved to Anteve in 2005. In 2007, he trusted to lead TV One which had just taken over the Bakrie family. At this TV station, Karni served as Director of Coverage or the chief editor of news and sports.

Organization
Karni joined in various journalist organizations. He also became President of the Jakarta Lawyers Club (JLC), Chairman of ATVSI (Asosiasi Televisi Swasta Indonesia), and member of the Komisi Kepolisian Nasional.

Twitter
@karniilyas

Biography BJ Habibie, third President of Indonesia

2012-01-30T15:12:00.000+08:00

BJ Habibie

Inspiring People|Biography His complete name is Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie. He was the third president of Indonesia. Born in Pare-pare, South Sulawesi, June 25, 1936. His father, Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie, had died when BJ Habibie was 3 years old (on May, 12, 1962) due to heart attack. Shortly after his father died, BJ Habibie moved to Bandung to study at Gouvernments Middlebare School.

After graduating senior high school, he studied at Universitas Indonesia (now ITB). He received his diploma from Technische Hochschule, Germany, was in 1960 and doctorate (Technische Hochschule) was in 1965. BJ Habibie was married in 1962 and blessed 2 children. In 1967, he became honorary professor at ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung).

In Indonesia, he served 20 years as State Minister of Research and Technology /Chief BPPT, lead 10 state-owned company of Strategic Industries, the Assemblyelected a Vice President, and sworn in by Chief Justice to replace PresidentSuharto. Suharto handed the presidency to Habibie under Article 8 of the 1945 Constitution. Until finally forced Habibie also stepped down due to a referendum in East Timor voted for independence. Accountability speech was rejected MPR. He went back into ordinary citizens, also emigrated settled back to Germany.

VTOL (Vertical Take Off & Landing) DO-31 Transport Aircraft.
Military Transport Aircraft C-130 Transall.
Hansa Jet 320 (Aircraft Executive).
Airbus A-300 (for 300 passengers)
CN - 235
N-250
And indirectly participated in the count and design:
BO-105 helicopter.
Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA).
Some projects missiles and satellites.

1976 - 1998 Director of PT. Nusantara Aircraft Industry / IPTN.
1978 - 1998 Minister of State for Research and Technology Republic of Indonesia.
Chairman of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology / BPPT
1978 - 1998 Director of PT. PAL Indonesia (Persero).
1978 - 1998 Chairman of the Industrial Development Authority Batam Island / OpdipBatam.
1980 - 1998 Chairman of the Defense Industrial Security Development Team(Presidential Decree. 40, 1980)
1983 - 1998 Director, PT Pindad (Persero).
1988 - 1998 Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees Strategic Industries.
1989 - 1998 Chairman of the Strategic Industry Manager / BPIS.
1990 - 1998 Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars se-lndonesia/lCMI.
1993 Daily Presidium Coordinator, Board of Trustees of Golkar.
10 March to 20 May 1998 Vice-President of the Republic of Indonesia
May 21, 1998 - October 1999 the President of the Republic of Indonesia

How to Add Skype Button on your Blog

2012-01-29T03:36:00.000+08:00

Tips Blogging - If you have skype account and you want to place it on your blog, follow this tutorial.

First thing to do, visit this page: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/tell-a-friend/wizard/
After the page opens, fill the form by writing your skype account.
After that, copy the code that is given and paste it on your blog.

click to enlarge picture

For blogger user, open your blogger account.
Click Design
Go to Page Element
Click Add Gadget
Scroll down, click HTML/Javascript
Paste the code.

It's easy... Isn't it???

Now, Add me on skype

Letter of Apology Afriani Susanti, Accident Maker in Tugu Tani, Jakarta

2012-01-26T13:58:00.000+08:00

Afriani Susanti, 29, driver of death-car in a crash at the bus stop Tugu Tani, Jakarta now languishing in prison to account for her actions after killing nine lives in a car accident on January 22, 2012 ago. The cause of accident was driving drunk and under the influence of ecstasy. This is the worst accident in early 2012 in Indonesia.

Behind bars, Afriani Susanti ask for apology to the families of nine victims who were killed in an accident when he drove Daihatsu Xenia in Gambir to Tugu Tani, Central Jakarta. She expressed her apology request through a letter that she wrote in prison.

Here is the translation of her letter of apology.

With this letter, I am Afriyani Susanti, attach a letter of apology for the accident that occurred on Sunday 22 January, 2012, through my family and my legal counsel.

Indeed, I have felt the deepest remorse to all the victims of the current incident, until the end of my journey later.

Especially for the entire family of the victim, I can not say any word to express my profound regret. Forgive me for all your losing. I'm sorry for the loss of your love. I'm sorry for the loss of your family. Forgive me! In the name of Allah, I beg forgiveness for all. I may not deserve an apology from you all, but allow me to say sorry, sorry, sorry.

On this occasion I also want to apologize to my sister, my brothers, uncle, aunt, my close friends and all my friends. Forgive me and thank you for all the prayers and support. For my mother, I'm sorry ma'am....

I'm Afriyani Susanti, begging forgiveness from Allah SWT for an oversight that I did. O Allah, may You receive taubatan Nasuha from me as your servant. I pleaded, open the goodness and convenience for the victims, for the families left behind may be steadfastness and ease. Once again I apologize, forgive me for everything, forgive me, forgive me, forgive me.

Biography Mario Teguh: Indonesian Motivator

2012-01-26T02:23:00.003+08:00

Inspiring People|Biography Mario Teguh was born in Makassar on March 5, 1956. His complete name is Sis Maryono Teguh. He got his Bachelor of Education from Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (IKIP) Malang. Mario Teguh had worked at Citibank, then founded Bussiness Effectiveness Consultant, Exnal Corporation as CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and Senior Consultant. He also formed a community named "Mario Teguh Super Club" (MTSC).

Mario Teguh: Indonesian Motivator

Education

Department of Architecture, New Trier West High (high school) in Chicago, United States, 1975.

Department of Linguistics and English Language Education, IKIP Malang, Indonesia (Bachelor).

Department of International Business, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

Systems Operations Department, Indiana University, United States, 1983 (MBA).

Experiences

Citibank Indonesia (1983 - 1986) as Head of Sales

BSB Bank (1986 - 1989) as Manager of Business Development

Aspac Bank (1990 - 1994) as Vice President of Marketing & Organization Development

Exnal Corp. Jakarta (1994 - present) as CEO, Senior Consultant

Specialization: Business Effectiveness Consultant

Books

Becoming a Star (2006)

One Million Second Chances (2006)

Life Changer (2009)

Leadership Golden Ways (2009)

Avhievements (2010)

Award from the Indonesian Record Museum, MURI, as a motivator with the biggest Facebook fans.

Selected as one of 8 figures of changes 2009 (Republika newspaper published in Jakarta).

Akun Twitter Afriani Susanti Kebanjiran Followers

2012-01-24T23:31:00.000+08:00

Fenomena @SiNengAprilia di situs jejaring sosial Twitter memang benar-benar telah berhasil menarik perhatian ribuan masyarakat Indonesia. Akun Twitter tersangka tabrakan maut di Halte Tugu Tani, Jakarta, yang terjadi pada tanggal 22 Januari 2012 lalu kini kebanjiran followers. Dari pengamatan saya, tanggal 23 Januari 2012 kemarin, jumlah followers @SiNengAprilia masih berjumlah 2 followers. Selang beberapa jam kemudian, saya sempat mengecek jumlah followers-nya untuk keperluan "update postingan" (baca: Afriani Susanti Mencari Jodoh), angkanya naik drastis menjadi puluhan followers, tadi sore (24/1/2012: 17.00 WITA), meningkat lagi menjadi 2,982 followers. Kini, 24 Januari 2012: 11.25 WITA, jumlah followers-nya makin fantastis saja, sebanyak 4,329 orang tertarik mengikuti perkembangan kasusnya via Twitter. Woooww....

Berikut perbandingan jumlah followers @SiNengAprilia yang hanya dalam selang beberapa jam saja mampu menyedot ribuan followers.

Afriani Susanti mencari jodoh. Ada yang beminat?

2012-01-24T17:41:00.000+08:00

Afriani Susanti menjadi sosok yang menghebohkan Indonesia saat ini. Media cetak dan eletronik ramai-ramai memberitakan tentang sosok wanita bertubuh subur ini. Tahukah Anda dengan sosok yang satu ini??? Bagi Anda yang belum mengenalnya, Ia adalah pelaku tabrakan yang menewaskan 9 orang dalam kecelakaan di Halte Tugu Tani, Jakarta. Rekor yang Ia buat, kecelakaan tersebut menjadi kecelakaan terparah di awal tahun 2012.

Sosok yang satu ini tidak hanya populer di lingkup media lokal. Ia juga menjadi topik pembicaraan hangat di situs jejaring sosial Twitter. Banyak tweet yang dilancarkan padanya. Pada umumnya, orang-orang yang me-mention Afriani Susanti adalah orang yang kesal terhadap apa yang telah dilakukannya. Mereka ramai-ramai memention @SiNengAprilia dengan menuliskan berbagai nama-nama binatang dan sumpah serapah kepadanya Wajar memang, itu adalah sanksi sosial yang wajar Ia dapatkan mengingat banyaknya korban nyawa yang Ia ciptakan karena mengemudi dibawah pengaruh alkohol dan obat-obatan terlarang (narkoba jenis ekstasi), dan parahnya lagi, Ia ternyata tidak memiliki SIM (Surat Izin Mengemudi) dan STNK.

Akun Twitter-nya dengan nickname @siNengAprilia tergolong sangat hebat. Bayangkan saja, pertama kali saya membuka profilnya, Ia baru memiliki 2 followers dan hanya dalam selang beberapa menit kemudian, jumlah followers-nya telah mencapai ratusan orang. Dari hasil pengecekan terakhir (24/1/2012), jumlah followers @SiNengAprilia kini menembus angka fantastis, yaitu sebanyak 2,982 followers, dan diprediksi akan semakin banyak followers dalam waktu dekat ini.

Coba anda bandingkan jumlah followers @SiNengAprilia yang termuat dalam gambar dibawah ini. Jeda pengambilan gambar pertama dan kedua hanya berlangsung sekitar 10 menit. Ratusan followers Ia dapatkan hanya dalam waktu singkat. Hebat bukan?!


Akun Twitter tersangka (klik gambar untuk memperbesar)

Selain perbincangan mengenai kehebohannya di Twitter, ada beberapa hal menarik dari Afriani Susanti yang sayang jika Anda lewatkan. Diantaranya adalah usahanya mencari jodoh di dunia maya. Ternyata Afriani Susanti ini masih lajang lho... Tidak percaya??? Lihat gambar dibawah:

Sekedar informasi saja buat rekan-rekan sekalian. Siapa tahu ada yang berminat, silahkan hubungi orangnya langsung. Selain itu, ada hal yang menggelitik mengenai wanita bertubuh subur yang telah menggemparkan Indonesia ini. Percaya atau tidak, ternyata Ia sempat meng-update status BBM-nya (Blackberry Messenger) sesaat setelah kecelakaan terjadi. Mau tau statusnya?? Berikut gambarnya. Klik gambar untuk memperbesar.

Bahkan setelah menabrak dan membunuh 9 nyawa, Ia masih belum sadar. Ngeflay gara-gara shabu-shabu. Mirip game "Grand Thieft Auto".

Berkaca dari kejadian tersebut, mudah-mudahan para pengunjung nothingtosomething bisa belajar banyak hal. Mari kita bersama-sama menjauhi narkoba dan alkohol. Anda tahu mengapa orang-orang barat mengkonsumsi alkohol??? Salah satu sebabnya adalah karena suhu dan cuaca di negara mereka itu sangat dingin. Mereka mengkonsumsi alkohol itu untuk menghangatkan badan mereka. Hal tersebut ternyata menjadi populer di Indonesia. Suhi di Indonesia itu sangat panas. Untuk apa kita menghangatkan badan dengan mengkonsumsi alkohol? kalaupun suhu di daerah anda terasa dingin, Anda bisa menghangatkan badan anda dengan minuman yang lebih sehat. Di daerah saya, ada yang namanya Sarabba'. Yaitu minuman yang berbahan pokok jahe. Di daerah anda juga pasti ada, entah disebut dengan nama apa. Ingat, Anda tidak akan terlihat hebat jika mengkonsumsi narkoba dan alkohol.

Vincent Company: Indonesia, kids risking their lives disintegrating "bridge" to go to school

2012-01-22T19:46:00.000+08:00

Bek Manchester City, Vincent Company, turut berkomentar setelah mengetahui kabar tentang kondisi jembatan rusak di Lebak, Banten. Dalam akun twitternya, Ia mengatakan bahwa Anak-anak Indonesia harus bertaruh nyawa untuk menuntut ilmu. "Indonesia, kids risking their lives disintegrating "bridge" to go to school." Itu adalah status yang sempat ditulis oleh Vincent Kompany mengomentari kondisi jembatan rusak di Lebak, Banten.

Tweet Kompany menanggapi jembatan Lebak, Banten

Menanggapi masalah tersebut, Bupati lebak Banten dalam sebuah wawancara (22/1/2012) dengan salah satu TV lokal mengatakan bahwa kini jembatan tersebut telah dijaga oleh Tagana dan tidak diperbolehkan lagi ada yang melintasi jembatan tersebut. Pihaknya juga sedang membangun jalan alternatif untuk mengganti fungsi dari jembatan yang rusak tersebut.

Bagaimana Anda menanggapi masalah tersebut?

How to claim your blog on Technorati

2012-01-20T21:08:00.001+08:00

Technorati is the largest blog directory site in the world. Registering your blog to Technorati is a very wise choice for the survival of your blog because it offers many advantages for your blog. If you are interested, just open www.technorati.com then fill the registration form. Once registered, you will be required to claim your blog.

How to claim it???

On the dashboard page, find the words "claim status". After you find it, you will be given a short code like this 48G7H8SD48CJ. This code must appear in the published post and it must also appear in your corresponding RSS feed once published. So, the simple thing that you have to do is make a blog-post then rewrite the short code that is provided before in your post pages. After you publish the code, return to Techorati page and click "Verify Claim Token".

How to Enable CURL in Moodle

2012-01-20T16:59:00.000+08:00

You got a problem when installing Moodle??? Is it about CURL??? Here are the explanations how to enable it.

Open folder named php (find it in folder xammp)
Look for files named php.ini
Press ctrl + f then write ;extension=php_curl.dll
After finding the line that contains ;extension=php_curl.dll in the file php.ini, remove the sign ; (semicolon)
Click save or ctrl + s
Restart your Apache
Moodle ready to be installed

10 funniest comedians Indonesia

2012-01-19T23:46:00.001+08:00

10. Tora Sudiro

Tora Sudiro (born with the name of Gusti Taura Danang Sudiro; born in Jakarta, May 10, 1973, age 38 years) is an actor and a comedian. Tora is the first child of two brothers. Before entering the film industry's, Tora is an insurance worker, sound engineer and advertising. In fact he had attended in New Zealand to study the science of sound engineer. He did not have the educational background of the film. The first time he starred in tragedy. But Rudi Soedjarwo landing film was not waving his name. The new name was fluttering after she starred in the movie Arisan!. Bid to play in a number of soap operas flowed. Anyone familiar with his face on the comedy show entertainment extravaganza at one of the private television station. From there, the public television audience began to know him.

If you like him, you can communicate via twitter @t_ORASUDI_ro

9. Narji Cagur

Narji (born August 10, 1977, age 34 years; his full name is Sunarji) is a comedian Indonesia joined in the group Cagur buffoonery. So he is also popular with the name Narji Cagur. Cagur also has penetrated the Indonesian music industry with his hits titled Sukirman. Cagur is an acronym of Calon Guru (english: prospective teachers).

8. Bolot

Bolot (born in Bogor, May 10, 1942) is a comedian and performer lenong Betawi. In every joke, bolot act as a fool and can only be heard when it comes to women or money. Here is a list of movies that played by bolot:

Sehidup (Tak) Semati (2010)

Ada Apa dengan Pocong? (2011)

Pocong Minta Kawin (2011)

7. Nunung

Tri Retno Prayudati or better known as Nunung an artist born in Solo, Central Java, 5 April 1964. Nunung is one of the best female comedian in Indonesia. His name was known when he became one of the players in the play Srimulat. In addition nunung also popular when playing in the soap opera Si Doel Anak School. Now he plays in a comedy show together sule Opera Van Java, azis, and andre taulany.
Nunung also had won the award in 1999 with a Panasonic Award category Favorite Female Comedy Actress.

In his private life, the mother of two children apparently had failed to 2 times against his young partner. The first he failed to defend her marriage to Daniel Setyadi, who was adrift 8 years younger. After the mid-2008, nunung again failed in his marriage to Spiritual Widodo, younger guy 12 years. Nunung also blessed with two sons from his marriage, named Good and Son.

6. Tukul Arwana

Tukul Riyanto, or better known as Tukul Arwana (born in Perbalan, Purwosari, Semarang, October 16, 1963, age 48 years) is a comedian and host Indonesia. Tukul known with his talk show titled "Bukan Empat Mata". In addition to being the perpetrator of entertainment, Tukul also pioneered the businesses engaged in the field of entertainment, called "Ojo Lali Entertainment". like to eat chicken noodle mbok Darmi.

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Jazz up your blog with blogobo

2012-01-19T22:16:00.001+08:00

For those of you who like blogging, of course, the arrival of many visitors is a very coveted. Although your blog contains a very interesting article, but if little or even no visitors who read it, what does that mean???

Now you do not have to worry anymore. Recently, I found a website that will help your blog to be swamped with visitors. With you as a registered member, you are allowed to send a URL of one of your posts. This post that will be deployed on other blogs listed.

For those of you who are interested, please visit blogobo

As always, you are required to register in advance to become a member. Registration is quite easy, I'm sure you already familiar with this registration form. Some things to keep you noted, after the registration process is complete, you must install the widget on your blog blogobo. You should also write an article that contains about blogobo. Whether it's a way of registration or review of why a blogger should sign up. One thing to remember is my friend, do not submit articles to the results of Copas (copy paste) because in addition to violating the rules of blogobo. So, do not ever support plagiarism.

Fort Rotterdam Makassar

2012-01-19T12:54:00.000+08:00

Fort Rotterdam or sometimes it is called Benteng Ujung Pandang is a relic of the royal fortress Gowa-Tallo. It was located on the west coast of Makassar, South Sulawesi. Fort Rotterdam was built in 1545 by King of Gowa-9 named I manrigau Daeng Bonto Karaeng Lakiung Tumpa'risi 'kallonna. This fort was originally made from clay, but in the reign of King of Gowa-14 Sultan Alauddin construction of this fort was changed to rocks originating from Karst Mountains in the Maros. Ujung Pandang fortress is shaped like a turtle who wanted to crawl down into the ocean. In terms of its form is very clear philosophy of the Kingdom of Gowa, that turtles can live on land and at sea. So even with the Kingdom of Gowa that debuted on land and at sea.

Fort Rotterdam Makassar

The original name of this fort is Fort Ujung Pandang, ordinary well-Gowa Makassar people call this fort as Fort Panyyua which is the headquarters of the kingdom of Gowa frogmen. Kingdom of Gowa-Tallo Bungayya finally signed an agreement in which one of the article requires that the kingdom of Gowa to submit this to the Dutch fort. At the time the Dutch occupied the fort, the name was changed to Fort Ujung Pandang Fort Rotterdam. Cornelis Speelman deliberately chose the name Fort Rotterdam to commemorate the birth in the Netherlands. The fort was later used by the Dutch as a central storage of spices in eastern Indonesia.

Additional Information
It is open everyday from 08.00am - 17.00pm. Entrance is free.
If you want to come here, just call me. We will explore the beauty of Makassar with cheerfulness and friendliness.

Map of Fort Rotterdam (google map)

10 tips to increase your blog traffic

2012-01-18T13:54:00.000+08:00

I present the following 10 tips that are useful for the survival of your blog. I created this article based on my personal experience and the lessons given by master SEO. Here we go...

For a blogger or site owner, you must register your blog or website to search engines to your blog or site can be indexed. CLICK HERE to get the links.

Write quality content on a continual basis (scheduled)

In blogs, content is key, so make sure your content gets more attention and in accordance with the theme of the blog. If could you write quality posts and weight.

Use your own domain

Using your own domain name will make your blog look more professional and of course will be easily remembered by the viewers of your blog.

Tempate Blog

Design and layout of the blog also determine whether the visitor will feel at home linger in your blog or not. Make sure the navigation, colors and elements in this blog contains no errors, also avoid broken links. For that, choose your blog template carefully.

Submit your blog to various site / blog directories such as BlogCatalog, topblogarea, topbloglist, etc..

Meta Keywords

Edit your blog template by adding meta keywords in title, keywords and descriptions. This is very useful for SEO.

Link Exchange

This method is quite popular and commonly used among bloggers. Swap links with other blogs that have mainly the same theme will quickly increase your blog ranking in the eyes of search engines and will bring traffic.

Link Internal

Connect your blog content from each other that have the same topic. If able to use relevant anchor text in order to maximize results for SEO.

Submit your site into social network

Sign Up to Social Bookmarking Sites like Digg, Reddit or StumbleUpon and get the plugin to be installed in your blog. If you liked the article by readers so they can submit your articles to Social Bookmarking Site through the plugin. or you can use Onlywire.Com

Dummy Blog

Create new blogs to support your main blog. Give a link to the main blog on these blogs. In addition to getting backlinks for SEO, it is expected that visitors who are coming to your dummy blogs can be introduced to your main blog.

how to be a web-writer then get paid

2012-01-16T21:08:00.001+08:00

People are born with talents that are different from each other. Some like to write. In the past, people who like to write can only do their hobby by exchanging letters. Now, after the earth enters the 21st century, everything seemed to turn towards a more sophisticated with a touch of high tech.

Writing is a fun activity, especially if we get paid to write. Proverbial, we do one thing that became our hobby and then we get a bonus in the form of salary. It is an activity with a double advantage. if you are interested to be an advanced writer, please join Bukisa.

Maybe one of you have a question. What is Bukisa???

BUKISA is a one stop shop for how-to, informational & educational content. We are both an aggregator and a UGC website. We provide content in the form of articles, videos, presentations, audio recordings and image slideshows.

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Bukisa gives its members a unique opportunity:

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Active Learning Strategy: Critical Incident

2012-01-15T00:20:00.000+08:00

This strategy is used to initiate the learning activities. Purpose of the use of these strategies is to involve learners from the beginning by looking at their experience.

Measures:

Tell the students about the topic or material will be studied in this meeting.
Give the learners a chance (for a few minutes) to remember their unforgotten experience related to your material
Ask the students about their unforgotten moments that they ever had.
Tell the material by linking student's experiences with the material that you want to teach.

This strategy can be used on the practical courses or subjects such as teaching methodology in teacher training department. For example the topic is "weakness of lecture/discourse method". In this case, Lecturer can ask the students:

"Based on your experiences in learning since you were in primary school until now, what do you feel if your lecturer convey the material by using lecture/discourse method?"

From the answers that appear, the lecturer can begin teaching-learning activity by connecting student's experiences with the topic which is being taught

Indonesia now has it's own local car industry

2012-01-14T22:17:00.000+08:00

Indonesia is now able to assemble the car locally. Amazingly, the car assembly carried out by vocational students. This achievement is a proof that Indonesian has high creativity in automotive industry. That car is called "Kiat Esemka." Here are the specifications of "Kiat Esemka"

Engine Model	Esemka 1.5 i
Type	Gasoline 4 Stroke
Engine Config	Inline 4 Cylinder – DOHC 16 V Injection – Water Cooled
Displacement	1500 cm3
Speed / Torque	2600 / 168
Loading Mass	1480
Overall Dimension	5055 x 1740 x 1560
Wheel Base	3025
Wheel Track ( Front / Rear )	1374 / 1390
Seat	2 + 3
Ground Clearance ( mm )	> 215

Mengatasi iklan Google Adsense yang tidak muncul

2012-01-13T17:57:00.000+08:00

Mendaftar Google Adsense untuk blog yang berbahasa Indonesia terbilang lumayan sulit dan membutuhkan waktu yang lumayan lama agar bisa diterima. Namun, sulit bukan berarti tidak bisa bukan?! Baru-baru ini saya memasang script iklan dari Google Adsense di blog saya. Setelah script iklan GA (Google Adsense) saya tempel/pasang di blog saya, ternyata iklannya tidak muncul. Bagaimana mengatasinya???

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Lihat di kolom sebelah kiri. Terdapat beberapa pilihan di kolom tersebut. Diantaranya: Sekilas, Gadget, Minat, Nawala, Adsense, Moderasi, Data Komunitas, Pengaya dan API, dan Setelan. Langkah selanjutnya, klik Adsense. Kalau kurang jelas, lihat gambar dibawah:

Pemasangan script Google Adsense | Klik gambar untuk memperbesar

Pilih akun Google Adsense yang akan anda gunakan.
Konfigurasikan unit adsense anda. Pilih ukuran iklan yang akan ditampilkan.
Klik tombol Buat Kode
Copy script adsense yang diberikan dan letakkan di blog anda.

Langkah selanjutnya adalah lakukan optimasi blog semaksimal mungkin. Datangkan pengunjung sebanyak-banyaknya ke blog Anda agar peluang iklan adsense terklik lebih terbuka lebar. Selamat mencoba...

Mobil nasional Asal Makassar itu Bernama Moko

2012-01-13T01:28:00.000+08:00

Akhir-akhir ini, berita tentang mimpi mobil nasional sangat sering menghiasi media cetak maupun eletronik Indonesia. Jika Siswa SMKN 2 Surakarta menciptakan Kiat Esemka, Pemerintah Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan mempunyai Moko. Mobil ini dahulunya bernama Gea, namun entah karena alasan apa kemudian berganti nama menjadi Moko.

Terdapat beberapa protorype dari mobil Moko. Diantaranya adalah sedan, puck-up, dan mobil yang dibuat untuk mengangkut barang-barang komoditas/industri. Mobil yang peluncurannya lebih duluan dibandingkan mobil Kiat Esemka ini memang benar-benar merakyat. Selain menang di harga, fitur yang ditawarkan juga cukup menarik. Untuk harganya, mobil ini akan lunas dengan kisaran Rp. 60 juta. Mobil Moko juga bisa dicicil di Bank Pembangunan Daerah. Inilah salah satu kemudahan yang ditawarkan untuk rakyat.

Ditengah euforia masyarakat atas mimpi mobil nasional yang hampir terwujud, Anggota Dewan Penasihat DPD II Partai kuning Kota Makassar, Abd Wah Tah (nama tidak dituliskan dengan lengkap, penulis khawatir akan ada masalah yang dilemparkan kepada penulis akibat tulisan ini, tahu sendiri kan kondisi pemerintah kita bagaimana?!), hadir dengan statement yang sedikit bodoh. Ia memberikan kritik yang sangat kekanak-kanakan yang meragukan kemampuan anak bangsa. "Buat apa mobil Esemka sama mobil Moko dibeli. Tidak menjamin kualitasnya. Jangankan mobil Moko, mobil Avanza sama Xenia tak layak diekspor ke Eropa, terlebih lagi kualitas mobil Moko," Ujar pejabat tersebut.

Menanggapi statement yang lucu diatas, saya 100% tidak sepakat. Bagaimana bisa sebuah produk lahir dengan kesempurnaan pada awal penciptaannya? Belum genap 1 tahun mobil ini diluncurkan, kritik seperti lelucon anak taman kanak-kanak tersebut ia lontarkan. Mobil impor yang terkenal, Honda All New Jazz dan Honda All New City saja pernah harus di recall gara-gara terdapat problem kelistrikan dari power window-nya. Pedahal itu mobil impor yang dibuat oleh perusahaan otomotif dunia.

"Sebagai anak bangsa, kita wajib bangga. Tapi apa yang mau dibanggakan kalau begini," Bebernya. Ia lalu memberi contoh lain. Pesawat terbang rakitan. Suku cadangnya, suku cadang import. Perakitan pesawat dilakukan di Indonesia. "Sebanyak 90 persen suku cadangnya, impor. Jangan sampai pesawat itu nantii yang bikin kita mati. Sama mobil Moko." Pernyataan tersebut benar-benar kekanak-kanakan. Menurut saya, pejabat angkuh tersebut tidak sepantasnya melontarkan statement seperti itu. Kita ini bangsa yang tertinggal namun sekarang kita sedang dalam progress menuju peningkatan. Kalau misalnya mobil Kiat Esemka dan Moko bisa langsung berkualitas sejak awal penciptaannya, saya yakin negara ini sudah menjadi negara adidaya sejak lama. Semuanya harus melalui proses yang panjang.

Kritik terhadap statement pejabat yang ber-otak setengah matang tersebut tidak hanya datang dari saya. Melainkan dari netter yang sempat membaca berita tentang statement-nya tersebut. Berikut komentar mereka:

bpk tdk akn jd org besr tnp org kcl, bpk tdk mngkin naik innova tanpa ada mbl kotak2, tdk mngkin ada mtr tanpa ada speda, bpk tdk mngkin trlahir lngsung jd dwasa yg bisa jalan. tp banyak anak yg jauh lebih muda lebih pintar dari bapak, krn sesungguhnya bpk adalah org bodo kalo berkata sprti itu. (Risal)

muke lu jauh.. udh untung dibuatin mobil nasional.. dari pada di buatin odong2 yg di boseh am si emangny mw???,, udh km naik odong2 ajh lah,, harus kita dukung dong,, mobnas ini,, namanya jga generasi satu,, ntr generasi selanjutny lebih mantep.. ntr kl udh mantep km g ush beli ajh,, hahhahaha,, kasian odong2ny nganggur ntar,,(Andri.Khemal)

bantahan mengenai angka 13 adalah angka sial

2012-01-10T03:57:00.000+08:00

Banyak orang yang menghubung-hubungkan angka dengan keberuntungan dan kesialan. Menurut saya pribadi, ini adalah fenomena yang wajar selama hal tersebut masih dalam batasan normal dan positif. Dikatakan positif apabila kepercayaan akan angka-angka tersebut mungkin bisa menjadi motivasi untuk menjadi lebih baik dan berkembang kearah peningkatan semangat. Misalnya, saya percaya bahwa angka 24 adalah angka keberuntungan (24 diambil dari tanggal lahir saya). Kepercayaan saya akan angka 24 sebagai angka keberuntungan kemudian membuat hidup saya dikelilingi angka 24. Saya kemudian memutuskan angka 24 dipajang sebagai nomor punggung pada kaos tim futsal yang saya miliki. Plat kendaraan bermotor yang saya miliki bernomor 2424 BD. Mengapa BD? Saya menggunakan pengkodean sederhana. Jika A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4, dst. Jadi BD = 24. Dua angka terakhir dari nomor handphone saya adalah 24. Dan lain sebagainya.

Apa Efeknya?
Menurut konsep LOA (Law of Attraction atau Hukum Ketertarikan), Alam akan memberikan respon lebih atas apa yang kira pikirkan dan kita rasakan. Intinya, ketika saya berfikir bahwa angka 24 merupakan angka keberuntungan buat saya, maka pikiran dan perasaan saya akan mengirimkan sinyal-sinyal positif kepada alam dan alam akan memberikan respon yang lebih atas sinyal positif yang saya kirimkan tadi. Efeknya,segala sesuatu yang berhubungan dengan angka 24 akan memberikan semangat yang besar ketika saya melakukan sesuatu. Misalnya, ketika saya bermain futsal dengan mengenakan kaos bernomor punggung 24, permainan saya akan menjadi lebih bagus dan penuh semangat.

Permainan saya yang bagus tersebut tidaklah datang dari hal-hal yang berbau mistis. Melainkan datang dari keyakinan saya bahwa saya akan bermain bagus dalam pertandingan. Dan angka 24 tersebut hanyalah sebuah simbol pemacu semangat. Inilah yang saya maksud dengan kewajaran yang bersifat positif. Angka 24 tersebut membuat saya merasa bahwa saya harus bermain bagus dan itu berefek pada kenyataan dalam kegiatan yang saya jalani.Intinya, 24 hanyalah sebuah alat pemacu semangat.

Ada juga orang yang selalu menghubung-hubungkan sesuatu yang seharusnya tidak perlu dan tidak pantas untuk dihubungkan dengan dasar yang sangat tidak jelas dan tidak masuk akal. Hal tersebut membuat mereka terkesan memaksakan sesuatu dan pada akhirnya hanyalah menjadi sebuah lelucon yang berujung pada kebingungan. Berkaitan dengan angka 13 misalnya. Banyak yang percaya bahwa angka 13 adalah angka sial. Oke, jika merasa bahwa angka 13 adalah angka sial tidak masalah. Yang menjadi masalah adalah ketika angka 13 tersebut dihubung-hubungkan dengan sederetan kesialan atau bencana. Parahnya lagi, mereka sampai menghubung-hubungkan angka sial tersebut dengan logo perusahaan. Misalnya tentang logo Mc. Donald's

Apa anda menemukan keanehan dari logo diatas??? Tidak ada yang aneh bukan?! Berikut cara mereka menghubung-hubungkan logo diatas dengan angka sial.
Kata mereka, Jika logo tersebut diputar searah jarum jam (putar kekanan) sebanyak satu kali, maka logo tersebut akan menunjukkan angka 13. Lihat gambar dibawah:

Tulisan McDonald's = 1 dan logo m = 3. Jadi McDonald's = 13.

Tanggapan Saya Terkait Logo Diatas
Huruf m dari logo diatas merupakan huruf awal dari nama perusahaan (Mc Donald's). Jika seandainya nama perusahannya adalah OmDonald's atau DaengDonald's atau BuDonald's atau PakDonald's, saya yakin logonya tidak akan seperti diatas. Entah bagaimana lagi cara mereka menghubung-hubungkan hingga akhirnya merujuk ke angka 13.

Keanehan kedua datang dari logo windows

Kata mereka, pada logo Windows diatas terdapat angka 13 yang tersembunyi. Setelah saya perhatikan, saya tidak menemukan angka 13. Angka yang saya temukan adalah 138.

Keanehan lain datang dari pengkodean sederhana seperti yang telah saya contohkan diatas. Yaitu A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4, E = 5, dan seterusnya. Atau dapat dibalik menjadi Z = 1, Y = 2, X = 3, dan seterusnya.

Berikut keanehan (baca:lelucon) yang mereka ciptakan. Kali ini angkanya bukan lagi 13, melainkan 33 (angka 33 dipercaya sebagai angka yang berhubungan dengan masonis dan illuminati. Sebuah kepercayaan yang tunduk pada ajaran setan yang berkiblat ke dajjal (baca:penyembah setan)).

NASA
Jika kombinasi huruf dari NASA di konversi kedalam pengkodean diatas maka: N = 14, A = 1, S =19 , dan A = 1
Jadi muncul sederetan angka: 14, 1, 19, dan 1 = 14 - 1 = 13 + 19 = 32 + 1 = 33

Tanggapan
14 - 1 = 13 + 19 = 32 + 1 = 33
14 - 1 itu rumus darimana??? Apa pengurangan digunakan hanya untuk mendapatkan angka 13 saja???
Lucunya, setelah menggunakan pengurangan, mereka kemudian melanjutkan dengan penjumlahan. 14 - 1 kemudian hasil dari 14 - 1 dijumlah dengan 19 hasilnya 32. 32 kemudian dijumlahkan lagi dengan 1.
Coba jika rumus yang digunakan penjumlahan semua. Hasilnya adalah 35.
Dari contoh diatas, dapat dikatakan bahwa angka 33 (angka setan) didapat hanya dari menghubung-hubungkan sesuatu dengan cara yang aneh menggunakan rumus yang tidak jelas. Artinya apapun dilakukan hingga merujuk ke angka setan.

FBI
F = 6, B = 2, I = 9
Rumus anehnya adalah: 6 - 2 = 4 dan 4 + 9 = 13
Rumus 6 - 2 itu dapat darimana??? Kenapa tidak 6 + 2 dulu baru kemudian 4 - 9??? Itu kan cara-cara mereka saja agar hasil penjumlahannya samadengan 13. Mau tau jawabannya??? karena kalau 6 + 2 dulu kemudian 4 - 9 maka jumlahnya tidak akan 13. Bukan begitu?!

Kalau begitu caranya, artinya segala sesuatu bisa saja berhubungan dengan angka sial. Simak contoh yang saya buat menggunakan perhitungan yang menghubung-hubungkan dengan angka sial tentang silsilah keluarga dibawah:

Jumlah Nenek kita ada 2. Masing-masing Nenek dari Ayah dan Nenek dari Ibu. Jumlah Kakek juga ada 2 yaitu Kakek dari Ayah dan Kakek dari Ibu. jadi, jumlah dari 2 Nenek dan 2 Kakek = 2+2=4. Kita lahir dari 1 Ayah dan 1 Ibu. Jadi, 1+1=2. Jumlah dari Kakek dan Nenek jika dikali dengan jumlah dari Ayah dan Ibu = 4x2=8. (Paraah... Belum cukup 13. Apa lagi yah??)
Lanjut... Jadi hasil yang didapat adalah 8. Jika kita memiliki 4 saudara, maka 8 + 4 = 12. Tunggu dulu, anda belum dihitung. Kalau anda dihitung maka 12 + 1 = 13. Jadi deh angka sial....

Kalau begini ceritanya, 13 itu bukanlah angka sial...
Apakah anda merasa geli???? Saya juga....

Masih banyak keanehan lainnya mengenai penjumlahan dan mengurangan angka (rumus-rumus tidak jelas) yang merujuk kepada angka sial atau angka setan. Berhubung saya sudah ngantuk karna hari sudah subuh, postingan ini saya hentikan sampai disini. Silahkan anda mencerna informasi yang ada. Jangan mau dibodohi...