What I like about blogging. - I like the way that we can blog freely to express our feelings. I also like it when I can actually store my products on my blog. For instance, I have got my products of photo editing, video editing, audio editing and even e-book! Blog is where I record my progress and what I have done, so that I can always come back and refer to my previous project, whenever that I need to.
What I do not like about blogging. - I like blogging. :)
What have I gained from blogging eg. Language skills, improved fluency, critical thinking, improved thought processes, technology skills etc.
How? - From blogging, I think I have developed better critical thinking. When I want to reflect on things that I had done while writing my blog, that's where critical comes in so that I could reflect critically. I think I might have improved my language skills and fluency. As I was writing for academic purposes, most of the time I have been trying to keep my language accurate. Hence, I think from there my language skills and fluency improved. Well, technology skill, no doubt this is the first time that I'm doing blogging, hence, the blogging assignment had actually introduced me another elements of technology. Thought process did improve too because while writing blog I have to think and reflect things systematically, only I could express what I want to say in the blog.
What I like about the course - I like the course because it was a good exposure to me in terms of the internet and editing skills. Through this course I learned how to download video from broadcasting and streaming website (which I had never tried), how to edit photo, audio, and video. I believe those skills will be useful when I am teaching in the school later.
What I do not like about the course - Basically I found that the duration given for some of the task were a little bit too short, for instance the 8TV task.
What I have learned from the course - I have learned at least the skills of editing photo, audio and video. I too learned to use many software, such as Cyberlink PowerDirector, Adobe Photoshop, Audacity and so on. Besides, I learned the way to use the things that we already know creatively, for instance, creating e-book from PowerPoint which I am familiar with.
What I do not expect but have learned from the course - I had never expected that we would learn to creating business cards, pamplets and flyers using Publisher. Besides, the theories such as the children's instincts were also out of my expectation.
What I expect but have not learned from the course - Basically I have learned all the things that I expected to learn.
If I can change anything about the course - I would like to have some sessions teaching us on how to come out with non-technological teaching aids (as most of the time we have been dealing with the technological ones during the weekly tasks). For instance, I would love to learn on how to create and use Flannel Board. The reason is that in classroom, we do not use only the technological teaching aids, non technological teaching aids do play their part too.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Final Exams.. Final Resolution...
Until this week this semester is coming to an end. Throughout the whole semester, I think I finally got to learn something new somehow. In this whole semester I had done photo editing, audio editing, video editing, e-book and some other theories. We were left to explore the softwares, such as Adobe Photoshop, Audacity, Cyberlink Power Director, Windows Movie Maker, Video Converter, Audio Converter and so on. There were countless skills that I had learned, for instance, the way to split and join video and sound clips, the way to change the background of a picture, the way to create an e-book, and many more which I am not able to mention one by one. Later on those skills were useful when I was to apply them when I was trying to complete the assignment.
As a whole, besides the skills and the softwares that I have learned, I have learned the way to choose the appropriate materials to be used out of thousands of them. There are many criteria that we have to consider in choosing a suitable materials, for instance the language, content, the learning support in the materials and so on. This is something that is going to be very useful for my teaching life in the future. I will carry this knowledge with me no matter where I go in the future.
Today I sat for the final exam of this course. We were given four questions to be answered in the two hour time. However, I am a little upset. I personally found it quite difficult to understand the questions probably due to the anxiety that I have towards the exams. I think my ability to understand had not reached the required level yet. The thing that is on my mind right now, at this moment, is that I think I might have not worked hard enough for the whole semester. I might not have paid enough of attention to what we were supposed to do. As a result, I found it so hard and tough to answer the exams questions earlier.
Well, this is not the end of the world, I will still work harder. The journey of learning will never stop.
As a whole, besides the skills and the softwares that I have learned, I have learned the way to choose the appropriate materials to be used out of thousands of them. There are many criteria that we have to consider in choosing a suitable materials, for instance the language, content, the learning support in the materials and so on. This is something that is going to be very useful for my teaching life in the future. I will carry this knowledge with me no matter where I go in the future.
Today I sat for the final exam of this course. We were given four questions to be answered in the two hour time. However, I am a little upset. I personally found it quite difficult to understand the questions probably due to the anxiety that I have towards the exams. I think my ability to understand had not reached the required level yet. The thing that is on my mind right now, at this moment, is that I think I might have not worked hard enough for the whole semester. I might not have paid enough of attention to what we were supposed to do. As a result, I found it so hard and tough to answer the exams questions earlier.
Well, this is not the end of the world, I will still work harder. The journey of learning will never stop.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
I have done my Assignment 3
After all the sweat and hard work, I had finally done my Assignment 3. Handed in the assignment today, I felt so relieved. This morning in the computer laboratory, the whole class was under the atmosphere of joy and also tiredness at the same time. Everyone looks so tired in the class. Well, I know last night was a sleepless night for many of us. I saw quite a number of friends in instant messeger last night :)
However, from this assignment I have got myself a chance to apply those skills that I have learned from the earlier tasks. I think that the skill that I have used the most is the photo editing skill. I found this skill very useful when I intended to create electronic flash cards. For instance, by using the photo editing skill learned I managed to select only a certain picture that I wanted out of the whole picture. Besides, by using photo editing skill too, I managed to make the background of the pictures transparent so that there will not be a white colour area on a coloured background.
Previously there was a task that we had to come out with a story on e-book. The experience of creating e-book was a great back up for me in completing this assignment too. I found that creating e-book is very good as teacher can save the hassle in all the cutting, pasting, and colouring jobs. Hence, e-book has been very handy to me in doing this assignment.
This assignment gave me the early exposure of the life during teaching practice. We have to get used to creating lesson plans everyday as later during teaching practice we will have to come out with different lesson plan for each class.
In the class today we were given exposure on different types of softwares. The softwares shown are very good as in they can help the pupils learn. There are a lot of inputs in the software, whereby the pupils can choose what skills to be tested. However, when we were asked to explore softwares, the cd that was given to our group could not be opened by the computer. Hence, I think I will try to get a copy from some of my friends later to be evaluated.
However, from this assignment I have got myself a chance to apply those skills that I have learned from the earlier tasks. I think that the skill that I have used the most is the photo editing skill. I found this skill very useful when I intended to create electronic flash cards. For instance, by using the photo editing skill learned I managed to select only a certain picture that I wanted out of the whole picture. Besides, by using photo editing skill too, I managed to make the background of the pictures transparent so that there will not be a white colour area on a coloured background.
Previously there was a task that we had to come out with a story on e-book. The experience of creating e-book was a great back up for me in completing this assignment too. I found that creating e-book is very good as teacher can save the hassle in all the cutting, pasting, and colouring jobs. Hence, e-book has been very handy to me in doing this assignment.
This assignment gave me the early exposure of the life during teaching practice. We have to get used to creating lesson plans everyday as later during teaching practice we will have to come out with different lesson plan for each class.
In the class today we were given exposure on different types of softwares. The softwares shown are very good as in they can help the pupils learn. There are a lot of inputs in the software, whereby the pupils can choose what skills to be tested. However, when we were asked to explore softwares, the cd that was given to our group could not be opened by the computer. Hence, I think I will try to get a copy from some of my friends later to be evaluated.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
We are back after raya!
After the one week Hari Raya break, very quickily we had to attend classes already. Not everyone had come back to KL, some of the friends were still stuck in hometown due to the inability to book any bus ticket as it was still the Raya season. Everyone should be rushing back to KL because all the schools, universities, and companies were going back to their normal operations at the same time, which was yesterday.
Apperantly those who have come back were still in Raya + holiday mood. Everyone was talking about their holiday. Understanding that there was not much that we had started with our assignment, Puan Foziah was kind enough to let us continue work on our assignment.
Hence, there I went to suft the internet for ideas again. As the topic that I'm doing is "Counting is Fun" for Year 2, I was thinking that a flash game would be nice and sweet enough to be completed by the pupils in class. Hence, I found some interesting Flash Games that I might consider using in my lesson plans.
http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-Counting-the-Sheep-2903.htm
http://www.primarygames.com/math/fishycount/start.htm
Apperantly those who have come back were still in Raya + holiday mood. Everyone was talking about their holiday. Understanding that there was not much that we had started with our assignment, Puan Foziah was kind enough to let us continue work on our assignment.
Hence, there I went to suft the internet for ideas again. As the topic that I'm doing is "Counting is Fun" for Year 2, I was thinking that a flash game would be nice and sweet enough to be completed by the pupils in class. Hence, I found some interesting Flash Games that I might consider using in my lesson plans.
http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-Counting-the-Sheep-2903.htm
http://www.primarygames.com/math/fishycount/start.htm
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
I was not there...
Today I was absent.. because I was having a bad stomachache. I felt so sick when I just got up and finally I had decided not to go to class. However, when i felt better which I thought I could go to the class already, it was already too late for me to go :(
However, this week we were given the task of material analysis.. Actually I dont really know what is that all about.. Anyway, I will find out from friends..
It's going to be raya soon, even myself, i am already in raya+holiday mood!
However, this week we were given the task of material analysis.. Actually I dont really know what is that all about.. Anyway, I will find out from friends..
It's going to be raya soon, even myself, i am already in raya+holiday mood!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Another Assignment knocks on my door...
The Assignment 2 was a very good practice for me in terms of creating materials. From that assignment I got to practise on choosing appropriate material to be used. Besides, I too learned the way that I could turn something which is not so educational to educational ones. There is also another new software that I had learned, which is AoA Audio Extractor. This software can be used to extract sound file from a video clip, to a MP3 file. Well, at least I learned something new..
Handing in Assignment 2 signifies the coming of another new assignment. I somehow feel that this (new) Assignment 3 is almost the same as the previous assignment. The only difference is that this time round, in stead of one lesson plan, we have to design 4 lesson plans together with the materials.. Another thing that I cant really understand is the group work thingy. I understand that each person is assigned a topic and then based on the topic each member has to come out with 4 lesson plans each. Basically it sounds like the meaning of group work is just to gather on the day to submit the assignment to compile everything together...
Besides the assignment 3, at the same time we were given two other tasks to do which is developing business cards, flyers, pamplets in pairs, while newsletter in group and preparing for the presentation.. So much of work to do at the same time! I feel that I am going crazy!
Handing in Assignment 2 signifies the coming of another new assignment. I somehow feel that this (new) Assignment 3 is almost the same as the previous assignment. The only difference is that this time round, in stead of one lesson plan, we have to design 4 lesson plans together with the materials.. Another thing that I cant really understand is the group work thingy. I understand that each person is assigned a topic and then based on the topic each member has to come out with 4 lesson plans each. Basically it sounds like the meaning of group work is just to gather on the day to submit the assignment to compile everything together...
Besides the assignment 3, at the same time we were given two other tasks to do which is developing business cards, flyers, pamplets in pairs, while newsletter in group and preparing for the presentation.. So much of work to do at the same time! I feel that I am going crazy!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Four Skill? Are you sure you have them all?
Even though the submission of Assignment 2 was postponed, life is still never easy. This week we are given another task to do, which is the four language skill task. In groups of four, we are to take a language skill each, and design an activity for any stage of the particular skill lesson.
What I did for this task is just to go online and search for recording because i am doing listening skill. It was not easy to find a suitable recording to be use. I have to cater the level of proficiency of the primary ESL classroom in Malaysia. Here, choosing the appropriate material is important as in out of many recordings online, I have to choose something which is suitable for the children in Malaysia. For instance, if the accent of the recording that is chosen is too different from what the children hear daily, they would definitely find it difficult to listen to the recording.
I spent some time in front of the laptop and after a few hours only I managed to find a suitable recording. I understand that we have to be very careful as in choosing the wrong materials is definitely not going to benefit the pupils.
What I did for this task is just to go online and search for recording because i am doing listening skill. It was not easy to find a suitable recording to be use. I have to cater the level of proficiency of the primary ESL classroom in Malaysia. Here, choosing the appropriate material is important as in out of many recordings online, I have to choose something which is suitable for the children in Malaysia. For instance, if the accent of the recording that is chosen is too different from what the children hear daily, they would definitely find it difficult to listen to the recording.
I spent some time in front of the laptop and after a few hours only I managed to find a suitable recording. I understand that we have to be very careful as in choosing the wrong materials is definitely not going to benefit the pupils.
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