My reflection...

1. What do you like about blogging?

I like blogging because I can write whatever I want in it. To be short, I can express how I feel about certain things. It is also a way for me to share my knowledge and my feelings with other people around the globe. In addition, I might get positive comments from them and also negative comments which will help me to improve myself later on.

2. What do you dislike about blogging?

I'm not into blogging that much because it requires me to write about what happened in my life like a diary. I never had a diary and I do not see any fun in writing a diary. Plus, I found it quite troublesome to keep updating it every week since I also have other obligations to do.

3. What have they gained from blogging?

Maybe we can exchange our thoughts and also our knowledge. Maybe a bit of organization of thoughts and I also can learn how to share our feelings with others. Basically, it is a way to express our feelings through technology or what we called cyber world.

4. How?

By writing what I really feel about something in an organized manner so that it's readable and understandable.

5. What do you like about the course?

It taught me about technology which is fun. I gained a lot of knowledge and skill through this course. So can say that this course is somehow useful to us with all the technologies that we learnt from A-Z. So, from an IT illiterate, at least I know how to edit a simple video.

6. What do you dislike about the course?

This course has a lot of things and tasks to do. It's kind of a burden but we still need to do it. Even though the tasks are useful but too many of them make us headache since we also have other assignments to do. Plus, it will be troublesome for those who do not have internet connection at home because this course needs us to be online to do the tasks.

7. What do you have learnt from the course?

Lots of things. I was introduced with kinds of softwares which helps me to all the tasks. Now, I know how to edit picture, audio and also video. I also knew how to create an E-book which is I thought a difficult task to do but not difficult at all.


8. What do you not expect but have learnt from the course?

Experimenting with all the software for audio, video and picture editing. Not to forget, I learned how to do tutorials for everything that I have done so later on it'll be helpful if they need to do all the editing process.

9. What do you expect but have not learnt from the course?

I've learnt everything. It is already beyond my expectation.

10. If you could change anything about the course, what is it?

Decreased the amount of tasks to do. Also, the rubric for each tasks should be clear so that we will not get confused in order to finish the task.

Sayonara~

All assignments were submitted and only one portfolio left to be submitted this Friday. Week 14 is around the corner meaning everything is settled including our portfolio. So, it is time for us to focus on our final examination which is coming real soon. Even though I already sat for examination several times, the nervousness is still there. Plus, I do not think I prepare myself for the examination so it is quite scary.
Hoping I will get through all these and pass my examination with flying colours. To Pn.Foziah, thank u very much for all your guidance and knowledge all this while. All the things that you taught is useful and can be used in the future so thank u again. Sorry for if I did something that might hurt your feelings. Sorry and thank you for everything.
To all my friends, good luck for your examination. Stop playing and start studying..Hehehe!
See you all in the examination hall! =)

Portfolio Time!

Right now, we are collecting and gathering all our tasks that we have done in the past to be put in one folder so that we can organize the portfolio in a correct order to avoid confusion. The checklists given by Izyan through email is really helping me in organizing the portfolio. By looking at the checklist, I will not miss out the tasks that should be included in the portfolio.
So to all my friends, good luck organizing your portfolio! =)

Children softwares?

Today Pn.Foziah introduced to us about children's software. They are available in stores. Basically these software is one of the teaching tool that can be used in the classroom. Pn.Foziah asked us to be in group of about 7 people and we needed to explore the software given by her. For me, the software given is fun but quite confusing. Even for me, a 23-years-old adult found it difficult to solve the problem in the game. I really cannot imagine if I ask a 10-years-old child to do it. They might be able to do it, who knows but for me it's quite complicated.
Maybe other games would be fun and easy. These kind of software would help teachers to grab the students' attention since children love games. So, teachers should know how to use the software so that they will be able to help them in the teaching and learning process.

Submission of Assignment 3~

Today we submitted our Assignment 3. Every one of us needed to struggle to finish the assignment. This assignment requires us to design 4 lesson plans for all the 4 skills. It's not an easy task since we need to sit down and think about what we are going to do in the lesson plan. In order to finish the assignment, majority of us had to sacrifice our sleep. The next day we saw each other, everyone like having 'panda eyes' due to the assignment. But it is alright. It is what we called students' life. No pain no gain, right?
I felt relieved after submitting the assignment because I do not have to think about it anymore. As in one of my works already passed and few more to go. Well, no more assignment after this. Wish you all good luck!

Technology vs Non-technology Materials

As a teacher, we need to know how to manipulate technolgy and non-technology materials. Both materials are useful in the classroom. Both materials have their own advantages. Technology materials like OHP, LCD, Smartboard, Powerpointd, softwares etc might attract the students' attention to learn. Children attention spam are very limited so we need to know how to attract their attention during the lesson.
However, we have to keep in mind that not all schools are equipped with all these technologies. So, as future teachers, we also need to know about how to use and manipulate non-technology material such as mahjong paper, flash cards, realia etc so that they can be used in the classroom replacing the technology materials. I'm not saying here that traditional way of teaching should be the last resort in conducting a lesson but we have to widen our mind not to focus only on technology materials because not all schools have those equipments.
Basically, both materials are equally useful and important. Both have strength and their weaknesses. It is all depends on us, future teachers on how to manipulate the materials so that it can be used effectively in a classroom.

My mind is clear now~

Today, Pn. Foziah made a clear explanation about our portfolio and the percentage of all assignments. She also explained about how she decided to set all the marks for our task and assignments. So. now I already got the idea on how the evaluation will work later on.
In addition, she also explained the difference between task and assignments so that we will not get confused again. She also informed us about what to be included in our portfolios to avoid confusion in the future. After listening to her explaination, now I can move on by gathering all the tasks that I have done in the past and put it in one folder in order to let my work runs smoothly and organized.
Well friends, enjoy your time doing the portfolio! =)

E-Book submission and a new task!

Today I submitted my E-book assignment. I did it individually so there is not much of problem occurred during the making of E-book. Besides, we only need to use Microsoft Powerpoint which is not much a trouble because I already used to the software. Furthermore, Pn.Foziah already gave an example on how E-book looked like so it really helped me in creating my own E-book.
Pn.Foziah did not enter that class but she left us with a new task which is to be done in group of four. The task was explained by Izyan clearly and we understood what we needed to do. Basically, the task is about designing a lesson plan for a skill we decided to choose. I chose reading skill and I have to come out with a lesson plan using the skill. Even though I'm blur but I guess I have to give it a shot. Well, good luck for me and my group members!

E-book task~

We have to create a E-Book individually or by working with your pair. I decided to work on my own since it's easier for me to do so. I decided to do the topics about places we usually see and go.
I think the topic is not that complicated and students are familiar with it. Hoping I will finish my E-book on time without any diffiiculty.

We were also given a task which requires us to download the video 'Earth Song' by Michael Jackson in Youtube. This task are to be done in pair. I'm working with Ainaa for this task. Based on the video, we need to create teaching aids for a lesson. We also need to download another video chosen by us and we need to do the same for the second video. Hope everything will go smoothly. God bless!

So you think you can dance...

We were assigned to do a new task in a group. We were required to download the video 'So you can think you can dance' in Youtube. Our task was to download the 5th episode. Then, we needed to combine all the parts of the videos so that it'll become one video. Besides that, we needed to cut whatever is unnecessary from the video. The episode was not about dancing at all but it was about the story of the dancers. So the cutting part was a bit confusing. But as a group, we managed to do it. Everything went smoothly except for the uploading part. It was very difficult to upload it in Adec because we were told to do so. Then thanks to Izyan's information, we were later informed that we needed to burn the files in a CD. So, that's actually helps us a lot to finish up the task.

Video editing

In video editing assignment, we were required to do two tasks which is group and pair work. We were having problem when doing the group assignment. We have to download the show entitled 'So you think you can dance' in the 8TV website. At first we were having problem downloading the video. When we tried to download, it failed. After trying several times, we managed to download the video. The task required us to cut the parts of video which is not necessary. We used Windows Movie Maker to edit the video. After doing the editing, we had problem in uploading the video to Adec. The video size is too big to be uploaded in Adec. Then we were told that we can burn the files to dvd and hand it in to Izyan. So thanks to Izyan for handing in our assignment. She really faced lots of problem regarding the task. So all her efforts are really appreciated. Thanks to Ziman, our group member for burning the files into the DVD. I really thanks all my group members for all the difficulty we faced when doing the task.
As for pair work, we did face some problems since at that time we were having our holidays. So, basically everyone already bought the ticket back to our hometown including me. Luckily, both of us have internet connection at our house, so we managed to the do the work online.
After discussing here and there, we managed to come out with a video entitled 'Sharing is Caring'.
I did learn a lot when doing this task. It is not easy to do video editing. It needs patience in order to finish the video. So, somehow it gives benefit to me. =)

Audio editing

We were given this assignment to test our skills on audio editing. At first I did not see the rationale on why we have to do the task. But then, I think it is necessary for us to know about editing the audio since we are a future teacher. We need to know the skills of adapting and modifying resources. If we chose audio as our teaching resources, some parts are not necessary to be presented in class, so we have to edit it. This is when the skill becomes useful to us.
In order to do the task, I decided to use Nero Audio Wave Editor to edit the song. I just did a simple editing which is cutting some parts of the audio. I use the song 'Breaking Ice by Britney Spears'. I cut the part I like the most and saved the file in MP3 format.
After I have done the task, I feel like it's not a waste for us to know the skills of editing since it's gonna be use later on in our future.

Photo editing

We were assigned to do this task..at first, i thought it was difficult to edit picture but then after I explored the software I want to use, I found it not that difficult to edit a picture. I decided to use Turbophoto and Photoscape software to edit the picture since it's quite user friendly.
So after exploring the softwares, I managed to edit my picture based on requirements.
Somehow, from this I learned on how to edit a picture and it's really gave benefit to me..

First task?

In group, we have to gather materials based on the topic Culture and Tradition. We did the work by metting up with each other as well as sms-ing each other to know the progress of the work. After discussing, we decided to devide the works among ourselves to save time. My task was to do the summary and reflection of the materials gathered. I did the task with Bhavarita. We actually have to describe on how to use the materials in the classroom as well as to summarize on the website we chose to visit in order to collect the materials. Hoping here everything will go smoothly.

Hello~

Hmm...What to say?Actually I don't know what to write..I'm new to this blogging world..Not into blogging that much...But,you have have to do what you have to do..
First of all,I think this course quite interesting because I have the opportunity to learn about technology..I may know about basic steps to the technology world but I still need to learn more..So, I think this course can help me to do so..
Nowadays, everything requires technology..You need technology like internet to get urself updated with the current news or else you will be left behind...Like it or not, it's something you have to deal with in this age of science and technology..If you are an IT illiterate, you have no choice but to learn about the technology..
It is a benefit to know and learn about it since everything goes through the cyber world...
That's my thought for today...Thank u...*wink*