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!