Thursday, September 25, 2008

Reflection of Assignment 3

Finally, after handed in our assignment yesterday, I feel so relieved to know that I can celebrate Raya holidays without thinking of any work to do. Maybe for now, hahaha.

Back to the topic.
I guess this assignment really help me to become creative in a sense that we need to develop our own teaching aids that can attract the pupils attention. At first, it is a bit hard to gather all the ideas and materials on the topic that i want to teach. But all become clear as I started to write down the curriculum specifications that i want to focus in my lesson. From my view, the lesson that i want to create should be fun and meaningful and this will indirectly help the pupils to learn better as it is something that they like.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

SMARTboard


Haha, sorry for the late post. Right now we are doing SMARTboard assignment. All progress are running smoothly although i have some minor problem with the SMARTboard installer. Do not worry, i already fixed that :D Look forward to our work next week. Jya ne :D

Sunday, August 17, 2008

VIDEO ASSIGNMENT - DONE


Finally, i got the time to update this blog.
For the past few weeks, I've been so busy with the assignments and stuff.

Well, overall i think I've learned a lot from doing this assignment.
Although this is something new, doing the video is quite fun and challenging.
The instructions of the assignment are also clear and we were given enough time to prepare and produce our video.
Not like some courses that i know...

Anyway, i look forward to our next assignment :D

Friday, July 25, 2008

TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOM



I found this video while surfing the net just now. Basically, it tell us some tips on how to make use of technology to create materials for teaching and learning purpose. I hope this video will give you some insight on the importance of technology in today education.

CURRENT STATUS


Well, another week has almost fully passed and i am sure right now my knowledge about this course already increased little bit. Hmm, about my assignment, it is still in progress but the preparation of the materials already completed. With a little touch up and editing the video using PowerDirector, i hope it will finish this Sunday.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

FIRST BLOG ASSIGNMENT

1. How technology is going to affect how your students are going to be learning.

In the recent years, technology has become a very significant factor towards the development in the field of education. Without realizing it, technology has become indispensable in our life. As the technology advance, the role of the teacher also changes when they try to integrate students experiences with technology. The teacher no longer has to be fully in charge in an activity as they can give some of the control over to the students with the help of technology such as interactive whiteboard (smart board) and interactive PowerPoint. For example, the teacher can facilitate the students by providing them with conducive learning environment as a motivator for them to use their own knowledge to construct meaning from the resources that they were given. This will help them to understand the topic better as they indulge themselves in the activity rather than just listen to the lectures.

Furthermore, technology also provide the student with the accessibility to gain knowledge on their own. With the power of the internet, students can find all types of information with just a simple click of a mouse. But, not all of the information are safe for the students. For example, there are many bad website out there that offer pornographic pictures and other bad influence from the western countries that that are not suitable with our norms and values as Malaysian. Therefore, parents and teachers should play their roles to guide and monitor them so that they will know what to do with all the information that they can get with their hands.

2. How you as a teacher will be learning.

Teacher should be aware of the development in the educational world today as technology plays a very significant roles in teaching and learning. There are plenty of educational forums on the internet that teachers can join to share their tips, teaching ideas and even creative lesson plans with other teachers all over the world.

Moreover, teachers also can interact with each others via online conference. Our education system should practice to create online seminars and courses for teachers as this will certainly help them to reduce living cost by cutting down the traveling expenses.

Honestly speaking, we cannot deny that technology has revolutionize our ways of learning to a certain point that we only need a computer and internet connection to be as our personal teacher at home.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF PKEY3101


Frankly speaking, I'm a bit surprise as we were told to create a blog for our very first assignment in this course. My first impressions of the word "blog" is that... what is a blog anyway. Although i have some basic knowledge about internet and stuff, learning to create a blog from scratch is a very fun experience that i will never learn if i do not attend to this course.

Anyway, i hope to learn a lot about today technologies for this whole semester so that it will help me to equip myself with the latest information on the new trends in the educational world.