Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Reflction for this course.

Assalamualaikum ma'am....

I know this is the last time for you to read and visit my blog. Firstly, I really want to thank you for all the help, input, support and guidance that you have given to us throughout this 14 eek. I learn a lot from this course. In fact, I also learn and improve a lot in term of internet and technology skills. Thank you so much ma'am! It was a great opportunity for me to get to know you and learn from you :-)

Below are the answers for your questions:-

1. What I like about blogging is blogging is similar with a diary. What make it differ is blog can be shared with our friends, teachers, tutors and others. However, diary is a personal thing. The only person that can read it is the owner. Besides, blogging can help us in sharing information, ideas and input within our friends, tutors, teachers, lectures and others.

2. What I did not like about blog is the owner of the blog and critics and comments on others. Besides, all the critics and comments can be published and shared with others in public.

3.What I have gained throughout this course and of course blogging are it helps me a lot in improving my language skills and fluency in learning English. Besides, it also help me to always use my critical thinking in everything I do. For example, reflection and evaluation. Moreover, blogging also help to improved my thought processes and technology skills. Apart of that, it also increase my communication skills and also confident within myself.

4. How I gained all the benefits that I have listed above? Blogging make me think and teach me on how to improve myself in language learning. Usually, when I want to post a comment in my blog, I have to think a few times before I can start typing all the things that I want to say. This of course need me to use my critical thinking. Besides, since the readers who view my blog and post comment in it, this also can help me in my learning. Remember, learning is a long life process.

5. What I like about this course is I can learn many technology skills such as downloading, uploading, blogging, editing, creating video, e-book, burning and others. Before this, I really have a very limited knowledge and input about all of these skills but now, I almost and improve myself a lot about all of these skills.

6. What I did not like about this course is there a lot of task that we have to do. Sometimes, the task take a lot of our time and also make our affective filter in learning goes up. This will make us feel tired and unmotivated in learning.

7. What I have learnt from this course is about all the technology skills such as downloading, uploading, blogging, editing, etc. I also get to know and have been introduce to many kind of children courseware and software that can be used in teaching and learning process.

8. What I did not expect to learn ablot this corse is about all the techology skills. Since this semester we already have a course on integration of technology the classroom, I did not expect that I have to learnt and do many tasks that a required me to have my own internet acsess in this course.

9. What I have expect but did not learnt in this course is how we can use and create the all authentic materials that available around us such as books, magazine, newspaper cutting and others to be used in the classroom.I did not mean that we cannot use all the technology products that are available in the schools but sometimes, due to the time constrain, budget and many more, teacher cannot depend 100% on teachnology. So, they must also know on how to use all the things around them for teaching and learning purpose.

10. I did not think that I wanted to change anything about this course but I think if I can I want the lecture to also teach us on how to use and produce teaching aids from all the authetics materials that are avalaibe around us. It is because, many schools in Malaysia are still lack and only have a very limited technology facilities.

Test

Week 14

Assalamualaikum and hi everyone.....

How are you guys now? I know that all of us are now busy editing and do the last touch up for our portfolio. It same goes with me.I'm now are struggling to finish doing my portfolio. Sometimes it makes me dizzy but I have to fight with it and continue to do it until the end. I will fell release and free when I hand in it to Madam Foziah this Friday.. horey.....

This is my last reflection on this course and this week is the test week for all of us. I personally didn't know what chapter or topic that I have to read due to this test. In fact, I wonder how the questions are look like. I don't have any clue or hint about it. So, I just read all the note given to us by ma'am. I really hope that the questions are not so difficult.Amin....

Overall, the test consist of four questions; Question 1 till 4. We are required to answer all the questions in 2 hours time. At first, I really shocked when I read the all the questions. I feel very blur and didn't know where and how I want to start it. Basically, the questions are quite hard and need a lot of CCTS while answering them. Since the time constrained a very limited and pack, I really want to ask forgiveness from ma'am since I know that my handwriting are very bad. I didnt know whether ma'am can read it or not. I really sorry ma'am.. huhuhu...

Monday, October 13, 2008

Assignment 3 & Children Software

Alhamdullillah....

Finally I manage to finish and hand in my assignment today. Although I didn't sleep last night since I tried so hard to finish it. I faced problems in finishing this assignment since I went to my hometown last weekend. I went back because my mother not feeling very well. I cannot concentrate and always think about her. So, I sacrifice my assignment and I went back to met my mother.

In today's class, Madam Foziah introduced to us a few example of childrens' software. So me, these software are really good and beneficial to children. While they are playing or undergo some of these software, children not only integrate the use of technology in their life but also they can learn and enrich their knowledge especially for English subject. This is because, all of the software are using English as the medium of communiction.

I personally like and interested with on of the software, Freedy Fish. I found out that this software is really intersting, attractive not only for children but also for person at my age. Besides trying to solve the mystery in the game, I can learn new vocabulary, improve my English and also triger my CCTS.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Assignment 3

Assalamualaikum & hi everyone....

This is my 12th reflection for this course. For today's class, ma'am asked us on the progression of our assignment. We all admit that many of us still didn't finish doing even one lesson plan..huhuhu

Because of that, ma'am asks us to be in our own group and start working on our assignment. Thanks a lot to Madam Fodziah:-)

Holiday - Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Assalamualaikum & salam Aidilfitri to all...

This is my 11th reflection. Plus, this week is also Hari Raya Aidilfitri week and I believe that everyone is very happy and in hari raya mood.

Before the break, ma'am already gave us Assignment 3 to work on during the holiday. For this assignment, we have to work in a group of 4 and each person in the group has to create 4 lesson plans for 4 different laerning skills which are listening, speaking, reading and writing. My group consits of me, Azliza Ramlee, Siti Suhaili and Bak Zhi Yang. The topic of my lesson plan is 'My School' for Year 2.

Honestly, I didn't do or touch anything that are related with the assignment. I hope ma'am can forgive me...huhuhu. This year, my family and I are going back to Kelantan Darul Naim to celebrate hari raya Aidilfitri.

Antway, Happy Aidilfitri to all and 'maaf zahir dan batin'.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Microsoft Publisher

Assalamualaikum & hello guys...

This is my 10th reflection and in today's class we learnt about Microsoft Publisher. Personally, I found that this programme is very useful not only for teaching and learning purpose but we can also use it in our daily life. In fact, almost everywhere we go, we will find at least a small piece of written form that related with Microsoft Publisher. For instance, browser, pamphlet, poster, name card and others.

For this task, we have to do it as a pair work and my partner is Nur Safrina Abu Bakar, my permanent partner:-) However, each one of us has to come out and create our own masterpiece of name card, book cover, poster and pamphlet. Plus, we also have to create a news letter according to our own topic and creativity. For this task, we have to work in a group of 5 and of course the group must mix races and gender. So, the group members for my group are Nur Safrina Abu Bakar, Azliza Ramlee, Rimala, Siti Suhaili and me. Our group choose to create a news letter about cooking. Our target readers are our own friends in our cohort.

Honestly, this is the first time for me to create a name card, pamphlet, poster, book cover and news letter on our own. At first, I feel afraid that I can't do this task. However, with my friends' support and their giudence, I finally manage to do it. This is show that group work and team spirit are important. As a group, we must always help and support each others. Since we are now stay in college and far from our family, we can only count on our friends for support, comfort and help. We cannot live in this world all by ourselves. We need family and friends to accompany,
protect and support us.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Assalamualaikum....

How is everyone now?I know that everyone is busy completing the 2nd assignment right?

Actually, this is my 9th reflection. This week, me and my partner, Nur Safrina Abu Bakar, are struggling to finish our second assignment. To make it easy, each one of us pick a particular video clip. For example, I get the video clip of the 'Earth Song' by Micheal Jackson. So, each of us has to work on the video clip in order to make sure that we can use that particular video clip for teaching and learning process in the classroom.

Basically, what am I doing with the 'Earth Song' is, I take a look at the video clip. After that I try to figure out what is/are teaching point (s) that I bring out from that video clip. Besides, I also have to look up for CS. This is a challenging task for me since I have to make sure that the lesson plan that I have created by using that particular video clip is beneficial to be used in the classroom and it also beneficial to the pupil.

Honestly, I still in the process of finishing the assignment. I try my best to finish it on time. Hope ma'am will like it:-)

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The Four Language Skills

Week 8

Dear ma'am,

Assalamualaikum. How are you now? For your information, this is my 8th reflection for Resources class. This week, as usual, we have a new task to be completed and we have to hand in this assignment next Tuesday, 8th September 2008.

This assignment is a group work task. We supposed to have a group, 4 persons for each group. For this assignment, each one of us have to pick one learning skill (listening/speaking/reading/writing). The topic for each group is different from one another. Moreover, we have to refer to Curriculum Specification (CS), use anything that we have learned before such as photo editing, audio editing, video editing etc.

For my group, the group members are Azliza Ramlee, Alfaizah Asmi, Nurulhuda Pauzi and Kamarul Hafizan. Our topic is 'Part of Body'.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

E-Book Task

WEEK 7

Assalamualaukum everybody...

How's the holiday?Did everyone has fun?For me, it still the same as my everyday. I did't go anywhere. I just stay at home, spent my time with my family members :-)

Actually, this is my 7th reflection for resources class. This week we got a new task, of course. This was about e book. For this task, it can be done either as a pair work or individual work. So for me, I had chosen to do this task with Nur Safrina Abu Bakar again. Since she was my partner for video editing task entitled Kuih Karas,I think we already know about each other and I felt happy to work with her. This aspects are very important for group work. We have to feelcomfortable, happy and cooperate with each other so that we can performance a successful kind of work.

Regarding this assignment, we had to create an e book that is suitable for Primary School pupils. The e book actually is the teaching aid that can be use for teaching and learning process in the classroom. We can integrate other subjects, such an Mathematics or Science, in creating the e book. Since it is for educational purpose, we have to be serious in choosing the topic, theme, Curriculum Specification (CS) and materials that we want to use for this task. The example of materials that we can use are pictures, music, animation, words and many more. The materials that we want to use must be colourful, clear and attractive in order to attract pupils' attention and to motivate and support their learning. Moreover, we must also take into consideration on pupils' interest, familiarity, characteristics and needs to make sure that this e book is beneficial and useful to them.

Video Editing Task - 'Kuih Karas'

WEEK 7

Assalamualaikum ma'am

How is your holiday?During the holiday, I didn't go to anywhere. I just stay at home with my whole family.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Video Editing Task-'So You Think You Can Dance'

WEEK 6

Assalamualaikum ma’am and my fellow friends…

This is my 6th reflection for this subject and within this week, I had leant many new things especially related with video editing. When ma’am told us that she wanted us to do a video editing task, I personally accept this task and sad to myself that I could leant another new thing this within this week. I thought it will be fun and challenging.

When ma’am lectured us about this task, it seems to be easy. Because of this task, we almost had a fight and blame each other. However, when we worked on this task as a group, we found out that it was too complicated and need a lot of time. We almost fight and blamed one another when we faced problems while working on this task started from downloading it in 8tv until the process of producing it into a new edited video... huhuhu…. However, our group managed to edit the video and came out with a new video for the first episode of ‘So You Thin You Can Dance’.

Through this task, I managed to leant about Movie Maker, Orbit Downloader, Super Converter and Total Video Converter. Moreover, as a group I realized that team work and cooperation among group members a very important. Without all these, our group will face failure and quarrel between one another.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Audio Editing Task

WEEK 5

Assalamualaikum.......
Hello......

I totally shocked when I heard that this week we were given another task to be completed and it was audio edting task..huhuhu...

This week, I promised to myself that I wanted to finish doing the task before the date due. So,I had asked my friends on how to do it and at the same time, I also read the lecture notes in Adec. Through this task, I also learnt new things. For example, Audacity 1.3 Beta and how to upload my work so that ma'am could hear and evaluted it.

From this task I knew that how hard and stressful people who invoved with this kind carrier. However, when we done something and it took a lot of time to do it, we will appreciate and take note about it better.

Photo Editing Task

WEEK 4

Assalamualaikum and hi everbody....

Last week ma'am had asked us to do a photo editing task. It was really a challengging task especially for me who have a very little and minimal knowledge about technology. Plus, this task turn to be so hard and rush since I only knew that I had to upload my work on Saturday, before 12 midnight. I thought that we had to send the work to ma'am before 12 midnight on Sunday. So, in hurry, I tried very hard to finish it together with my tutorial. It also stressed me since me and my friends faced a problem with internet assess. Since now we are staying in 9th College of UM, the internet assess here is very low and slow. Its sometimes makes us angry and feel that we just want to throw away our laptop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Overall, through this task, I had learnt something that is very meaningful and beneficial for me on how to edit photo. Before this I didn't know anything about it. However, on that night, with my friends' help, I finish my work on photo editing. At that time, I get to know, learned and used Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready and Photo Manager. I then knew what is crops, layer, frame and etc.

Then I realized how lucky I were to get the oppurtunity to learn this new knowlegde about technology. At the same time, I also realized that technology is very important and very closely related with our daily life.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Photo Editing Task

WEEK 3

Assalamualaikum and hi everyone...

This is my 4th reflection for today's class. I shocked when ma'am said that we did not have to hand in our 2nd assignment today. It was because everyone in my cohort said that we had hand in it today.

Thank to ma'am because after today's class, I had a clear idea on what I supposed to do for the topic of photo editing. I found that this topic is not applicable to be use in the classroom but it also can be used in our real life.

Through this, it prove that technology can be widely use. It also very beneficial to be used especially in designing teaching aids for classroom activity.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

3rd Reflection

WEEK 2

Assalamualikum ma'am.

This is my 3rd reflection for today's class. Personally, I still blur and did not really understand regarding our 2nd assignment. This occur because some of my colleges gave different interpretation about it. However, my group still work on it and we, Insyaallah, will come out with an interesting, beneficial, motivate our target groups.

Friday, July 18, 2008

My Blog....

WEEK 1

Assalamualaikum ma'am...
This is my 2nd reflection.

During the class, I felt quite lost and unmotivated once again when you explained about all the technology terms that we have to face for this course. I really did not understand and had none ideas about all of them:(

When you asked us to discuss in a group of 5 or 6, I really felt release when I know who my group members are. I hope we can work together and will successfully come out with a good, interesting and effective resourses that we can used it the the future when we become a teacher.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Blogging...

WEEK 1

Assalamualaikum.....

Welcome to my blog. I hope all of us can always be happy..