1. What do you like about blogging?
Blogging provides me a new space for sharing my thoughts and ideas with others. It also gives an opportunity for me to my other friends’ opinions and feelings especially about this course. Blogging has introduced me a new way of telling my point of views to the readers.
2. What you do not like about blogging?
It can’t be denied that blogging is a good way of giving opinions and sharing our thoughts. However, it is quite difficult for me to maintain it. This is because I’m not a person that always updates my blog from time to time. So, it won’t be able to get readers’ attention to keep reading my new entries.
3. What have you gained from blogging e.g. Language skills, improved fluency, critical thinking, improved thought processes, technology skills etc. How?
For me, blogging helps me in improving my writing skills. This is in terms of writing with less grammatical errors and I’ve improved a lot in elaborating each idea in my writing. Besides that, blogging helps me in my reflecting skill. As compared to the first time I began reflection, I am now getting better in thinking of what should be included in the reflection.
4. What do you like about this course?
This course provides me new knowledge about IT skills. Honestly, there are many things that I don’t know before going through this course such as editing pictures, editing audio and so on. Therefore, I am thankful to be in this course as it helps me to increase my technology-based knowledge.
5. What you do not like about this course?
I have no comment on this question because overall, I have learnt a lot in this course.
6. What have you learnt from this course?
Like I said before, this course provides me an opportunity to increase my technology-based knowledge which is essential and useful for my future teaching. This is because nowadays, technology plays an important role in enhancing teaching and learning process.
7. What have you learnt from this course that you did not expect to?
I have learnt a lot of technological tools. This course really impresses me on that.
8. What have u expected but do not learn from this course?
I have no comment on this question
9. Comments regarding modules:
1. Internet and computing skills
a. What do you like about this module?
Nothing.
b. What do you not like about this module?
It provides the information that I already know.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
No comment.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I also have no comment on this question
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I can’t remember. But, I have learnt a few things such as converting files and encoding.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skills help me in terms of choosing materials form internet and creating or producing materials of our own to be used in teaching and learning process.
2. Photo Editing
a. What do you like about this module?
I have learnt how to edit pictures and make it more meaningful.
b. What do you not like about this module?
Nothing.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the part where I can edit the pictures.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I don’t like the part where I have to edit pictures to make it meaningful. I have to take more time to think of how I should edit the pictures to make more meaningful.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Producing more meaningful pictures and exploring Adobe Photoshop.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skills help me to make photo editing in order to suit the teaching and learning process.
3. Audio Editing Skills
a. What do you like about this module?
I have learnt how to edit songs.
b. What do you not like about this module?
It requires a lot of time especially when we have to increase and decrease the sound of the audio.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
Making a ringtone and edit a song (fade in and fade out)
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I don’t like the part where I have to remix 2 songs.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I have learnt how to use audio editing software such as audacity, sony vegas pro and many more.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skills help me in producing a song that can be used in my future teaching in order to arouse students’ interest in learning.
4. Video Editing Skills
a. What do you like about this module?
I have learnt how to edit and produce a video.
b. What do you not like about this module?
Nothing.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the part where I have to produce a video.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
Nothing.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I have learnt how to use video editing software such as SID Video Cutter and Splitter, Windows Movie Maker and many more.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skills help me as future teacher to edit or create a video of my own and I could use the video to suit my future classroom teaching.
5. Software for ELT
a. What do you like about this module?
Creating many things easily using Microsoft Publisher
b. What do you not like about this module?
I have difficulty in using some software. It’s a little bit confusing.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I could learn many new things.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I need to take quite long time to finish the task.
e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I have learnt to be more creative.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skills help me to create teaching materials which are more interesting to be used in my future classroom teaching. This is to ensure that the students’ are attracted to participate in the lesson.
10. If you can change anything about this course, state what is and elaborate?
1) There should not be too complicated tasks.
2) The instruction of some tutorials should be clear.
3) The tasks should be taken into account the possibility to be used in real classroom teaching.
On a scale of 1 – 10, please rate your computing and technological skills for both before and after undergoing the course.
Eight (8)
This is the last week before we’ll be having a test for this course. Test? Huhu.. sounds scary. Hopefully, I can do my best for it.
Okay, for this week, I just want to reflect on what I have gone through this course which is from the first week until now.
This course is indeed helping me a lot. I have learnt a lot of IT skills based on the modules that we get. Special thanks to Pn Foziah for giving this valuable knowledge to us
So, from this course, I have learnt:
1) Computing and internet skills
2) Photo Editing
3) Audio Editing
4) Video Editing
5) Software for ELT
All these knowledge is really helpful in my future teaching in order to have effective teaching and learning process. This is also for me as a future teacher to think of more interesting ways of arousing students’ interest in learning and getting them to participate in classroom activities.
All in all, I would like to thank my lecturer, Pn Foziah, for giving me guidance and feedback in this course.
I hope that I could apply what I have learnt through this course in my future teaching later. Insyaallah
This week, we were asked to submit all the tasks that we had completed:
1) E-book
2) Lesson plans
3) Module 2 ( Pictures Editing)
After submitting these tasks, we got another task to be completed. We were assigned to create and produce a video of our own. Sounds interesting, right?
Working with the same partner, Halimah, we decided to make a video about HOLIDAY.
In the process of creating this video, we have to use all the skills that we have learnt before such as inserting the images and audio into the movie maker and many more.
This would be the first time we produced a video of our own. So, I’ve prepared the video for you. Hope you like it
This week’s reflection focuses more on E-Book. At first, I was a bit blurred because I had no idea on how to make an e-book. I thought that we have to produce a very complicated and complex e-book like what we can see in internet.
However, it is different from my first impression. As newbie in technology, we are just assigned to produce an e-book using Microsoft Powerpoint. Therefore, as future teachers, there are a few things that we need to consider when creating e-book for primary school children. The e-book should be:
1) Appealing
2) Using big fonts
3) Colourful and bright pictures
4) Interesting- including animations and sound effects
5) Suitable in terms of language use with their cognitive level
After considering all these aspects, what we have to do for the next step is planning. In our planning, we need to:
1) Select a theme or a topic
2) Choose the setting- time and place
3) Characters involved in the story and their characteristics
4) The plot of the story- conflict, climax, resolution
5) Navigational tool so that the e-book can work properly ( can go to the next page or the previous page)
6) Selection of animations and sound effects to be included in the e-book.
So, the next step would be thinking of the suitable topic for this e-book. My partner and I have chosen the topic of Animals in the Zoo. We plan to introduce some animals with their characteristics.
Here are some of the snapshots of our e-book:
Title: Animals in the Zoo
Theme: Animals
Year: Year 3
Time flies to fast. Can’t believe that we are in week 11 now. There are a few more weeks for completing this course.
Well, this week is still about picture editing. Editing picture is quite easy. However, it is not easy when it comes to ensuring the edited pictures shows meaningful story behind it.
So, my edited picture below is basically about “Holiday” in Langkawi. Let’s see the difference between the picture before and after editing.
BEFORE
AFTER
As you can see, I have put my own picture and a phrase “Holiday in Langkawi”.
It is simple but, it can be used for classroom teaching.
Besides that, we were also asked to create E-Book using Microsoft Powerpoint . For this task, we need to edit pictures and also audio that we have learnt before and incorporate all these things to create the E-Book. Most importantly, we need to ensure that it is suitable for teaching primary school children.
See you next week for my reflection of the E-Book. Thank you
This week, there are 3 tasks that we need to do. The tasks are:
1) Cut the chorus part of any song to make it a ringtone.
2) Remix two songs together.
3) Edit the song “Dua Insan” by M. Nasir and Siti Nurhaliza.
It was quite tough for me. But, I managed to complete these 3 tasks. At first, I was wondering why we need to do all these tasks. However, I started to realize that it is important to learn audio editing as it would help me to suit my teaching in the future. This is also for making the lessons as interesting as possible and able to engage students in learning.
For editing the audio, Audacity is the appropriate software. I believe that through learning this audio editing, I could carry out interesting activity in my future classroom and I would be able to enhance the students’ learning.
That’s all for this week. See you later ;)
This week is for us to reflect on another module that we get from Pn Foziah which is Module 2- Photo Editing.
In this module, we need to use many picture editing software such as adobe photoshop, photoscape and many more. I’m so happy because this nodule has provided me an opportunity to learn on how to edit pictures.
This is one example of the picture that I’ve edited
AFTER
BEFORE
This week, there is nothing much we did. Thanks to Pn Foziah for allowing us to spend the 3 hours for completing the first module.
The module is really THICK for me. It is impossible for me to finish it within two weeks because there are a lot of applications that are very new to me. Most of the time, I have difficulty in following the steps in the module.
Before class ends, Pn Foziah asked us to go to her office this coming Thursday because we are going to get a new module which is Module 3- Audio Editing.
That’s all for this week. What’s next? Wait for my 8th reflection next week. Bye ;)
For this week, there is nothing to be reflected. Why? Because the class has been cancelled. We have no class because our lecturer, Pn Foziah need to attend a course. No class does not mean that no task at all. I asked my friends from other class and they said that we started having a lot of works.
Well, my next fifth reflection is for reflecting on the works that I’ve mentioned earlier.
That’s it for this week. See you on my next reflection. Bye !
Hello and assalamualaikum everyone especially to Madam Foziah and Cohort Five.… There are 2 more years to go before we end our teaching training course and from that moment, we will be called “teacher” by our future students, insyaallah. However, do we really know how children go through their growing process? We should realize that every child is different in terms of their growing process. They are unique as they have different learning styles, different preferences, and they also have their own ability in grasping new knowledge.
As future teacher, we are trained to be aware of these aspects. Why should we lean about all these things? There are many reasons for this question. We should be aware of children’s differences so that we will be able to carry out effective teaching and learning process. By knowing these aspects, we can also make reflections on our teaching whether they are able to understand what we teach or it goes the other way around. Then, based on the reflections, we as teachers will be able to think of and plan more effective teaching strategies in order to give them better understanding in their learning. This would definitely help teacher to create an optimal learning condition for the children. The optimal learning condition would be the best environment for students to learn. This is essential in order for teachers to have students who become leaders and grow within the classroom.
For this week, we focused on the qualities that help children in learning foreign language and how teacher can build on them. There are 6 components of children’s abilities that may help them in foreign language classroom. Those components are as follows:
1) Children’s ability to grasp meaning- In terms of language development, the message-interpreting skill of the children is part of the way they learn new words, concepts, and expressions. Therefore teachers should make full use of gestures, intonation, demonstration, actions, and facial expressions to convey meaning so that they could have better understanding in learning foreign language.
2) Children’s creative use of limited language resources- Children have the ability to use many ways for conveying the meaning even they do not know the word or grammatical structure for what they want to say. This actually occurs in language classroom even without teacher’s help. This occurs especially when there are activities that generate real interaction or call on the imagination. Therefore, games play an important role as they are not just for fun, but they could create a desire to communicate and also unpredictability.
3) Children’s capacity for indirect learning- Learning occurs in two ways, directly and indirectly. Children sometimes learn better than the way they should be learning. This means that they tend to focus on other things else although teachers are controlling the activity fairly closely. According to Halliwell ( 1992), this is part of the rather complex phenomenon of indirect learning. This would be an advantage for teachers to use language activities which involve them in guessing what phrase or word someone has thought of.
4) Children’s instinct for play and fun- Children are always trying to find and make fun. This would be an advantage for teachers to create activities such as guessing activities. Through their sense of fun and play, children are living the language for real.
5) The role of imagination- The capacity for fantasy and imagination has a very constructive part to play in the language classroom. It would be good if teachers could incorporate the elements of imagination and fantasy. As a result, the teachers would be able to create activities that provide very powerful stimulus for real language use.
6) The instinct for interaction and talk- This is the most important for the language teachers. This is because the instinct for interaction and talk is one of the most powerful motivators for using the language. As teachers, we are to make sure that the desire to talk is for learning, not against learning.
To understand better about these 6 components, we were assigned to be in groups and each group would have to present one of the elements as mentioned above.
The tasks were as follows:
1. Read through all the section of the selected component.
2. Pick up important part.
3. Search materials that enhance learning based on the component.
4. Prepare a power point presentation.
These are a few pictures of our presentation:
When it comes to typing, it's not a big deal for us because we are used to it. however, one good question to ask yourself : How fast can you type?
I think that many of us can type 100 words in just a few minutes (especially when doing last minute assignment)hehe...
This week, class began with the introduction of how to type properly by Pn. Foziah. This would also help us to type faster. Wow, i never thought that there's a particular way to put our fingers on the keyboard when typing. Once again, this is new to me. for example, the pointing fingers of our hands should be placed on certain letters.
The pointing fingers of our left hand should be placed on the "F" key and the pointing finger of our right hand should be placed on the "G" key.
We were also given the software for us to practice our typing skill. I've tried it once... it's really hard man!!! I should keep on trying... Thanks Pn. Foziah for giving us the software.
Well, time to sleep. That's all peeps!
NAME : MUHAMMAD ANUAR B. RAMELI
MATRIC NUMBER: PEH080038
The best thing about this subject ( PBEY3102- Using and Developing Resources for ESL Classroom) is that we have to create a blog. This sounds quite interesting for some people but not for me. This is because i know NOTHING about blog. Can someone teach me??? huhu...
Anyway, this subject is about using variety of resources in classroom and focuses more on the use of technology in teaching and learning process. Several examples would be the use of computers, social networking sites and many more.
Now, let me introduce our lecturer for this subject. Her name is Pn. Foziah bt. Mahmood. We are divided into 2 big groups (Group 1 and Group 2)and i'm in Group 2. i hope that i can get as much knowledge as possible from this subject so that i would be able to use variety of resources when teaching in the future.
That's it. see ya! ;)
