Week 15: Reflection of the Course!

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 J

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 J

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)

Week 14: Reflecting on what I have learnt

Next week, we will be having a test for this course. Of course, I started feeling nervous and anxious. Hopefully, I can do my best for the test.

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 has introduced me to the new learning environment with the new knowledge learnt. 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 J

All in all, from this course, I have learnt:

1) Computing and internet skills

2) Photo Editing

3) Audio Editing

4) Video Editing

5) Software for ELT

The knowledge that I have gained through this course would help me in my future teaching in order to have effective teaching and learning process. Besides that, this is also important 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.

Week 13: Youtube Video !

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 the submission, another task was given. We were assigned to create and produce a video of our own. Wow.. can we do that?

Working with the same partner, we decided to make a video about HOLIDAY.

In the process of creating this video, we have to apply and incorporate all the skills that we have learnt before such as inserting the images and audio into the movie maker and many more.

This is the first time we produced a video of our own. So, I have prepared the video. As I mentioned earlier, this is the first time we produce a video. So, if there is any mistake, we hope to improve it in the future. See you!

Week 12: E-Book !

This week’s reflection focuses more on E-Book. At first, I was a bit difficult 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. This means that I’m in really really big trouble!

However, it is different from my first impression. As we are still new 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, we need to have a systematic plan. 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 is the topic of our 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

Week 11: Meaningful Picture!

Too fast! Hee.. That’s what I think as we are in week 11 now. There are a few more weeks for completing this course.

Well, this week is still about picture editing. As I mentioned in my previous reflection, I like editing picture so much. I find that editing pictures in interesting and easy. However, it is not easy when it comes to ensuring the edited pictures shows meaningful story behind it.

So, the picture that I have edited is basically about “Graduation”. Let’s see the difference between the picture before and after editing.

:: BEFORE::




::AFTER::

It is simple but, it can be used for classroom teaching.

Besides that, we were also asked by Pn Foziah 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 consider the suitability of this e-book to be used for teaching primary school children.

See you next week for my reflection of the E-Book. Thank you..