e-book

The success of the utilization of materials or resources in the teaching and learning in the classroom are dependant on certain aspects. The foundation or base for every successful learning experience is the characteristics of successful utilization of teaching and learning experience. This information is deemed important for every teacher and also the teacher trainees. In this class, we were introduced to one more type of teaching resources which is the e-book.

I have heard about this term before via television and magazine and I knew what it is stand for but I have never seen or use any of this type of materials. So this lecture gave me a broader understanding of what e book is all about. There were some examples of e-book shown by the lecturer to give us exposure about this thing. Besides that, we were given the guidelines on how to make an effective e book. The criterion such as the colour, the integration of pictures or images, the type and size of the font used and also the use of songs need to be considered carefully. As for example the font ‘Comic San ms’ should be used to the primary school children as it is quite similar and very close to the pupils’ real handwriting.

Before the lecture ended, we were told about our next assignment which is the assignment 2 and 3. This is very helpful to me as it serves as an early preparation on what should be done next. In short, I enjoyed this class very much and it had successfully opened up my mind that teaching and learning could be fun with the integration of technology.

video editing

This particular class concerned with video editing. Basically it was all about the editing of a video whether it is for educational to be used in the classroom or for entertainment purposes. For the introduction, we were served with the videos made by our seniors of the first cohort. The video were simple with a slide show of pictures and animated words together with background song but yet it is interesting and for me it was successful to convey the intended message in the sense that viewers are able to get the message delivered. After that, there was another video viewing session but this time round it is more towards educational purpose.

Next, we were assigned two tasks which required us to work in pairs for the first one and to be in group for the other. For the first part, we chose to make a video on happy moment and then later on uploaded it in the ‘Youtube’. For the second part, we were asked to go to the 8TV website on the net and to download the episodes of ‘So you think you can dance’. Using the downloaded video, we have make some editing job which is to cut and joint the chunks of videos together and make up a new one. Here, the teamwork spirits play an important role as it involves a lot of work and effort.

Hardworking, patience and determination are among the values that play a vital role in completing the task. During the process of working on the task, we faced several problems such as the computer hang so many times due to the RAM problem, problem of uploading the videos to the ‘Youtube’ and so on. Besides that, we have to really sacrifice our time during the holiday in order to complete the task. It takes us hours and hours sitting in front of the computer each day. But after all, we managed to complete the task successfully and that was where we felt that all our effort were paid off.

Here, again a token of appreciation and thanks to all my group members for their efforts and hardwork that they have shown now and then.