Selamat Hari Raya...

This class started off with presentation from Razimans group which was the last group to present the given topic. This was actually the continuation of the previous class presentation which was disrupted due to the time constraint.

The presentation helped me a lot in the sense that it helped me to add on the amount of knowledge which is very essential in order to become a teacher. In my opinion, this session is very helpful because it lessen our burden to read up on various topic as each group were given different topic to be discussed and later on presenting their own topic to the whole class. This type of activity encouraged us to share the knowledge that we have with others.

After the presentation ended, we were given another task on research paper. Here, we are required to search on the net to find an article related to English teaching materials and then to examine the article to find out the purpose, objective and the result of the study.

I have tried to search for it but I find it was not an easy task as most of the journals related to the topic on the net required us to buy them. After searching for a few hours, luckily I have found one which was somehow related to the topic given.

I could sense that everybody was already in Raya mood as it will come up very soon, within a week. The chatting was centrally on ‘baju raya, kuih raya, balik kampung’ and etc. To add on the raya mood, ‘lagu raya’ was aired almost everywhere. It reminds me a lot of my family in my hometown and I couldn’t wait to be with them.

To end up my blog, I would like to wish all my friends and lecturer ‘Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, maaf zahir batin’. Hope to come back with a new spirits…

MS Publisher

The class started with the submission of the second assignment which is the E-book. All the documents needed be it hard copy and soft copies were handed in to Izyan, our dedicated class representative. Big thanks to Izyan for helping us a lot in completing this task.

This weeks class let us explore the software called the Microsoft Publisher. My first impression was this has got something to do with publishing due to the word publisher. And my assumption was true. This software allows one to create products such as book cover, templates, news letters, fliers, name cards and brochures. I have heard about this software before but I do not pay close attention to it as I felt that it is of less importance.

As I go through it, I was totally wrong about my assumption. This software is actually very useful in the sense that it enables us to create our own publishing items such as name card, brochures and etc. I always wonder how the people in the publication field create a news letter or brochure, what type of software do they use and sort of question that is mingling in my head. Now I got the answer for it. Hehe…

Slowly, I realized the usefulness of this powerful tool. As for students, they might want to create at least their own name card using their own creativity. For teachers, they might also want to create teaching aids in the form of brochure, fliers or etc to be used in the classroom or to be pasted at the school exhibition board.

Learning is a life long process. The more we explore, the more we realize things that we still do not know..

onetruemedia

Hmm…fasting months really tests one’s nerves to the maximum be it spiritually, emotionally and physically…I’m referring this to myself…With the hot weather, traffic jam, and crowded buses really makes me feel exhausted…Everyday seems endless moments of tiredness…Moreover, tones of assignments and tasks need to be completed in a short time also turns my world into a chaos .But what to do, this is the responsibility of a muslim...huhu… But still, the force to attend my duty as a student…

Today, the lecturer gives us the broad view on the list of assignments as well as tasks that are required for us be completed for the whole semester. This is to clarify all the problems and misunderstanding which happens lately. Hopefully, with this brief explanation, all the miseries and questions will be answered. Thank god. Now, I have a clearer view on the expectation of this particular subject. With tones of works need to be done, I really have to put myself into the fifth gear…”hmm, welcome back the endless day and sleepless night”…….

Learning process involves the process of adopting and adapting information into our schemata. In fact, today, I got to know another new knowledge which is closely related to my future jobs as a teacher. In this class, the lecturer, tells us on what and how to use a materials according to the suitability and proficiency level of the students. This is very important as it will affect the future learning experience of the pupils.

Besides that, the lecturer introduces one more website on video making which is called onetruemedia. Honestly, I have never heard about it before. What is special about this websites is that it allows anyone regardless of IT knowledge that they have with them, to upload pictures into it and the rest of the task to create a video will be guided by the website. All the suggested effects and backgrounds are provided. Users only need to choose one to be applied. Besides that, it is a user friendly software and plus, it is free. That is the most interesting part as normally this kind of software requires the user to buy before they can start downloading and using it in their computer. This is good news to all teachers as they can now slowly starts using video in their lesson.

In short, it is strongly suggested to all of us to try out using this website. It is easy, time consuming and free. So, teachers let us start to adopt a new style and teach the younger generation with a willing heart…….

fourth week thoughts...

Back to blogging stuff again. Here in this fourth class, sets a quite challenging task for me which is, the photo editing task. As for this week, I was introduced to a new field with weird names such as Adobe photoshope, ashampoo, U-lead and etc. Hmm, these names somehow sound very alien to me since I do not have any background knowledge about them. I have no idea of how it works, the components, as well as on how to use it. I must admit that I really have to start it from zero…huhu, life must be very hard for me.

By all means, I tried to download the Adobe photo shop software from the internet but somehow I was advised not to use the trial version as it might last for only certain period of time. Luckily, my friends have the software so I just get them from their computer. Hehe, thanks guys for helping me out. Then I get them installed in my laptop. Once installed, I tried to operate this thing but somehow it seems complicated. The icon and everything in it was very alien to me. Hmm, I was asking myself on what should I do as there was one task on photo editing that have to be completed. And, to make this, I have to use the one of the software….

That’s where I came to the last resort which is to use the ACDSee software. This one was quite easy and more user friendly. Moreover, I did have some knowledge about this software. So, it would not be so difficult this time round. The photo editing processes went on smoothly without any problem. And I was quite satisfied with the product. It might be nothing to the expertise, but for me, it shows the courageous and effort that have been put in completing the task given. Just when everything was done, I uploaded the picture in ADEC. This is one more new thing for me as I have never uploaded anything yet via internet before this and I am very happy with the experience that I have gone through.

In short, I was indeed very happy with myself as I was actually doing a self discovery activity. It was really a meaningful moment at that time. Hehe. Pen off…

week 8

For this week, we do not have class since the lecturer was not around. Instead, she left us with some tasks. The first task required us to work in groups of four and each one is assigned different skill which is listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Each group has to choose their own topic and to come up with activities involving these four skills. The requirement for the task is it must integrate any of the ICT skills that we have learnt such as video editing, picture editing and etc.

After draw lot session was done, I had to do on listening skill. We choose to do on clothes focusing on year three pupils. Well, its time for me to think on what activity that is going to be done. Hmm, after having some thought, I came out with this idea. I am going to use a recording tape in my task. The tape is about two people talking about different kinds of clothes. Hehe, I would like to express a very big thanks to my friends for their willingness to have their voice recorded in the tape. Thank you very much guys.

In the process of making up the task, I did not face much problem. I browse the net to get some pictures to be included in the task sheet, and I managed to get them all in just one click. Hmm, here it reminds me of how much the technology has changed us in the way we prepare the teaching aids. There is no more hassle and tiresome in drawing, pasting, colouring and stuffs like that with the use of the internet. Everything’s is at the tip of your finger. Now, everything was done and what is left was to upload the work in the ADEC as usual.

I have no more ideas to share here and that is where I pen off….