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. What I like about blogging?
Since this was my first experienced in exploring the blogging world, I’d felt very excited and I liked to discover the interesting thing inside it. I love to share my ideas with the others and the others can also give some opinions and point of view when reading my reflection. On top of that, blogging for me is really fun yet interactive as it can enables me to have interactions with all my friends. Genuinely, I’m not the type person who loves to write everything in the diary. Apart from that, I’m a little bit shy to share my feeling with others. But, the blogging world has teaches me to through away that feeling and time to time I learned to write everything in the blog. Now, I’m already have a positive thinking that blogging is really essential for us as the learner to share and gain something from others too.

2. What I do not like about blogging?

I don’t like if the others people gives comment in harsh words through this blog. I hope that they can give a good and positive comment for me to improve in my learning.

3. What have I gained from blogging?
I learned to reflect myself through the writing in the blog. Truly, I don’t like to write a diary, but through blogging, I learned to practice my skill in writing the diary of my life. Thus, this blogging is the best platform for me to share my feeling and reflect back about what I’d learned in this course.
4. What I like about the course?
The course helps me in developing my knowledge about the available resources for teaching and learning activity. Through this course, I learned that there are varieties of resources available in the internet. Teacher can save time and money by searching the resources thorough this technology. I also learned on how to create some creative teaching materials by using technology such as audio cutter, PowerDirector software, and Gif animation. Now I’m able to create my own video clip, cutting and joining the audio, and create my own E-Book for teaching and learning activity. All these learning experienced really essential for me to become a creative future teacher one day. I can use all my materials that I’d developed in this course in my real classroom one day.
This course gives me guidance on how to develop teaching resources using technology as well as non-technology in order to help me in carrying out a good teaching and learning process. Besides that, I have gained some skills like photo editing, audio editing, video editing, and converting files using a lot of free software in the internet.

5. What I do not like about the course?
The course is really tough for me as there are too many assignment and task that I’ve to do in a short period of time.

6.What I have learnt from the course?
I learned on how to create suitable and varieties of teaching materials that can be used in teaching and learning process. Good materials can make teaching and learning process become more interesting and meaningful to the pupils.

7. What I do not expect but have learnt from the course?
I do not expect that we have to learn everything in technology. We learned in depth about how to create materials by using the technology. Now, I know on how to edit the pictures, cutting and joining the audio, and create my own E-Book for teaching and learning activity. All these learning experienced really essential for me to become a creative future teacher one day. I can use all my materials that I’d developed in this course in my real classroom one day. This course gives me guidance on how to develop teaching resources using technology as well as non-technology in order to help me in carrying out a good teaching and learning process. Besides that, I have gained some skills like photo editing, audio editing, video editing, and converting files using a lot of free software in the internet.

8. What i expect but have not learnt from the course?
I expect to learn also about how to make some creative teaching materials in traditional ways, as example, how teachers can create some materials by using old magazines, or old newspapers, how to create some creative puppets and so on. This course seems similar to the other course which is Technology in ESL classroom as we have to focus a lot in using technology.
9. If i can change anything about the course, state what it is and explain.
This subject can be fun if in the classroom, we not only learned about the technology, but also learned about some non-technology materials. In the classroom, it will interesting if we can create some creative resources by using anything and explains on how to use the materials in the classroom.

-the importance of technology in teaching

From my experience of learning and from the journey of reading, I grasp something valuable which that the technology is really important in using and developing resources for teaching. From my point of view, technology can be a tool for the children to communicate with each others and as the result of this interaction process, the children become an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of information transmitted by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. I also think that by using the technology, the children can actively explore by themselves about how to obtain, manipulate and generate the information. As we approach the 21^st century, we can see a major changes in roles of the teacher as well. From my observation, nowadays, the teacher is no longer the center of attention as the dispenser of information, but rather plays the role of facilitator, setting project goals and providing guidelines and resources, moving from student to student or group to group, providing suggestions and support for student activity. As students work on their technology-supported products, the teacher rotates through the room, looking over shoulders, asking when necessary and let the children themselves do their own exploration. This is what I intended in my future classroom one day. I want to give my pupils some superficial time for them to learn in their own by using the technology.

Through my reading, I also had gain knowledge that the using of technology can boost up the pupils motivation. Here is a quote from a teacher that I found really motivating in promoting technology in the classroom:

The kids that don't necessarily star can become the stars. [with technology]. My favorite is this boy . . . who had major problems at home. He figured out a way to make music by getting the computer to play certain letters by certain powers and it changed the musical tone of the note and he actually wrote a piece. He stayed in every recess. . . . When I asked him what he was working on, he wouldn't tell me. Then he asked if he could put his HyperCard stack on my computer because it was hooked up to speakers. I said "sure" and at recess. . . he put it on my computer and played his music and literally stopped the room. And for months he had kids begging him at recess, every recess, to teach them how to make music. And for that particular kid it was the world because he really was not successful academically and was having lots of problems. . . . This really changed him for that school year. -Elementary school teacher

~Kids like the immediate results. It's not a result that you can get anywhere else except on the computer. . . . For them it really is a big deal. Much more so than I ever though it was going to be. --Elementary school teacher

~Technology is the ultimate carrot for students. It's something they want to master. Learning to use it enhances their self-esteem and makes them excited about coming to school. --Fifth grade teacher

~The computer has been an empowering tool to the students. They have a voice and it's not in any way secondary to anybody else's voice. It's an equal voice. So that's incredibly positive. Motivation to use technology is very high. --Elementary school teacher

Now, I strongly admit that technology should be an integral part of the learning environment. Children nowadays are immersed in a daily life full of computers and other technological advances. I recommend that the schools in Malaysia should reflect this change in the classroom. Integration of technology does not mean placing a computer in the corner of the classroom and leaving it un-touched throughout the semester. Thus, technology must be incorporated in all aspects of the curriculum for our students’ benefit.

For third and fourth lesson plan, I planned to do skill of writing and reading as these two skills are crucial and difficult skill for the Year 1 pupils to acquire. I choose a variety of materials and teaching aids for these lesson plans. I always use the pictures of video clip as my set induction since these materials can grab pupils’ attention towards my lesson. Instead of teacher say directly the topic of the day, let the pupils explore the topic by themselves indirectly through their watching and observation of the pictures or video clip. Teacher can ask them to guess the topic of the day after that. This can enhance the pupils’ eagerness towards the topic of the day. For the pre stage in the writing skill, I did some changes as I let the pupils to watch the video clip and at the same time they will learn through the video clip. It helps to stimulate pupils’ thinking as while watching they are also learns about the topic of preposition. For me, the video clip also helps the teacher to teach the topic of the lesson as the video itself contain teaching points. Since I thought that video clip is a good tool in enhancing pupils’ learning, I managed to find lots of video clip that I thought might suitable to be used in these two lesson plans. Hopefully, I can be able to use all these video clips in the real classroom one day. I also hope that I can gain something worthwhile from the result of this lesson plans assignment since I put a lot of effort in completing all these 4 lesson plans and I expect to use all my lesson plans during my teaching profession in the future.

second lesson plan reflection

~ here for the second lesson plan, i wanted to do listening skill as this skill is suitable for the topic of direction. i did some research to find suitable activity in the internet. There are various of activity that I’d found in the internet. I choose to use this web http://www.esolht.org.nz/tutors/resources/findingway.pdf for my teaching aid as there are lots of teaching aids for teaching directions in this web. I wanted to use the map in the web as it was simple yet attractive to be used for Year 1 pupils. I also found an interesting video clip that can be used in set induction. Here is the link to the video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr9mLP6NwnU

I think that this video clip is can attract pupil’s attention as it teaches left and right with fun song and attractive puppet as a tool to show the actions. Pupils love to watch something difference and the puppet show in the video clip can trigger the pupils’ to focus and follow the activity at that time. It also helps the teacher to introduce the topic of the lesson in simple but fun ways. Instead of find difficulty in time by producing something new, the teacher just need to find the suitable video clip and easily modify and show to the pupils. It is more applicable in terms of time and money. Here I noticed that internet is the best resources for the teacher to use as it gives so many teaching and learning activity that are suitable for the classroom. It’s up to the teacher to find the best activity for teaching.

first lesson plan reflection

I choose to do speaking skill first for my lesson plan as i already had planned the activity for this skill. For set induction, i choose to use video as the video is a good way in capturing and to arouse pupils’ attention towards the lesson on that day. For the while, I thought of using the display sheet with the answers paste on it as it can give a better view for the pupils as they can see clearly the sentences in front of the class compare to just use the task sheet, the pupils may not be able to speak out the answer as the pupils in Year 1 may not develop yet their eyes coordination, thus they will find difficulty to see clearly the small words in the task sheet. For post, I had using the work sheet act as additional tool for the pupils in enhancing their understanding of the lesson that day. Work sheet provided is a good way for the pupils to practice using the language as they need to complete the task individually. This can give the pupils chance to test themselves whether they understand the lesson taught or not. Work sheet provided also with large size of words and with simple sentences, so that pupils can do the task without facing any difficulty.

Assignment 3 in process

For this third assignment, i got Year 1 topic which is 'How Do I Get there'. Through my searching, i had found that basically the topic teaches the pupils about the simple directions and preposition of locations. Since i got Year 1 topic, i had to bear in mind how the children in this stage learned, their cognitive development and how to boost up their motivation towards the learning process. Thus, from my reading and previous learning about the young learners characteristics, i should know already on how to make the learning fun for the young learners. My teaching and learning process should be interactive and enjoyable for them to learn. Now, i realized that to be a good teacher is really tough as i need to consider all the factors to make the teaching and learning more effective. Here by doing this assignment, the learning process take place so that i can become a good and practical teacher one day.Hopefully..

Microsoft Publisher

~ Before this, i had experienced using this Ms Publisher to make brochures for some events. Here, i had the opportunity to explore and experiment the world of publisher and now i have realized that besides the brochures, there are lots more thing that we can produce by using this software. It makes me feel keen to use and make my own name card creatively as this Ms Publisher really friendly user and not complicated to use it. Now time for exploration! i want to do my own name card by using the software. :)

the 4 skills tasks

For the four skills task, i was doing the speaking skill, and i had focused to produce the teaching aids on while speaking stage as in this stage we can see the development of the teaching and learning process. I choose to use the slideshow of the animal pictures as the teaching and learning process will become interactive by using the technology. In my opinion this video viewing can acts as a medium for the pupils to practice using the language through a meaningful and communicative activity. For examples, teacher explicit pupils’ opinion and they can share the ideas with their friends based on the video viewing. I also think that this video viewing is a good way to provide clear description of animals as this video introduces the real animals to pupils. Pupils can have real view of the animals and can tell the description of the animal based on the real picture’s slideshow that they have watching before. I’m not using the cartoon animals to teach the pupils as the pupils will not have a clear view about the animals and probably have difficulty to describe the animals. Some of the pupils may not have the opportunity to see real animals in the zoo. Thus, this video gives them the chance to explore the world of animals in the zoo.Finally, I have also included some group activity in this stage. The group work is a good way to let the pupils have some discussion and during the speaking presentation, all the group member have to speak and this can make the shy pupils get involve during the activity also.

Tutorials...

I forgot to say here that in this course, i have learned something new which is print screen for tutorials. Very interesting when we can see our work can be print screen and the picture of our product can be seen in Microsoft work. It is simple yet practical for the lecture to see our steps in producing some product of works. But sometimes, when i'm doing the assignment, the tutorials tasks make my work tough as sometimes i do the task and forget to print screen and as the result i have to do the same thing again for just to print screen the work. But, to gain something, you must work hard right. Thus, i had learned something through this experience and for the next assignment i will make sure that i will not doing the same mistakes again. Hopefully...

ebook reflection

I’d taken about 2days to finish up my ebook task since I’d a basic knowledge of powerpoint and I also had an experience of doing an activity using this stuff. For me, powerpoint is really an effective tool to do a presentation in the classroom since it can include sound effect, pictures and colourful background that can attract students’ attention in the classroom. I’d an experience when my friend did the story telling using the powerpoint, and the way she did it make me so amazed as she made it so colourful and fun that I’d thought it was really meaningful for the teaching purpose. Thus, for this task, my friend and I made it in a fun way with integration of sound effect and also music background so that students can enjoy the story in our e-book. We'd used an animal for our topic as the students are familiar with this topic and they will enjoy listening the sound of the animals while watching our ebook. I really hope that I can use this 'Animals in the zoo' ebook in the classroom one day.

video editing reflection

Since me and my partner have already know and expert using the windows movie maker,we then want to take a challenge by using the other software for this assignment. We used Cyberlink PowerDirector for this assignment. I felt very keen to use and produce the video by using this software since I saw the video product from this software was better than a movie maker. I felt excited to explore one by one the transition room as there are lots of transitions effects in this software. If I could, I wanted to use all the transitions for my video but due to the time limit, I just could use only four to five transitions. I also can explore the slideshow effect, trim, title room and so on. At first, it was hard for me to use this software, but I realized that learning takes time. Now, I can use this knowledge in the future as I know already to produce some good video for educational purpose by using the software.

Beside this software, my friend and i also use Easy Audio Cutter software to edit the audio and add it in the video. We chose this software because it was easy to use; to cut the audio and also to join two audio together.

I also had learned some soft skills during this video editing process. I had learned to give and exchange the ideas with my partner. I learn to accept and at the same time share my ideas with my friend like as example, she give some ideas on how to improve the video and we take some actions by improving our video based on our discussion.

I also learn to be responsible of what I produce for this assignment. I worked hard to produce a momentous 4 minutes video so that I felt contented when watching my own product later on.

During the process of creating this video, I manage to develop my positive emotions as I always think optimistically and felt confident in finishing my video. When I faced difficulty, I will said to myself, “ I know I can do it!” The video in the youtube entitle ‘Story of life’ is the proof that I managed to do it even there are lots of difficulty I faced while producing the video.

Others soft skills that I had learned were honesty in making this video. I must honest producing my own work, and I cannot plagiarism others work as this is not the right way to do so. Besides that, I also learn on how to negotiate with the others, teaches others what I know and so on.

video editing..

For those who want to learn more details about this movie maker, here is a link to tutorial 4 u..

http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/moviemaker/ss/import_pics.htm

Audio editing

My use of audio had been very limited. I usually used too much audio in teaching tools such as PowerPoint presentations. I used audio in order to be flashy, not to emphasize certain points. I was not using sound to make sure the pupils were learning during my micro teaching last semester. I also was not familiar with the audio editing programs that are available for use on the computer.

Through my reading, I learned that “less is more” with any audio used for instructional purposes. I learned that sound is not just sound effects. Sound can be found in things such as videos, television shows, and computer games. I also learned that there are different types of sound categories including: speech, sound effects, and music. After reading “Multimedia in Learning,” I learned that sound can be used to accentuate a visual presentation. Adding sound can draw out certain aspects of a performance. My work for this task would not have been as effective without the recorded sound and sound effects.

I enjoyed using the “Easy Audio Cutter” and “Virtual DJ” programs to edit my recordings. My “ah ha” moment came when I realized that I can edit the audio by adding some effects to make the audio more interesting and it can also attract the audience to enjoy the audio. I have also found it helpful when editing songs; for example, deleting portions of a song or creating a song that is exactly three minutes long. Finally, thanks to my friends whose want to share with me this software. Really helpful in order for me to edit my audio. :)

photo editing ref

This was our first task using Adobe Photoshop. We were asked to edit any photo by using this Photoshop software. I created the image using an original photo, “ my friend and me’. I used Photoshop to alter the colors of the background photo to play on the surrealistic of the image as well. This Photoshop was a fun way to learn my way around the software. I think it really helped to get into it without too much headache, though I must admit that it took a lot longer to create these images than it appears. I found that time would just fly by when I was working, especially when I was hunting for images to use in my scene. This exercise was very helpful in getting to know Photoshop as well as for getting advice and feedback from another student. It was interesting to contrast design ideas and to see how another person interprets ones ideas. I also noticed that I can relate this learning process with my role as a teacher one day. As a future teacher, I can use this knowledge of editing photo to edit some pictures for example, cartoon pictures to make use as teaching aids. As we all know that pupils love colourful pictures, animated pictures, therefore this is my opportunity to learn as much as I can on how to create and edit the pictures so that teaching and learning process can be done meaningfully and pupils can enjoy the lesson that day. In the nutshell, it was definitely a good experience with this collaborative work.

Welcome note…

We need each other. We need the experience, the ideas, the good and the challenging about resources, tools, hardware in order for us to become techno savvy teacher one day . We need to share what really works and what doesn't in this technology world. As a way to share those experiences, I hope that we can exchange our opinions and comments here.

The way it works is that I will share a resource or you can email me at nurulamalinayusof@yahoo.com and I'll post it. Thanks to all!!

This video clip is really helpful to teach the young learners about preposition


Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jIC5HLBdM

and here is education video 'Where are you?' created by me :




this is the link to view the video..please support our local and original video by click on the link below...thank you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7imj3XUXlLM

F.I.R.S.T I.M.P.R.E.S.S.I.O.N What is resources? Before entering this class, of course I must have some understanding of what actually resources is. Based on my understanding by reading some materials, resources comes from the word resource, means any physical or virtual entity of anything used to help one ,means that as for a teacher, resource is the materials (teaching aids, videos,songs, books, pictures etc ) that a teacher can used in developing teaching and learning activity. Through my experienced of collecting some materials for teaching during macro teaching practice last semester, I know that as a teacher, it is not an easy job to find a suitable pieces of material yet a very quality of resources to use in the classroom practices. Somehow, this course really helpful for me and my friends to gain as many knowledge as we can so that in the future we can make use this knowledge and apply it in teaching and learning practices. I hope my lecture, Pn Fouziah can guide my friends and I during this semester. Thank you.

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