This week, we started off with our assignment. Looks like most of us are still blur about what do we need to do for our very fist assignment of the course -- a video!!!
Oh my god! A VIDEO?! I had never come across anything like this and how am I suppose to get this assignment done? Fortunately, our lecturer are kind enough to give us a brief description on what is expected for the assignment.
Finally, my mates and I manage to understand what and how to get the video for the assignment done. I always thought that i can handle and operate things related to IT well. Now, I realise that I still have a lot of things to learn such as all the different softwares and websites to get information.
As a whole, the 2nd lecture had not only help me on my assignment, it also increased my knowledge on many other functions of the PC in front of me....
Computers.... Not only for doing assignment, watching DVDs and chatting and checking E-mails.
Its also for us learn more on what others share online (thanks to my coursemates that post info and sharing ways to get our assignment done), I had also find a new hobby in me, making videos of my family, and photo editing.
After this session of lecture and working on the assignment, I am confident that i can make a very good video for my cousin's wedding which is on May next year...
Monday, July 21, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Technology at Pasar Malam
13-July-2008
A beautiful evening where the rain had just stopped, very cooling and nice outside the house. Just the right day for a Pasar Malam trip at SS2.
Wondering what has Pasar Malam got to do with technology?
Bak, Eliana, Jarrod, Woo and me....The "forever pasar malam" gang who are all busy coping with new study life had found our new way to realise stress... FOOD!!!
We were at this place ( heard that it serves very good desserts), having creamy peanut dessert and when it was time to pay, I settle the bill and otherw will need to pay me back (as usual)... As for me, i told Bak 'wait till i get back I'll count and let you know how much do u have to pay me....Don't make my life miserable needing to count in the middle of Pasar Malam!'
We tend to forget that we are living in the technology era, even if we do not bring a calculater out, we still have this application on our cellphones.
Pasar Malam mathematic problem settled, by the help of technology!! Loving it!!
A beautiful evening where the rain had just stopped, very cooling and nice outside the house. Just the right day for a Pasar Malam trip at SS2.
Wondering what has Pasar Malam got to do with technology?
Bak, Eliana, Jarrod, Woo and me....The "forever pasar malam" gang who are all busy coping with new study life had found our new way to realise stress... FOOD!!!
We were at this place ( heard that it serves very good desserts), having creamy peanut dessert and when it was time to pay, I settle the bill and otherw will need to pay me back (as usual)... As for me, i told Bak 'wait till i get back I'll count and let you know how much do u have to pay me....Don't make my life miserable needing to count in the middle of Pasar Malam!'
We tend to forget that we are living in the technology era, even if we do not bring a calculater out, we still have this application on our cellphones.
Pasar Malam mathematic problem settled, by the help of technology!! Loving it!!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Next Generation Learning? Yes! IT
When people start to talk about learning through technology or the word 'IT', the first idea that will cross their mind is 'yeah... I know how to use a computer, so I am an IT person'.... The term technology cover a lot of things such as digital cameras, bluetooth, handphones, internet, SMARTBOARD, computers and many more... Ask yourself how many techno gadgets out there in the market that you are familiar with...
Yet we see that many are still struggling out there even to type a short simple letter using MS words and end up grumbling 'what am I doing with this stupid mechine'? I know that it is not that nice to say so but this happens to my mothers friend which is also a teacher herself. She struggled while facing a computer and took her hours to type a letter. Finally, she gave up and spent a few hundred ringgit getting herself a new typewritter. No laughing.... This is a true story.
Other than that, our government spend millions to equiped school and education institutes with technology gadgets that can assist teacher in their teaching but sad to say, computer labs are left empth for the whole day. I went for my School Based Experience on May this year at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Midah, happily i found that they have a very nicely equiped computer lab which is air-conditioned. Wow! The lab is the only place with air-cond plus the high speed internet access there it is just like a heaven for us. Until one day, chatting with a young teacher, En Farhan, we found that there are teachers in the school who are against the idea of En Farhan bringing his class to the lab for usual classes! I thought she might be a senior in that school and was surprised to find out that she is a young KPLI graduate teacher which means she holds a degree cert with her!!!!
On the other hand, in higher institution, students are sent for SMARTBOARD training courses and were encouraged to use smartboard for presentations which is a good thing that keeps students up to date with the latest technology. Guess what happen to the pathetic SMARTBOARD in the Seminar Room.... Left there to collect dust? No.....WORST... Some lecturers used it as a whiteboard and left permenent marks on it. Poor SMARTBOARD.... Only if the SMARTBOARD can talk...
From these situations, we can see how important is it to keep ourselves updated with the latest technology. It is also a common scenario to see school children bring cell phones that are much more sophisticated than teachers. No to say that we need to spend to keep updated but to make an effort to find out what is the latest technologies and to learn more about them.
After going through my School Based Ecperience, i learn that children nowadays who can have broadband internet access and high tech gadgets at home find it very boring when their teacher are stil using the traditional teaching method. They all responded very actively when i had my classes done using LCD to project photos and bring them to the computer lab. Pupils that I had interview says that they love it when teacher trainees take over their classes because these teacher trainees will make an effort to make sure that they use different technologies and tools to make the lesson interesting unlike the permenent teachers in school. I am happy that they love our lessons.
Technologies helps. I am not sure about others but definitely me. I can ensure that pupils can read words that are projected on the screen clearly because i know that i have bad hand writting. I can show them beautiful photos for English writing classes, such as making sentences. Traditionally, pupils are only given black and white pictures to write sentences. I myself faced problem when doing this exercise where i couldn't identify whether the picture was about a dog or a cat. No more doubts, no more unclear handwritting on the blackboard, no more poisonous chalk to breath in... Technologies do help! Agree? I think most people do.
So people out there, do not hesitate. Keep yourself updated because we are moving into the techology era.
Yet we see that many are still struggling out there even to type a short simple letter using MS words and end up grumbling 'what am I doing with this stupid mechine'? I know that it is not that nice to say so but this happens to my mothers friend which is also a teacher herself. She struggled while facing a computer and took her hours to type a letter. Finally, she gave up and spent a few hundred ringgit getting herself a new typewritter. No laughing.... This is a true story.
Other than that, our government spend millions to equiped school and education institutes with technology gadgets that can assist teacher in their teaching but sad to say, computer labs are left empth for the whole day. I went for my School Based Experience on May this year at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Midah, happily i found that they have a very nicely equiped computer lab which is air-conditioned. Wow! The lab is the only place with air-cond plus the high speed internet access there it is just like a heaven for us. Until one day, chatting with a young teacher, En Farhan, we found that there are teachers in the school who are against the idea of En Farhan bringing his class to the lab for usual classes! I thought she might be a senior in that school and was surprised to find out that she is a young KPLI graduate teacher which means she holds a degree cert with her!!!!
On the other hand, in higher institution, students are sent for SMARTBOARD training courses and were encouraged to use smartboard for presentations which is a good thing that keeps students up to date with the latest technology. Guess what happen to the pathetic SMARTBOARD in the Seminar Room.... Left there to collect dust? No.....WORST... Some lecturers used it as a whiteboard and left permenent marks on it. Poor SMARTBOARD.... Only if the SMARTBOARD can talk...
From these situations, we can see how important is it to keep ourselves updated with the latest technology. It is also a common scenario to see school children bring cell phones that are much more sophisticated than teachers. No to say that we need to spend to keep updated but to make an effort to find out what is the latest technologies and to learn more about them.
After going through my School Based Ecperience, i learn that children nowadays who can have broadband internet access and high tech gadgets at home find it very boring when their teacher are stil using the traditional teaching method. They all responded very actively when i had my classes done using LCD to project photos and bring them to the computer lab. Pupils that I had interview says that they love it when teacher trainees take over their classes because these teacher trainees will make an effort to make sure that they use different technologies and tools to make the lesson interesting unlike the permenent teachers in school. I am happy that they love our lessons.
Technologies helps. I am not sure about others but definitely me. I can ensure that pupils can read words that are projected on the screen clearly because i know that i have bad hand writting. I can show them beautiful photos for English writing classes, such as making sentences. Traditionally, pupils are only given black and white pictures to write sentences. I myself faced problem when doing this exercise where i couldn't identify whether the picture was about a dog or a cat. No more doubts, no more unclear handwritting on the blackboard, no more poisonous chalk to breath in... Technologies do help! Agree? I think most people do.
So people out there, do not hesitate. Keep yourself updated because we are moving into the techology era.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Welcome!
Hello to everybody!
This is not only my first post on the blog and also my first post for this year. Thanks to my technology lecturer, I now got the opportunity to really work seriously on a blog. it seemed to me like an interesting assignment rather than tons of lesson plans that need to be done. Maybe it is because blogging is something new to me.
This will be somewhere I share with others about my experiences with technology, lectures and also what i learn about technology. Hope everyone can spend a minute or two to leave me comment and related links to help improve myself.
Thank you!!
This is not only my first post on the blog and also my first post for this year. Thanks to my technology lecturer, I now got the opportunity to really work seriously on a blog. it seemed to me like an interesting assignment rather than tons of lesson plans that need to be done. Maybe it is because blogging is something new to me.
This will be somewhere I share with others about my experiences with technology, lectures and also what i learn about technology. Hope everyone can spend a minute or two to leave me comment and related links to help improve myself.
Thank you!!
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