Week 2

Hello and welcome back!

Well, for week 2, we had to do a group presentation which involves video editing, audio editing and slides in teaching a topic related in the Form 2 syllabus. So thus, 4 groups of 5 people were formed. The group members in group 2 were Abang Joe, Aileen, Allen, Jennie and me.

The output of the video were presented in class. All of us got a chance to see all the other group presentation. It was indeed an interesting moment to see how and what did the other groups chose in creating and presenting.

Group 1 did on poetry recital. I think that it was interesting as it includes the audience to recite along the poem. The video right at the end also showed an example of how students do a choral speaking on reciting the Daffodils. It's really encouraging to see younger generation in performing such beautiful literature.

Group 2, which was my group presented about floods. We inserted videos to show the impact of floods and many pictures with the background of our recorded audio and appropriate (emo) songs.

Group 3, presented on adjectives which I think it's simple yet good. It is good as they gave many examples and show the usage of the words in various ways. They also had recorded audio which was interesting as one role plays another in teaching adjectives. (Eg: Dr. Nigel was interviewed by reporter Hilman.) The last part of the video had a complimentary song as it shows a recorded event where Freddy sang Angels. It was beautiful. I think inserting a video at the back where students can chill out and relax is wonderful before they proceed in doing other work.

Group 4 also did on adjectives in a more detailed manner. They had many songs included in it.

Overall, Mr. Norsarihan thinks that our job was in a level of satisfaction. Well, I think we did a job not bad. (The feeling=It's like the first time in doing it and it's already accepted- o yeah!). I believe that in the long run we could be better than this. I believe in every good video, appropriate and catchy songs should be inserted. Words got to be bold or at least not that thin to be seen from afar. Transition is also very important as it effects the smoothness of the video. Recorded audio should also be short and clear.

So, as teachers to be, we got to be well equip with ICT as students are in par with or maybe even more smarter than us about it. But it's still never too late to learn and teach the others. We should also always insert different types of ideas to cater for diverse learners such as the video presentation.

Week 1

Hello and Welcome!

I'm Rachel Chin from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Currently a TESL student, joining a twinning between UKM-IPGKS. 

It has been a short break since the last semester. And finally, we kicked-start the 2nd year of Uni by taking 5 subjects:

#1 Teaching As A Profession [GA 1123]

#2 Linguistics For Language Teachers [GV 1214]

#3 Learners Strategies [GV 1244]

#4 Educational Technologies [GE 2153]

#5 Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia Tenggara [ZT 1033]

Well, truth be told, I thought that I have graduated from studying ICT stuff since we had a 2 months of short drilling in ICT. However, this blogspot is a scrapbook for Educational Technologies which pulled me  into reality that we're going to learn more stuff on ICT. Though I do have a little phobia on this course due to past experience, but I think that it's going to be exciting as I'm going to learn some more new stuff! ICT never fails to impress me with new knowledge. Again, learning is an on-going process. And we cannot live in denial that ICT is a great source of help to all man-kind as we get to live a life so much more easier. I believe this course will definitely help me in the future as a teacher. 

Mr. Norsarihan Ahmad will be teaching this course. And in the first week, he briefly explain to us about the outline of this subject. He explained to us what is Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. He also elaborated why we must insert ICT in the teaching field in the future. We also must understand that education is always evolving, so we must also equip ourselves with knowledge to teach the future generation and not just sticking to the old-school format.

In this first week, we were required:

1. To create a blogspot (Done!)

2. Create our own background (Done!)

3. Complete a profile pic (Done!)

4. Write a Reflection (Done!)

5. Create a Podcast

6. Follow our lecturer blog  (Done!)

7. Create a Wiki account (Done!)

We were also required to take some pictures. And to install adobe photo shop.

I think doing all of this is easy. However, laziness is the source of procrastination and the boundary to continue this is actually because of staying in the comfort zone. It seems that to fully unleash the true potential of one is to break free from FEAR= False Expectation Appearing Real.

So, I hope in the weeks ahead , I will gain a more insightful knowledge in ICT and that I'm able to survive when learning all the subject in this new semester.

Keep on Fighting!~