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.