Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Week 15

LAST ENTRY FOR PBEY 3102~ BLOGGING~

1. What do you like about blogging?
I like blogging because I got the chance to reflect on my own learning. Whatever we learned in the class will be reflected in the blog and this enhances my understanding on that particular issue discussed during the class.


2. What you do not like about blogging?
I do not like blogging because I felt very difficult to insert pictures for my entry. I prefer my entry to be interesting and the best way is by doing the reflection in the form of narration and also by inserting pictures. Unfortunately I find it very difficult to insert pictures as it is time consuming.

3. What have you gained from blogging e.g. Language skills, improved fluency, critical thinking, improved thought processes, technology skills etc. How?
Blogging, helped in terms of enhancing my critical thinking skills. This is because I will try to analyse on how the topic discussed during the class can be incorporated in primary classroom and I will state it in my entry. Besides, I will try to think on how I should write the entry in order to make it appears interesting so that my friends will also be eager to read my blog and gain benefits from it.
Next, blogging also help to improve my technology skills. This is because, when I reflect on my learning in order to include in the blog, indirectly I am learning back on the technology skills that Pn. Foziah taught in the class. Thus, the skills and information that Pn.Foziah taught me will be very helpful to enhance my technology skills.

4. What do you like about this course?
I like this course because it involves hands on activity (practical) rather than just theory. This is very helpful for me because I understand better when I do something rather than just learning it theoretically. In fact, this course helped me a lot in terms of exposing me to technological skills. I learned a lot of important things which are very crucial for my profession.

5. What you do not like about this course?
I do not like this course is because it involves a lot of work. We need to complete the modules and also the tasks stated in each module. In fact, most of the time we have to sit in front of the lap top and that caused me backache.

6. What have you learnt from this course?
I learned on many things. From the first module, I learned how to download educational journals, free music song and also song’s lyric. I also learned on how to edit pictures so that it satisfies my own interest. Next, I learned on how to edit song so that I can combine 2 songs. I also learned on how to create e-book and also how to create my own video clip.

7. What have you learnt from this course that you did not expect to?
I did not expect I can edit pictures which make it looks so real. The first time when Pn.Foziah told about photoediting, I just thought of adjusting brightness, or adding frame. I didn’t know that I can change the background of the picture and in fact I can edit the pictures where I can stand beside my favourite celebrity.

8. What have u expected but do not learn from this course?
None

Comments regarding modules:

Internet and computing skills

a. What do you like about this module?
I like the tutorials given in this module especially the one on searching article journal and also song. Frankly speaking, I do not know how to download journal or song. Because whenever I try to download it, it requires me to buy it. Thus through this module, I learned on how to key in the right word so that I can get the journal and songs.

b. What do you not like about this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the skills are important and useful for me as a 21st century educator who is equipped with all the technological skills.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the task because I can prepare wonderful teaching aids in short period of time. In fact the teaching aids that I have prepared can be used during my practicum.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the tasks that are stated in this module are important as I can practise on how to design lesson for my pupils in future.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I learned on how to download and upload and the most important thing is that I learned how to store my files in the website. It is something like free storage to keep my collection.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
I learned on the type of pictures that I should choose and download for primary pupils. This is because there are a variety of pictures available on the net but as a future teacher I must choose clear, colourful and large pictures for the pupils.

Photo Editing

a. What do you like about this module?
I like this module because there are varieties of software that serve different function. Many thing can be done using the software introduced in this module.

b. What do you not like about this module?
Some instructions are not correct. For instance it stated that we need to open Triscape FX Photo in order to complete the tutorial. After searching for so long time, I found that the particular icon does not exist in this FX Triscape software. So I need to open all the software that I have downloaded for this module in order to search the particular icon and I found that in Photoscape software and not in Triscape software.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the task given because I can learn on how to design a better lesson and activity which uses wonderful pictures which are free from error in order to attract the pupils’ attention and stimulate their curiosity.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the tasks that are stated in this module are important as I can practise on how to design lesson for my pupils in future.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I learned on how to edit pictures so that I can remove all the negative aspects like red eye and blemishes from my picture. In fact, I can edit the pictures so that it looks clear.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
This skill is very useful because there are many pictures that I took to show to the pupils, for instance pictures of animals taken in zoo. Unfortunately due to certain error, the pictures could not be used. Thus with the help of the software introduced, this problem can be solved.

Audio Editing Skills

a. What do you like about this module?
I like this module because there is software called Audacity and it served many purposes. Many things can be done by using this software and it easy very easy to use this software.

b. What do you not like about this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the skills are important and useful for me in order to be a 21st century educator who is equipped with all the technological skills.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the task given because, I learned on how to combine two nursery rhymes in order to create a wonderful nursery rhyme which is different from the ordinary one. This is important in order to avoid the pupils to become bored hearing to the same nursery rhyme again and again.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the tasks that are stated in this module are important as I can practise on how to design lesson for my pupils in future.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I learned on how to edit a song which is downloaded from the internet. Probably I can change the speed. Besides, I can cut certain parts which I do not like in the song.
f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skills that I have learned are very essential because, at times certain nursery rhymes has a good language focus in it, unfortunately due to the speed of the song, pupils in primary schools could not catch up it. Thus with the skill that I learned in this module, I can decrease the speed s that Pupils are able to follow the song.

Video Editing Skills

a. What do you like about this module?
I like this module because this is new experience for me. I have create videos even before I was exposed to this module but extracting picture and audio from a video is something new for me and I did not expect I can learned this skill. There are many tutorials in this module which is interesting as I did not expect to acquire all the ability in editing a video.

b. What do you not like about this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the skills are important and useful for me to be a technology savvy teacher in future.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
The task given is useful for me as I can practise on how to create activity and lesson for my pupils by using these video editing skills.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the tasks that are stated in this module are important as I can practise on how to design lesson for my pupils in future.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I learned on how to extract pictures and audio from a video.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
This skill is very important because once I have extracted the audio from the video; I can carry out a lesson in the class to test the pupils on their listening skill. Then for the next stage, I can use the same video and this enables the pupils to see the connection from one stage to another stage although the activity varies.

Software for ELT

a. What do you like about this module?
I like this module because many things can be done, for instance brochure, banner and many more. Learning all these skills is important as I can use it not only for my profession but also for myself. For instance I do not need to waste money buying greeting cards from shops; I can create it by my own with the help of the skill that I learned in this module.
b. What do you not like about this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the skills are important and useful for me.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the task given because it helped me to think on how I can use this skill to make the teaching and learning process different than the usual one.
d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
There is nothing that I do not like in this module because; all the tasks that are stated in this module are important as I can practise on how to design lesson for my pupils in future.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I learned on how to create greeting card, calendars and brochure which are very important for me as a future teacher.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
These skills are very important as I can teach my pupils these skills so that they can learn on how to create greeting card and calendar independently without buying it from shop. In fact these skills are important as it can help the pupils to develop their creative and aesthetic skills in decorating the cards and calendar.

10. If you can change anything about this course, state what is and elaborate?
I think that there should not be so many tasks. This is because it will only cause students to do the task given for granted. They will not be serious in doing it as they will only make sure the tasks given can be done before the date line. In my opinion the quality is important and not the quantity. Probably the tasks at the back of each module can be minimised to one task which emphasize on creating teaching aids using the skill learned in that module. This will be very useful for us as we learned the skills in the module and practise on how to use those skills in creating teaching aids for pupils.
On a scale of 1 – 10, please rate your computing and technological skills for both before and after undergoing the course.

· Before-2
· After- 9





Week 14

This is the last week that we are going to meet Pn. Foziah, our lecture who had taught us a lot of technology skills. I am going to leave this course with full of satisfaction because after 14 weeks attending Resouces (PKEY 3102) class, I can now consider myself as 21st century teacher. Ok in this week entry, I would like to discuss some information that I gained regarding video editing.


After Pn. Foziah entered the class, she asked whether everyone has uploaded the video on youtube or not. All the pairs in Monday group have successfully uploaded their video. Thus Pn. Foziah decided to show the video that each pair has created in the class. We were very excited as we got the opportunity to view our friends’ work. There were many interesting videos showed to us but the one that impressed me a lot belongs to Faiz and Atikah.


CANCER is the theme of the video that Faiz and Atikah have created. The moment I watched the video, I felt so sad and pity of the cancer patient and I almost drop my tears. They brought up the storyline very well. Moreover the background music they have chosen for this video really suits the video’s theme and storyline. I really appreciate their idea on creating the video. HANDS OF TO THEM : )




When Pn. Foziah viewed the video that my pair and I have created which is about HUMANITY, she was not so happy with it. The feedback that she gave is that, our video could not really deliver the message to the viewer. This is because there were not many wordings in the video compare to the video that other pairs have created. Emmm, Pn. Foziah was right, there is no point creating a video if the message of the video could not reach the viewer.


Thus, my pair and I edited the video and this time around we included more wordings so that the message of the story can be understood by the viewer. After viewing the video, Pn Foziah told us on what are the chapters we should study in order to answer the exam questions successfully. Moreover, I was very hapy when Pn. Foxiah said that most f the questions in the exam is more to application rather than fact as I can apply all the skills that I have acqiured in this exam.


That all for this week entry and I would like to thank Pn. Foziah for being very patient in helping us to acquire the technology skills. We were proud to say we are the product of PBEY 3102 course because; plenty of important skills can be acquired once you have completed this course.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Week 13

Hello everyone, meeting you again in 13th entry. The moment I entered the class, I was wondering, WHAT IS THE NEXT TASK? In other word, I am asking myself WHAT I AM GOING TO LEARN IN TODAY’S CLASS. The moment Pn. Foziah entered the class, she asked us to submit the 3 tasks that we are supposed to submit on this week which are MODULE 2, GROUP’S LESSON PLAN as well as E-BOOK. We really struggled in completing all these assignments but we have learned a lot of important things and the most important thing is that we COMPLETED it within the due date.


Thanks to all my group members, Kumaresen, Syuhada as well as Teh Ban Leng for being so cooperative in completing the entire group work without delaying it or giving any excuse. Today, Pn. Foziah was checking each pair’s storyboard and most of the storyboards shown were rejected. This is because, the storyboards that most of them showed to PN. Foziah do not tell any story and the same thing goes to my storyboard. My pair and I showed our pictures that we want to include in the video and our intention was to make comparison between luxury life and poverty. There is a message that we would like to deliver to all the viewers which is “Help the poor” but we do not have any storyline.






So we changed our plan. We still remain with our previous theme, humanity but we introduce a character in this story. The storyboard is about the life of a rich girl who made her journey to meet all the poor people and decided to help them as much as she could. We want the storyboard to have a story as well as a moral message for pupils to follow. Thus, my pair and I are working very hard and we really hope that Pn. Foziah will accept our storyboard.


Besides, we were also asked to do tutorial for the picture that we have uploaded in Photobucket and the due date is tomorrow. Just hope that I will be able to complete this task and submit to Pn. Foziah. Ok, that is all for this week, now I need to work on the tutorial task. Bye and see you all in next entry : )

Friday, October 15, 2010

12th Week

Hello everyone!!!! We are meeting again in the 12th entry and now I want to share my experiences in Pn. Foziah’s class. The first thing is she called of us to move to the front and she showed us her students’ eBook. It was really eye-catching and interesting. Each of the eBook is different from one another. For instance, the first eBook showed consist of Pn. Foziah’s recorded voice. The second eBook showed which was on the life-cycle of a butterfly uses a melody music from the beginning till then end of the slide show. The final one was very attractive and colourful and the picture used was big and clear.




After viewing all the eBooks, she reminded us that the eBook that we created must have NAVIGATION KEYS, THEME and PLOT, SOUND EFFECT as well as GOOD QUALITY PICTURES. So far, the eBook that my partner and I have created consist all the characterisation above except for PLOT. This is because we used a nursery rhyme and not a story.




Next, we were also given some module and I thought it was our module 4, unfortunately I was wrong. The module given is the continuation on module 2 (photo editing). I think that Pn. Foziah still wants us to learn something important in that continuation module. Next, Pn.Foziah went around checking the eBook that we have done. Pn. Foziah also commented of those eBooks and that was very useful on order to help us improve on our eBook.




Finally, before the class ends, we were shown a video clip on CUN and ELLA. It was very touching and it really amused me. Pn. Foziah assigned a new task for us where we were asked to create a video on any theme. That’s all for this entry, looking forward to meet in you in next entry, till then bye from me.

Monday, October 11, 2010

11th Week

Entering 11th week with full of confident and feeling proud as I have learned many new things from this class which other students outside there are not able to do. Today lesson is still on photo editing as Pn.Foziah was checking the task that each of us has done.


We were asked to edit a photo and the edited photo must be able to carry a message to the viewer. I edited a photo where I change the background setting. I changed the background and it appears as if I went for a holiday in Egypt. I edited it using Adobe Photoshop and frankly speaking, it consumes so much of time as I need to be very careful in erasing the old background.



Unfortunately, when I showed my picture to Pn. Foziah, she commented on the photo that I edited. She said that I went to Egypt which is a hot country but I was wearing a black shirt. Next, she said I must be wearing a bag or hat to show the viewer that I went for holiday. I was so disappointed but what Pn. Foziah said was correct.



This is because we could not just edit a picture for the sake of editing it. It must be logical so that the viewer will not feel doubt looking at the edited picture. Thus I still use the same background but I change my picture. This time around I add in a picture and in that picture I will be wearing a handbag as well as a hat.




It was successful and I uploaded it in the website that Pn. Foziah had allocated for us. I hope that my effort that I had put in is worth so that Pn.Foziah will be satisfied with my work. That is all for this week and I see you in next entry. Bubye : )

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

10th Week

This is our 10th week and today we are expected to submit our groups’ lesson plan as well as teaching aids. It was a great satisfaction when we were able to complete the task on time. In fact, my group and I were eager to submit our lesson plans and the teaching aids as we have put in so much effort to produce a creative and interesting one.

We were quite free today as Pn. Foziah asked us to continue doing module 2 and thanks to her for allocating us that precious time. I used this time to complete the tutorial that I do not know how to do by asking my friends. Besides, Pn. Foziah also asked us to view our senior’s works which are outstanding in order to set an example for us to produce a better one. I was really impressed with my senior’s work and that motivate me to produce a more creative one.

Next, Pn. Foziah asked us to submit module 3 the next day and she also gave us 3 tasks to be completed. We need to choose a song, and then edit it and make it in a ringtone. The next task is to cut and paste two songs together. The third task is to edit a song and to change the quality of the song to make it sound better. The editing must be done for the song ‘dua insan’ sung by siti and M.Nasir.

Thank God the module 3 is still with me as I can use it as my guidance. At the moment, I’m working on it and hope to finish the tasks as soon as possible because the date due is next day. That is all for this week. Bubye and see you in next entry



Saturday, September 25, 2010

9th Week

Waiting in front of MK2, with the hope that Pn. Foziah will open the door but instead of Pn. Foziah, Haiqal and Ashraf came carrying a box. They told me that Pn. Foziah is away and we have another task MODULE 2. Thank God, I had already finished my module 3 and now it time to start Module 2.


“PHOTO EDITING”, this is what I waiting for since the beginning of this semester after Pn.Foziah explained to us about our course. I really had fun editing the photos and in fact I’m really impressed with the software like Adobe Photoshop, iPhto, Photo bucket, Photoscape and also Triscape FXfoto. Many times I got disappointed as some pictures taken during happy moment got spoiled due to ‘red eye’, ‘blemishes’ and ‘scratches’. But this is not a big deal as all the problems mentioned above can disappear in split second just by using the software that Pn. Foziah introduced in this module. I did not expect that I can do many things by just using a photo, for instance like changing background, adding frame and text to the picture and many more.


Although completing module 2 is really fun, yet it still consumes a lot of time. This is because we need to download the software before carrying out the tutorial. Besides downloading, I also spend a lot of time exploring the software in order to find for the particular icon to edit the photos. The easiest software that I had explored in this module is Triscape FXPhoto, where else the most difficult one is PhotoScape.


Anyway I still manage to complete MODULE 2 and now waiting forward for module 4 and 5. Just hoping that, MODULE 4 and 5 will also be something useful for us to explore and learned. That is all about my experience completing module 2, see me in next entry, BYEEEEEEEEEE : )