2nd Week

Time flies very fast, today is my second day in this class. I was waiting patiently right in front of MK2 entrance. The door was open but I dare not enter in without Pn.Foziah’s instruction. This time around I was determined to sit in the front row, because I do not want to miss any information and instruction given by Pn. Foziah. Unfortunately, before I enter in, a group of students rushed in and took the front row. But its okey, I still managed to get a place in the centre.
This time around the class was under control because our group which consist of 75 students were separated into two groups. Thanks to Pn Foziah for making such changes as it will be very helpful for us. This is because Pn. Foziah can give closer attention to all the students in this smaller group. Next Pn. Foziah started to explain to us about our course and what we should be able to do at the end of this course. She explained about the five modules which she expects us to master at the end of this course:

1. Computer and blog, Internet skills
2. Photo editing skills :
3. Video editing skills:
4. Audio editing skills
5. Software for ESL skills

In photo editing, we’ll be taught on how to edit pictures, for instance we took the picture in Malaysia but we can edit it as if we were in any other place or country. Secondly in video editing, if there is certain part that we do not want it to be in that video, we can cut it. For instance, if I record a programme on making a kite from television and want to show it to pupils, so I can cut out the advertisement and just show the pupils the process of making a kite. The same goes for audio editing but it involves sound. “Don’t you think its “GREAT?”. I was so excited when I heard the explanation given by Pn. Foziah because frankly speaking, I do not possess most of the skills that she mentioned. Thus learning the skills above will definitely benefits me as I will be able to produce better teaching aids for the pupils in future.

Next, Pn. Foziah asked the class if anyone of us could type by just looking at the screen and not the keyboard. He,he,he if not mistaken only 3 or 4 of them nod their head indicating that they have that ability but the rest of the class just kept quiet. I was also quiet because I do not possess that skill. Anyway I just give a try and start typing. For your information, I was just typing without knowing what alphabet I was typing. It was so kind of Pn. Foziah because, she gave us the software which enables us to master touch typing skills. Learning to type faster is crucial as it helps us to save our time.

Besides, she also exposed us to “Windows Live Sky Drive”. This is the place where we were given 25GB free online storage. This is very useful for us as we can store all our projects that we will be doing throughout this course. I salute Pn.Foziah because I do not know anything about it until she shared it with us.
Last but not least, I am lucky as I got a chance to study for this course. I will make sure at the end of this course I will be able to master all these five skills. Mastering these five skills will enable me to create an exciting and interesting teaching learning activity for my pupils.