Microsoft Publisher

For this time round, we were asked to explore Microsoft Publisher. There were two tasks given. 1st, we have to explore the software in pairs and create a business card, pamplet, etc. 2nd task, in group, we were asked to create a newsletter. Haa... I'm almost forgot. On the same period, we were given 3rd task which was presentation. We need to present on something on the following week. So we need to manage our time carefully to finish all our work. Friends, please teach me how to manage my time.! I have lots more work to do and I also have my OWN LIFE which I HAVE to deal with. Please help me =(

Presentation..

For this week, we were asked to perform presentations. There were three topics to be presented. Two groups presented on "Being Realistic", three groups presented "Working with a Coursebook", and other three groups presented "Working without a Coursebook".

From the presentation of "Being Realistic", I learned that there are two types of activities to be integrated in class which are "Settle Activity" and "Involvement Activity". Both are important in having good class management. Teachers have to know what kind of activities to be conducted to settle down pupils, and what and when to involve pupils in meaningful activities for learning purposes.

"Working with a Coursebook" explains the importance of choosing the right coursebook for teachers. Teachers need a coursebook for the purpose of management since it is written there the syllabus, topics, and all important information to be taken into consideration while teaching. There were also comparisons between TEACHER and CORSEBOOK and I agreed that teachers are lots better than coursebook when talking about flexiblity. Good teachers are very flexible in adjusting themselves to suit the condition of the class best. To all of us, learn about FLEXIBILITY k.! It is very important.

In "Working Without a Coursebook", I learned about how important a teacher has to know about the key concepts and themes when teaching pupils. This is to make sure that pupils are on the right track in their learning. I also learned that teachers MAY involve pupils in planning activities in class instead of teachers plan all things for the class. By involving pupils in planning, teachers might conduct lessons which suit learner preferences thus have greater impact on pupils' learning.

In conlusion, we as future teachers need to consider all these things in order to conduct meaningful and successful teaching and learning processes. All the best to all =)

Language Skills

For this time round, we were given another task which is to be done in group. I grouped with Syazwan and Safura. We had to develop materials for all the four basic skills - writing, reading, listening, and speaking. This task also requires us to exploit all the skills we had learned before either downloading, photo editing, audio editing, video editing, or others. I myself did on writing skill. The topic was about keeping our body healthy. I had tried to download videos from youtube but I failed to find suitable video to be used for this task. Finally, I downloaded a poster concerning on health, and exploited it for my writing lesson. 

What I had learned here is, teachers nowadays are very lucky to have all these materials from the internet. These unlimited resources can be easily found and downloaded. Moreover, they are free.! We should be thankful to have all these things in this world. So teachers outside there, please grab this opportunity and let's lift our nation with knowledge.

e-book

For this time, our task was to create an e-book for primary school pupils. We were given freedom to choose either to work on it in pairs or individually. I myself decided to do it on my own. I did a very simple topic but rarely chosen by others. I planned to introduce animals and their babies in a very simple story. This is done to suit lower primary school children's ability. At first, I downloaded photos of animals from flickr.com to be used for my e-book. But when thinking of CHILDREN, I changed all the pictures to cartoon animal pictures. All of us know that children love cartoons and I did it due to this reason. I downloaded the cartoon pictures from clipartof.com and imported them into my presentation. The story is very direct without any complex events or conflicts. This is because, I want to provide them with 'leisure reading'. I hope that after they have been exposed to this kind of book, they will love reading books thus, spend their leisure time by reading books. I also hope that they learn something meaningful when reading my e-book.

Holidays..

I think there is nothing to be written here for this time since all of us were having our holiday. Actually, we had another task on video editing which we did in pairs. I paired with Hedayah Md Ali. We had decided to create a video under the theme of friendship.

The video was completed on Wednesday but due to Hedayah's business, she went to cyber cafe on Friday. We encountered problems in uploading the video in the youtube. Hedayah did everything she could to upload the video but we still couldn't upload the video. She tried to upload in 4Shared but failed to do so. Then, she tried to transfer the video via Yahoo Messanger. Once again she failed. Six hours in cyber cafe did not promise her a success. It's up to everyone to evaluate us but I myself was proud of her for her efforts in finishing the task.

What about me? I know that I did nothing to help her. I admit that. The material was with her and I could do nothing about it. I had asked her to transfer via 4Shared, via Yahoo Messanger but she still couldn't make it and I NEVER blame her for that. Thanks to the great invention called TECHNOLOGY 4 this failure. (I won't talk about my close uncle died on Tuesday during my holiday which make my family a little bit busy. It's ok.)

But then, Pn Foziah had given us another chance to upload our work and we managed to do it. Thanks to her for noble actions. We really appreciate her kindness. Feel free to watch the video on youtube under the tittle MILLION MILES =)