October 02, 2009

Reflection: Week 11-"A Day I Called It A Day"

Well, this week's class was an interesting class full with surprises and revelations..As a matter of fact, we had the combination of two groups-the thursday's and tuesday's group. So basically, the the room was quite crowded and most of us were sharing the computers.Oh ya, and Ma'am was not feeling well too..(Pity her).Nevertheless, i trully admire her determination and positive fortitude to attend the class eventhough she was ill with terrible cough.I think Ma'am Foziah indeed set a good example of a dedicated teacher who is always concerned of her student's needs and requirements besides being fully devoted to her teaching duty.Thumbs up ma'am! (Personally admitting, I am very impressed with you ma'am).Hope that Ma'am Foziah will get well as soon as possible.

Now, moving on to the lesson.. we basically had wonderful presentations from the Thursday's group regarding the topic"Technology Professional Development".Wow, their presentations were indeed explictit and in-depth which right away engaged us deeply into the issue discussed.As for me, it was indeed a boost that assist in fortifying my current knowledge of the intergration of technology in ESL classroom.I was especially enticed and allured by the presentation of Zul Husni's group that focused on "Computer and technology". It was basically pertaining the attempts and endeavors of the Korean schools and Korean education ministry to integrate technology in their education system particularly to be carried out by pre-and in-service teachers.Obliquely, i realized that 'preparation and management' aspect of incorporating the elements of technology as mentioned in the presentation is extremely vital and plays an important role in order to create an encouraging and conducive technology based classroom setting which enhances the quality of the teaching learning process aptly for the 21st century kids.Thus, i deemed that as a future 21st century teacher, i should equip myself with the knowledge of IT and ICT so as i can implement the effective use of technology in my future teaching process no matter where i am.In fact, i realized that, this resources class ( with all those various skills taught;video editing, photo editing, audio editing) has indeed been an advantageous eye opener for me to "furnish" and endow myself to be an effective 'techno literate' teacher in future.( I am trully grateful to this resources class and Ma'am Foziah too).

Next, after the presentations, LUCKILY we were all reminded to take note on the due dates for our assignments to be handed in.My goodness, i had almost totally lost track of the dates actually..Thank God, Ma'am Foziah notified us, especially regarding our 2nd assignment; the complilation of the electronic teaching aids.Well, so far my group have divided our work and discussed the sources to find the materials.Good job friends!Well, as for the 3rd assignment regarding the devising of lesson plan,we were to get into groups of four whereby my group members this time around are Fendy, Firdaus and Bguat.( A good team indeed..hehe..)Well, we are currently in the midst of the planning process. I am just keeping my fingers cross hoping that we can complete all the assignments within the respective due dates in time.Although the work loads have increased yet, i am looking forward to see the end products of our assignments.

Well, wishing all my fellow coursemates all the best!Take it easy and have a great time doing the assignments..add up a pinch of laughter, humour and fun along..bet you will feel better!~Cheers~

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