Reflection Week 10:3 in 1-"Hari Raya Mood,Presentations,Video Making Process

Hari raya is just around the corner and the mood of this lovely festival has engulfed the class for this week...There was a glow in each and everyone's face ..haha..The spirit of Raya and "balik kampung" mood was felt by everyone including me though i am not a Muslim...I was already making a list to which Malay friends' house should i visit..:D Well, you know..its the 1Malaysia thingy right?:D

Okay, now moving on to the lesson for the day..Well, there were 5 presentations on the topic "Technology Professional Development" by 5 wonderful groups.Personally i felt, all groups did a great job in their presentations, the presentations were clear and straight to the point highlighting on the main topic of technology vividly.In fact,the topic itself was indeed useful and practical for today's current world situation which is evolving drastically towards the era of technology(Thanks to Mdm Foziah for highlighting on this topic).Thus, to summarize from the groups' presentation, i deem that as the future 21st century teacher in which i will be handling kids from the digital era, I should equip myself with the knowldege and skills of technology whereby I can be a facilitator who demonstrates the vision of technology infusion in my future teaching & learning processes, utilizes and exhibits fluency in digital tools and constantly engages my pupils in technology based collaboration and communaction which enhances the teaching and learner process.Well, those are my views and understanding from the presentations and i bet it will come true someday.

Oh ya, apart from the presentations, Mdm Foziah also showed us a video clip that was rather short and simple yet the message conveyed were depicted clearly and struck our heart almost instantaneously.Therefore, i realized that the most significant element in a video is actually the message that is to be conveyed.It is very vital and that's the whole point of to make a video.Don't think so?By the way, below is a video that had impressed me a lot and i think most Malaysians too.It is one of my all time favourite video that will be deeply remembered in my heart.Although it is short yet, the video is very realistic and most importantly whoever watching this video tiled "Kisah Percintaan Tan Hong Ming" will definitely grasp the message that is being conveyed."Malaysian should all live in unity and harmony and race is not a barrier".(Believe me, you can watch it many times, and you won't feel bored at all!The expressions are simply awesome and superb!hehe...)

Well, besides that, Mdm Foziah too looked into our storyboards for the video that we are currently working on.As for the storyboard on our video( Taufiq and I) entitled "One Sound One Malaysia" which mainly higlights on how one rythm-"Negaraku" can bring all the races in Malaysiato live in harmony and peace , i was glad that Mdm Foziah approved and showed us the green light.Yeah!So we are hoping to put our best efforts to come up with a video that quality that clearly convey the intended message to the viewers.Hence, for me today's class was very meaningful and advantageous.

Well, as for Mdm Foziah and all my coursemates, wishing all of u "Selamat Hari Raya" and "Happy Holidays"!Have a great and wonderful celebration!

Reflection-Week 9 : Here comes video editng!Yahooooo!

Fun, refreshing,exciting and enlivening!

As usual today's class was revitalizing and interesting which also turned out to be a real eye opener for me.

As to begin with, Mdm Foziah showed us several videos of her favourite drama series -well, the one with "ella and chun" that were edited by some of her friends using a software called "one true media". So far, i have only known about windows movie maker, power director and photostory, but this time around the exposure to one true media seem to inspire and arouse the creativity and passion within me to try out this software. Upon looking at the quality,accessibility and the remarkable features in this software, i deem that this software is indeed fun and cool to explore which at the same time can create wonders in our video.

Thus, as i was browsing through, i came across with my all time favourite movie called "Jaane tu ya jaane na" video clip which was edited using this software..This movie about true friendship was indeed meaningful and really touched my heart and what more now after looking at this edited video.Personally, i really liked it and the person had done a good job!Kudos to him!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waF6UOzwBHY&feature=related )

As for this second video, it is still from the same movie and it has really impressed me due to the awesome effects embedded in it .
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-0fN8LOdkI&feature=related )

Well, later after the video presentation, Mdm foziah assigned us to work in pairs (different gender) whereby we are to produce our own video which has a meaningful theme and message to be conveyed to the audience.As i was struggling to find a partner ( boy) , Mdm Foziah helped me to find one..haha..and it was Taufiq!Thank you ma'am, i think you have chosen me a very good working partner.So after squeezing our brains for creative ideas, eventually we came up with a theme called "One sound One Malaysia".We decided to focus on the natioanal anthem whereby we try to instigate that the spirit of patriotism in which this anthem acts as a strong and powerful element that bonds the string of various races into one.Well basically, It is all about the integration and unity of the various races living in Malaysia.

Ultimately , by the end of the class, we managed to consult with Mdm Foziah and she approved our concept.hehe...Deep inside, i was very happy and excited!Yeaah... Well now, we are in the midst of coming up with suitable clips, ideas and bits and pieces to enhance our video.Till then ..we shall meet again in my next blog..see ya!

Reflection -Week8: It's HOUSEKEEPING time!

Wow, today was indeed a great day for me! As i entered the class, somehow I felt very calm, cool and pleased, never did i know why..hehe..maybe it was after all the hard work for the past few days, we were finally we handing in our assignments...

Well, as for today's class, there was nothing much, it was more to housekeeping. Mdm Foziah updated, reminded and kept us informed with all the tasks and assignments that we are required to do. Thanks a lot to Mdm Foziah, luckily she did the housekeeping with us as now i realized that there still other tasks that i have to do which i have long forgotten...or else i would have been doing them in the last moment which is obviously not a good idea.SO,THANK YOU MA'AM..by reminding and constantly keeping us informed with the things to do is definitely a GOOD IDEA and an EFFECTIVE STRATEGY especially for the" forgetful kind of person" like me to cope up with the lessons...hehe...

Besides that, i was also pleased to lend a helping hand to Mdm Foziah in ensuring the assignments were well handed in.It was definitely a good experience as now i realized it is very crucial to organize and strategize the process of handing in each adn every assignments..I am very impressed by the way Mdm Foziah handle things like this.She is indeed a very responsible, diligent and conscientious lecturer and i think i should follow her footsteps in my future teachings later on..hehe..

Well, overall for this week's lesson, i totally had a great time and of course indirectly I learned few things as well.Till then, i am very eager and looking forward for the next class as we will be doing video auditing..Yeaaah..one of my favourites..hehe.
Ok, bye~cheerio~

Reflection-Week 7:Whoaa....Now its Audio Editing time!

Last week, we had our semester break.So, i was hanging around in my "Home sweet Home"...Now i am back in "UM sweet UM"
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Today's resources class was great and cool! This time around it is was about audio editing.Something new, something different, something interesting and something that seemed to draw my attention! Thank you ma'am for exposing us to this awesome topic-"Audio editing" As for me, i mean in 'my own dictionary' audio = music.
Music is a place for me..I love hearing to music all day long...everytime i work on my pc, i need to listen to music-any songs will do especially the soothing, peaceful and cool kind of songs that will melt our hearts and bring wonderful memories back..

Well, what i am trying to say is that through this exposure of audio editing, i deem that i will able to use this knowledge to enhance my teaching processes in the future.For instance, i can edit various audio sounds suck as children's songs combined with educational audio tracks to introduce my lesson to the pupils.Thus, this will serve as an appealing and enticing medium to allure the pupils into the lesson.

Infact, it is really an advantage for me to learn about audio editing, as now i can edit my favourite songs, selecting only the parts that i love to listen repetitively, combining songs of various language which are in same melody into one track, and many more.Well, the list goes on....(i am extremely excited now thinking of it..hehe...)

Overall, audio editing has been a great eye opener to me..There is many things to explore using the audio editing Softwares.Thanks a lot to Ma'am for uploading the softwares..really useful indeed..As a matter of fact, i think that now i seem to have a rough idea on how those music directors work on their songs..hehe..audio editing plays an important role actually..Thumbs up to audio editing!

Reflection-Week 6: Yeah..its E-BOOK time!

Yeaaahhh..no more story time but its e-book time !

Well, this week's class was indeed enjoyable and enlightening as Mdm Foziah exposed us to the concept e-book.Her lecture on the explanation of the criteria that are to be taken into account pertaining the selection and creation of an e-book was simply mind blowing and constructive.Among the criteria highlighted were regarding the characters, theme, plot and moral values of the story, usage of the language , fonts, pictures and so on.The lecture was simple yet very meaningful, informative and easy to understand.Thank you Mdm Foziah!

In fact, I was truly enticed by the examples of the e-books done by our seniors that Mdm Foziah showed us later on.I realized that e-book serve as a blooming IT platform that exposes the pupils to the world of digital storytelling.As future 21st century teachers, I strongly believe that by employing this e-book approach, we would be able to trigger the pupils' passion and stimulate their interest of learning the lessons more efficiently and enabling to capture and draw their attention to the lesson instantaneously.By the way, I can almost envision myself utilizing the e-book in my future teaching..haha..

(a mixture of joy, gratefulness and delight)

Now moving on to the lesson...Mdm Foziah had assigned us to create an e-book for the the primary kids.Deep inside, i felt very grateful as we were given the opportunity to develop our very own e-book.Isn't is amazing?I regard this as a golden opportunity for me to enhance competency in the internet and technological skills as well .As Mdm Foziah asked us to come up with a storyline for our e-book and share it with her first, i thought it was a splendid idea as i can ensure whether i am on the right track or not.However, soon i realized that "Oh gosh...coming up with a storyline for these kids is actually tough job too!" For a second, i was quite blurred on what to focus on in my story actually..hehe..I was really thinking hard, squeezing my brains for ideas .Eventually, after consulting some ideas and making some alteration here and there with Mdm Foziah, i finally ended up with a storyline that seemed to be suitable for my e-book.In fact, upon listening to my ideas, Mdm Foziah was the one who suggested a suitable title for my e-book-"Good Deeds For the Day".Isn't cool?Thanks to Mdm Foziah.She seems to have brilliant ideas and is so kind to share them with us.In fact, I am truly impress with Mdm Foziah's fortitude and determination to guide us to be in the right track.

Well, I think its time for me to get started on my e-book production..hehe...I am really looking forward to embark on my journey of creating my e-book.Hope that i can create one which is indeed inspiring and useful for the kids.So, to all my other friends good luck to you guys too...!Till then, i am signing off here ~adios~

Reflection: Week 5-Moving on....pace by pace

Haloo everyone!The class for today started off with something unexpected..out of the blue.Wondering why???

Well, we had a FIRE DRILL!!!!hehe..it was kind of fun actually, walking out from the class in a large big group using the staircase, with everyone blabbering and some complaining, with the 'oooohs' and 'aaaahs' and also the "oh,no..its going to be boring!" kind of expressions. As for me,i think the drill was indeed a memorable one, i got the chance to see a real life demonstration, with real life firemen.(Fuyo..) But too bad, i didn't try the demonstration on how to use the fire extinguisher to put off the fire..( i was too afraid with the blazing fire and its heat..so, i dared not to take the risk )

Okay!***Now moving on to the lesson of the day, we were assigned to start off with our assignment 2- producing teaching aids for the.. in which we were divided into groups of 6.Well, personally, i am glad that my group is a multiracial group consisting of 3 races-Yeah..we are moving towards "1 Malaysia!" hehe..(sounds very patriotic rite?)

Regarding the assignment, as we are to collect and produce technological teaching a ids such as from audio, video, e-books, animation and so on. I believe that this assignment will serve as an ideal opportunity for me to sharpen and enlighten my existing IT skills (which in fact is still 'blur' for me hehe..) as well as using our creativity to explore, design and complile as many technology based teaching aids as we can. Thus, through the compilation of these teaching aids, it exposes us to various technology based teaching aids that we can utilize in our future teaching which will indeed enhance and augment our lessons and subsequently create a 'techno fun loving' atmosphere!

Now, moving on to the photo editting session in which Pn Foziah briefed us on..WHOOAAA..i was totally gobsmacked..My goodness!We can simply do anything(edit) with the photos, and make the unbelievable and impossible become believable and possible!!!!Simply amazing rite?I was in fact totally flabbergasted when Mdm Foziah showed us the picture of Ella and Wu Chun in the form of Mr & Mrs Smith.WOW!That was really superb , it looked very original and authentic and not even a slightest tiny miny inch and blotch revealed that the photos were actually edited.By the way, there were also quite a number of other photos of Ella & Chun shown by Mdm Foziah to us that resembles pure originality of the photos though they were actually edited. (Thanks to Mdm Foziah for exposing us to this mind blowing examples of photo editing.)

In fact, not long sooner, it actually aroused my interest and passion to learn more about this photo editing thingy.As an aspiring holistic teacher, i believe that we should equip ourselves with all the latest ICT knowledge and technological skills like this which enablesus to face the growing demands and expectations of the 21st century world.Thus, I regard this course as a golden opportunity to enhance my teaching capacity .Thumbs up to this course and Mdm Foziah! Oh ya, not to forget , I am eagerly looking forward to embark on the journey of photo editing.
P/s: Oh ya..by the way, i found some samples of edited photos of Mr Bean....impressive indeed!

Reflection-Week 4: Tutorials Oh Tutorials...

(Days and weeks are flying!!!Have to catch up with them...)
As for this weeks' resources class, Mdm Foziah was not around and we were all by ourselves.Although it was an undeniably tiring and hectic day, yet in a way i think i had hmm..kind of good time trying to complete my tutorials. I tried putting my so called very best efforts to do the websearching , downloading, uploading, converting files and many more to complete all the tutorials from the list given...( i think there are still few left)..

While busy doing my tutorials, it triggered to me that "Wow, i am definitely expanding my knowledge in ICT and internet skills.I think i have also developed a sense of awareness relating to the softwares, and the IT tools, whereby previously i was having ZERO knowledge in downloading, uploading and converting files, but now i am working towards learning about them, it is truly advantageous!" Thus, I am taking this opportunity to thank Mdm Foziah for exposing and teaching me and my friends (future teachers) to this other side of IT knowledge..In fact, i also realized that the process and exposure of completing these tutorials had indeed act as an essential framework in guiding me to utilize these skills and knowledge to search for teaching resources such as songs, video clips, and articles in my future teachings later on.


Anyways, not soon later, Mdm Foziah dropped by to brief us on what to do and guided us on few things.(Thanks ma'am.).She asked us to ponder on the kind of teaching aids that we can come up based on our tutorials in which I am still thinking about them, and so far i have some ideas running through my mind and Mdm Foziah also asked us to read up topic 2 and discuss on it.


Well, regarding topic 2-"Identifying priorities and their implications",(quite long to read..hehe...)To sum up, it was mainly regarding the aspect of giving high priority to attitude goals, the special nature of language, the significance of the way we check understanding, the significance of the way we treat mistakes, how to make language exersices into real exchanges and also ways to teach language lessons in the target language.( i managed to grasp the gist of it)-i realized that it is crucial for teachers to find ways of working with the language for real,-need to be realistic, the progression of pupils' attitudes and responses which results to the process of developing their competence in other language and i also became aware that in the teaching process at times teachers have to adapt and devise activities on their own.

So, i think that's about it...I am still working towards the completion of all the tutorials Whoaaa..there's a lot more to catch up..i better hurry! Till then, please continue visiting, more exciting things in resources class ahead...Cheerio!