Monday, August 13, 2007

Poster

Merdeka celebration is the famous words among all of us recently. Yes,this is because we are celebrating it by the end of this month. Last week,during technology class, we were instructed to do the poster for merdeka. It was a group work and it has to be done within half an hour. The templates and pictures were given and we must use which were available only. I fine that it was not a good idea by asssigning us to choose the templates given because it confined our creativity and innovativity. However, the pictures provided were good because they really reflected Malaysian such as multi racial, old generations, sky scrappers building and also the nature to show the harmonious country. From my point of view, the instructions was effective but it can always be improved. For the improvement, I would suggests the task can be done individually because everyone has their own ideas and intrepretation about merdeka. Therefore, the posters can be one way to express everyone thoughts and it is good if we can use blogspot to publish our posters. Instead of using poster, they are other ways that can be used such as song or poem creations. About the resources, it would be better if we can choose any pictures or templates to design our posters. Besides, the time frame should be longer so that more creative ideas can be put in the posters. Furthermore, we should be given enough time to think about the reasons for using the particular colours, fonts, pictures and also arrangement of the posters. During the last session, we did not have enough time because we were busy designing the posters and while waiting for the turn to present only we discussed about what we are going to say. I think this design session can be carrried out in the primary school by making it as a poster design competition with ample time allocation. This is because I want to see the primary pupils' ideas arranged in organize way. If it is a rush, then the pupils just do it how much they can do without proper organization of thoughts. Finally, to conclude this blog, I want to say that TIME is hectic when we are doing the poster last week. That is why I emphasize more about time.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

It's about uploading and blogging!

I like technology because it makes my life easier and convenient. Why do I say so? This is because I can keep in touch with the lecturers and friends without need to see them face to face. For example, I can submit my assigment by uploading it to the lecturer's email although it's already late at night. Hence,there is no rush in printing out the assignment and there's no worry about running out the ink if tomorrow is the due for the submitting. Furthermore,I feel my life become more organized as I can just log in to the websites to see the latest news or tasks for the courses. This is very important because as students,we have lack of time to glance through every notice board to see if there is any current issue or assignment to do. Besides, lecturers also can assess the students via our blog. The creativity is the must for everyone as it part of the assessment. But it is not a big deal because everyone of us are very expert in decorating our blogspot. We also try to bring up a good view or comments about the lecture weekly. For me, the blog is the best place where we can say or voice out what we want to say about anything especially regarding this courses.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Software,cikgu.net,school.net

It's about software! Recently, during the technology class which was on 1st of August, I have learned about the websites such as cikgu.net,school.net and many others.There are many websites which available for the teachers to look up for the ideas about the content and topic to be taught during the class. It is very useful because the integration of technology to the primary school in these days might get the teachers' attention to find some resources to be used. Besides the websites, there are also softwares like MYcd which is use for the EtemS classes. This softwares might be very helpful for the Science and Maths teachers to use for the lesson such as tasks,content-based exercises and so on. So far as I concern, the education nowadays is much more better compared to the past because of the facilities and the moduls made for the teachers make the teaching become an ease job for us in terms of the resources that we will be using during the class. Therefore, we should make use of this in order to be an excellent teachers in future.