11th class reflection

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The eleventh class was particularly revolved around presentation. In other words, based on the notes given on previous class, we were asked to present the notes so that everyone can share the knowledge. Initially, the class continued the last presentation from Raziman’s group which is particularly on topic six. Besides that, we were also introduced to a new task which is on research paper. It is to be included in the portfolio. In addition, the lecturer also planned to introduce software for kids which are deemed necessary for this course. Unfortunately, due to the time constraint, the software was not able to be shown.

The presentations helped in adding new knowledge to my schemata as well as reconstruction of the previous prior knowledge. This involved improved understanding of the what, why, when, how and where to utilize and find the sources of appropriate material regardless of the authenticity, originality and adaptability of the material. All of this sources and knowledge can be obtained through internet.

It will not be long until we celebrate ‘Hari Raya’. The fasting month becomes the witness of our patience, hard work and effort in fulfilling our role as God’s servant in this ‘transient’ world as well as student in this challenging heart and mind university life. Hopefully, we can be better and improve ourselves so that we will be able to ‘fly through the heavy storm’ and arrived at our destination with the ease of mind and happy feeling. Without the brave spirit and steadfast commitment, we will never be able to endure the ‘storm’.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to Puan Foziah and my beloved fellow friends. Sorry for any mistake, physically and mentally. : ) Thank You.

Tenth Class reflection

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The tenth class explored the use of Microsoft Publisher application in producing product such as the book cover, template or brochure, news letter and many more. Before that, we have to submit our assignment 2 to Izyan. All the necessary hard copy and soft copy was collected and put in an envelope which represented specific pairs. Thank you to Izyan for helping us with the process of submitting the assignment.

The exploration of some of the Window’s application is crucial for me in the sense that there are still lots of basic applications that can be put into good use of the teaching and learning process in the classroom. Before this, I thought that the Publishers application was insignificant compared to Word and Power Point. But as we go along and gain new knowledge and skills, all the applications created are definitely have their own specific use and advantages that differentiate it from the others. Since my Microsoft office does not have the Publisher application, I have to install it and this actually gives me opportunity to learn new knowledge of adding the feature or part of the whole system to the Office application.

In the context of the teaching and learning process, the publishers can be optimized its utilization, by proving the teacher and pupils resources, material as well as ways to produce something that can benefit all the parties concerned. In particular for the teacher’s part, they can use the brochure for instance, to grab the pupils’ attention in the specific part of the lesson by making it attractive, colourful and importantly meaningful for the pupil. For the pupils part, they can learn to produce the specific product like for example, news letter that can be used as a writing activity, published and pasted either in the classroom or at a particular advertisement board. There are still a lot more of the application that can be explored and utilized in order to produce a successful and meaningful learning experience for the pupils as well as teachers.

All in all, every application has its own advantages as well as disadvantages. It is up to us, the ‘homo sapiens’ created by the God, to think and use His knowledge for the positive side. Thank you.

Ninth class reflection

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Patience and strong optimistic spirit in enduring the fasting month trial and challenges becomes a good experience in this life endeavor. It helps to mould a person to become a person with good characteristic in terms of spiritual, intellectual, physical and emotional. In other words, fasting month is a place to train my hearts and mind besides practicing myself to become subservient to the right path which can help me to become a successful individual. In the context of learning, it is crucial for every individual to train their hearts and mind so that they can cope with today’s globalization and knowledge explosion. One of my favourite concept of motivation in enduring life challenges is being optimistic or in the Islamic approach known as ‘husnud dhan’ which means thinking good.

In the first part of the ninth class, lecturer talked about the evaluation or in other word the assignments. It helped to pinpoint some of the problem and misunderstanding regarding the assignments. Hopefully there will not be any more confusing matters in myself regarding the task and assignments. I believed I have to take more effective and push myself to complete the task. I must use the optimistic approach in order to effectively complete all the task and assignments.

Learning involves adding and constructing new schemata or knowledge apart from reconstructed previous knowledge. I learned new things in the ninth class which include theoretical aspects of the teaching and learning process particularly on the suitability and appropriateness of applying specific teaching and learning materials, methods, style and approach which in turn affect the future learning experience of the primary pupils. Besides that, lecturer also introduced about new website named http://www.onetruemedia.com. Its is an alternative video making website which utilize three simple words namely ‘upload’, ‘choose a style’ and ‘wow everyone’. It was new and interesting for me. The interface looked beautiful and what most attractive is that, its easy and free (the main criteria). Instead of mind boggling thinking about what to choose and how to apply the effects and all sort of animation, this website lets its user to just choose the style as in its simple terms applied, and latter leave the rest for them to do the work. The product was good in the sense that, it looked professional even though the people who upload the pictures for the video making was just a computer newbie or beginner with a very little scanty knowledge of computer (more than just knowing about basic computer skills) like me. Furthermore, it can be used for the teaching and learning material in the classroom. Besides that, we can also teach other teachers in the future schools about the use of such application for their personal gain of knowledge or improving their teaching and learning process.

All in all, it was beneficial and learning new things definitely challenges the minds and heart. Motivation supported with good characteristics helps to cope with the trial and demanding situations. Thank you.

reflection (8th week)

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For every problem, there is a solution. Regardless of whether the problem is only a small petty thing or big as we can imagine, the solutions are there, just waiting to be grasped by us. There was quite a troublesome problem due to the lack of the computer knowledge. In other word, while trying to enjoy the free space after completing the given task which was E-book, suddenly, a friend messages interrupted the serenity of our free time. Her video cannot play the e-book sound after she downloaded it from the 4shared website. I was flabbergasted with the message since she had already produced the E-book with the appropriate way (I thought at first). Realizing that the same thing might happen to my E-book, I follow the process and to my horror, it was real. In addition, the e-book sound can only be played at the producer’s computer which contained the saved data of the sound. It was prevalent that my lacks of computer knowledge for even the basic Power Point application was not fully utilized to the extent that it leads to this problem. But as the day fly, the experience of having this kind of problem was essential so that I can be more prepared in terms of knowledge, motivation and so on. By the way, there are many solutions that can be used in producing E-book complete with its sound being ‘auto play’ by the computer.

On 8^th class, the class seemed short without the presence of the lecturer. But, the work was still the top priority and therefore we were given another task which required us to form a group of four people and develop and explain the materials that we intended to use in the classroom for the four skills which is listening, speaking, reading and writing. I realized that, it was the time for us to apply the knowledge and experience while experimenting with the previous task. Apart from that, we were also given a presentation task specifically using the notes given by the lecturer. Here, we assigned works to speed up the process. One of my friend from the other group helped to explain the notes and it helped me in the sense that, we were able to discuss and exchanging essential ideas and information rather than being a passive listener. Thank you to Hedayah and others for helping me in order to understand the notes. This relationship helped to build good bonds and communication which is essential in today’s life.

All in all, we as a human are not perfect and there is no perfect thing in this world. Sometimes, the problems that we faced today will help us to cope with the future. All the experience and difficulties are part and parcel of life. Therefore, accept it with the confident and strong spirit that Allah is always on our side. Alhamdullillah.

Thank you.