Saturday, July 26, 2008

Great information....

Good job Mz Chin, your lecture has given us a lot of information about the model of instructional design by Dick and Carey. Besides she is also explaining about ADDIE model of learning theory. Actually ADDIE stands for 1) Analysis, 2) Design, 3) Development, 4) Implementation, and 5) Evaluation. These five phases of ADDIE is very important in designing instructional objectives. We can see the stages of the instructional objectives before we reach the last stage of evaluation. We as the future teacher may exercise his model later in Teaching and Learning practice later. On the other hand, we learned that ASSURE model is one of the best model that we apply later in the classroom by integrating the use of technology. ASSURE is the acronym for 1) Analyze, 2) State,3) Select, 4) Utilize,5) Require, 6) Evaluate. Besides, this model requires the students’ active participation because lesson can be very interactive between the students and material by integrating the use of technology.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

In Addition, the video clips were so....


interesting and attractive, I really hope we can do better that those videos…. Wow this sounds like Mission Impossible 4,hehe... However we will try to do our best in order to accomplish the MI-4. The Video clips have already given us some ideas on how to create a quality video clip. Besides, I can see the movement and the transition of the video clips from one part to another which helping me to imagine on how my video clip should be. The words use are not too much, only important words or simple sentences to explain the video clip. The pictures are clear as well as the bright and contrast colours were used to help attract the audience attention. The use of various sounds and songs in the video were related to and complement each other and they were always using the catchy songs to let the audience enjoy and immerse in the video clip while watching it. Now we can see clearly the objectives of each video by combining all of the vital elements in designing a academic and fun video clip for young learners; especially the second English language learner in Malaysia.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Fuy_yooohhh!!!

Today is a very tough day, we have never imagined that the video clip is going to be a very challenging task for us; we have to create the storyboard. Honestly, this is my first time to experience in creating a video clip by giving the details of the video clip through storyboard. Hopefully, my group and I will be able to cope with the task given successfully. Thus, it is very crucial for us to keep in touch with Prof and the assistants regularly so that we will always in the right track. I hope they are willing to help us who are basically lack of information and knowledge about technology. Besides I have to prepare for my own clip video, we also have to “look after” the rest of our group members’ progression. From here we will learn on how to develop a video clip with clear steps and objectives. We are also learning on how to think creative and critically on designing the video clip as well as helping each other. In addition I really think that Youtube has given us a big ‘help’ in showing us of some of the examples of how to do a creative and interesting video clip. Therefore, I look forward on sending my first draft….(“,)

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Assalamualaikum....(",)

Hai Prof. This is what I really think about technology…
First of all, I really think that technology is very important in our daily life as a student as well as the ‘future teacher’. Technology can really help us to save our time and to deal with simple and complicated things in our lives, as we know; time and tide wait for no man. So, by using technology, I believe we can also help our students to manage their time in learning activities later. Thus, in order for the students can be the IT literate, we first of all have to make the first move in gradually mastering the technological world. We have to really immerse in this world so that we’ll become familiar with all these things.
Besides, by using technology in teaching and learning process, we’ll be able to attract their attention throughout the lesson. As we know, young learners have little or a very short time span, so, what can we do in order to keep them awake with our lesson in that one hour lesson??? And of course, technology is the answer. By integrating the use of technology in our teaching and learning process, we’ll be able to pull their attention by exposing them to a new world called technology. This has been proved during our School Experience Programme (SEP) last semester, where my group and I had used a video clip about Fruits and Vegetables (download it from YouTube) and the students were so excited to see the video clip; we can see that they were all smiling and enjoying it. So, can you imagine, it was only a video clip, what about if show them an animation created or edited by us that is specially related with our lesson?; as we know we might not be able to gain the exact things that we want from internet right?
Therefore, I do encourage my friends to enhance our skills in technology advances and do not ever shy to learn from the professionals although we know nothing and we have to learn from A to Z, just be a dynamic novice which is not the stagnant one ok! I do agree with the all the things in the Next Generation Learning. I is very interesting and encouraging article for us as the New and can also be considered as the “Young Learner”. So, I advise the others to spend a little bit of time and do read it!!!!
So, before I end this, I would like to remind myself and all of you that we are going to be teacher, and not all of us are confirmed to be sent to an urban area school, so, do spend some thoughts that we will be teaching in the rural area too. So, do not let the technology halt you from being a flexible teacher, do change and adapt according to the environment and make gradual changes if you have the resources. Lastly, do not let the technology control you, you should control the technology, ok, have a nice day to everyone….(“,)

I was so surprised.........

This my first time learning about technology in depth, before this I only know about ms words, power point and how to watch movies....that's all, not more than this... now I know that technology is so essential for ourselves and others and it can be one of the most important and easiest communication tools... hope to learn more and better about this technology...