Friday, November 12, 2010

FINAL ENTRY- AHMAD FIKRI (PEH 080001)

1. What do you like about blogging?

What I like about blogging is the use of technology in expressing our own ideas, reflecting something and it also can enhance the communications among people.

2. What you do not like about blogging?

Sometimes, we have to really update our blog in giving the latest ideas to people. If not, we may forget about certain things.

3. What have you gained from blogging e.g. Language skills, improved fluency, critical thinking, improved thought processes, technology skills etc. How?

I have gained my language skills, critical thinking, and technology skills and so on. For instance, I have to make a reflection for every week and therefore it will make me to expand my language skills and indirectly can enhance my technology skills like to put some pictures or videos in my blog.

4. What do you like about this course?

I like this course because, it give me a lot of new knowledge especially in preparing new ideas about the teaching aids in the classroom later.

5. What you do not like about this course?

To be frank, the work load is quite a lot. But, we have to manage our time wisely in order to maintain our performance while study and become an excellent student.


6. What have you learnt from this course?

I have learnt a lot. For example, the five modules, how to make a video, on how to edit music, song, pictures and so on.

7. What have you learnt from this course that you did not expect to?

I did not expect to learn on how to edit the song. For example, to make it nicer to hear and so on.

8. What have u expected but do not learn from this course?

I expected to learn the old style of teaching aids. I thought the word “resources” in the title of this course telling me the resources of modern and traditional. But, I was wrong.


9. Comments regarding modules:

1. Internet and computing skills


a. What do you like about this module?
It teaches me some new things.

b. What do you not like about this module?
For me, it is ok and it really give me a lot of new ideas.
c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
It can enhance my knowledge in preparing the teaching aids.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I think it is ok for me.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
The specific skill probably in searching for files in the net. For instance, on how to search songs, articles, pictures (gif) and so on.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
In my opinion, I would like to say that, in enhancing me the knowledge of varying the resources for preparing the teaching aids.

2. Photo Editing

a. What do you like about this module?
In this module, I can learn how to edit pictures by making it nicer and different form before.

b. What do you not like about this module?
I think, it is fine for me. I just like it.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the tasks that allow me to explore the use of edited pictures to be applied in the classroom.



d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I think it is fine for me. This module really brings me a lot of new ideas.


e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
The specific skills that I learn through this module are editing the pictures like cropping it, change the background, and change the size of the picture and so on.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skill learnt can help me to try some new approaches to pupils. The visual learners surely will like it.


3. Audio Editing Skills


a. What do you like about this module?
I like this module because it teaches me the element of music and song. The editing music that really useful to me.

b. What do you not like about this module?
I like it so much this module. This module has given me a lot of inputs.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
The task given was quite interesting to do. It gave me a new experience and expose me towards the music.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I like it. The tasks were very informative and it has expanded my mind towards the learning.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I have learnt some skill related to audacity software and so on especially in combining the songs, make it nicer, and others.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
Probably, I as the future teacher can vary the resources that exposed in this module and to make more interesting to be applied in the classroom.


4. Video Editing Skills

a. What do you like about this module?
I like this module because it exposed me towards the video editing skills and it expand my technology skills.

b. What do you not like about this module?
For me, I think this module was interesting and I like it so much.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the task given because it exposed me in preparing the wonderful teaching aids.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I think it was fine for me and it was just a challenge task because, before this I never been exposed towards video editing.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
I have learnt how to create our own video clip and how to make it more wonderful and fit towards the pupils in the classroom.


f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skills that I have learnt in this module can lead me to other perspectives of resources that can be used for primary students. The pupils surely will like it.

5. Software for ELT


a. What do you like about this module?
I like this module because it teach me how to advertise something and it exposed me towards Microsoft Publisher.

b. What do you not like about this module?
I think this module was quite fine and interesting to be learned by me especially as a future teacher that needs new experiences.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I like the task given because it exposed me in other perspectives in teaching and learning in the classroom.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I think the task given was fine and if possible, I love to learn more about it.


e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Some of specific skills that I have learnt in this module are the brochure, logo and so on.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
The skills that I have learnt in this module can lead me to vary other ways in conveying the messages and the inputs that are useful for pupils in the classroom.


10. If you can change anything about this course, state what is and elaborate?

I think there is nothing to be changed in this course. I enjoyed throughout this course and I hope this course can be learned by all teachers out there so that it can give a lot of inputs for them to apply the technology tools in the classroom and to make them easier and efficient in this field.



On a scale of 1 – 10, please rate your computing and technological skills for both before and after undergoing the course.

Before- 4

After- 8

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