Progress of my video assignment (T_T) *sob...sob...*

With so little time left and confusion of ideas, my video still under serious construction. I still searching for appropriate material for my video (as other people had already producing the storyboard), and the outcome was not as I expected. 3minutes video is not easy as it sounds. There are also so many soft wares that I was not aware of and if I do, I don’t even know how to use or explore it. I keep changing this and that, praying for some rays of hope… so that I can complete my task and able to produce some ‘simple video with big impact’. How I managed to do that? This is not about stress anymore but the producing stage is about effort vs. frustration. But I believe in trial and error. Hope it will lead me to something effective yet convincing enough to at least complete this assignment.

here comes the ‘theoretical’ part....

3rd lesson...hmmm...this is when my major concern become reality...well, to be honest, I'm not that good when it comes to theory, learning models, strategies and etc... but, when Prof. Dr. Raja Maznah told us that today's lesson will be conducted by Ms Chin, the excitement appears... (i really want to hear her voice since the 1st day of lesson...heheh*wink*). well, she presented on several models such as the ASSURE Model, ADDIE Model and D&C model... surprisingly, i was able to participate and response to her presentation regardless of my weaknesses before. actually, what she had presented is related to our previous knowledge and my 'schemata', triggers with excitement and enthusiasm. hehehe....however, for the Dick and Carey Model, i kind of 'lost' in the thin air, maybe because all the input of the model is new to me... so, my attention towards the lecture increased as i really need to adapt all the new knowledge. huhuhu... but, due to the 'noise', my 'affective filter' arises and therefore my attention span, decreases (this is not an excuse, ok)...hehehe....but overall, i enjoyed the lesson as it provides me an opportunity to ASSURE the effectiveness of my lesson, in the future.

first asignment = S.T.R.E.S.S

video editing.. really dun hv any idea about it. i've done video before using windows movie maker but the thing that hit the word stress on me, is the process to come out with 3minutes video, it's complicated. i dun have any idea how my video will look like but i really hope i can do it. this is not about how 'savvy' you are in technology, but we'r talking about creativity and how effective the video that you produce to teach the chosen topic. if i'm stuck somewhere, i hope that my group members can lend me a hand. based on examples and explanation given by Prof. Dr. Raja Maznah and her team (Ms. Ng, Ms. Chin and En. Hafiz), i get some brief idea about it but since my mind yesterday was thinking so hard about how to publish effective yet a creative 3 minutes video, i seems quite blur today. hehehe... hopefully it will turn out well and the video of mine as well as videos of my group members, can be published in youtube, sooner or later. *wink*. today's class also give me some exposure of various kind of video editing software like power director, easy media creator, dvd movie factory and so much more. the thing is, whether i have enough time to explore these softwares. hopefully i can! p.r.a.y.i.n.g...!! wish me luck!!! really need one...!! waa...!!!

How you as a teacher will be learning.

QUESTION 2

Teacher education in learning technologies is essential for teachers to realize technology's full potential in language learning and teaching. Teachers should be equipped by all the latest knowledge of technology that can be used in teaching and learning purposes and can be implemented with reference of the curriculum and the syllabus. There are also many research done that shows the effectiveness of technology-based instruction for language learning. As the students itself had an advanced knowledge with some technology, teacher should have a better knowledge than the students as the teacher should be the one who will transmit the knowledge to the students.
In order to develop the full potential in the learning process of the students, teacher should know the basic technology on how to download certain interesting clips, create a simple video clips or even editing the video or songs that will be suitable for the students’ learning. This will help the teacher to use it as teaching resources in the classroom and bring the students in the wonderful ride of technology in the lesson instead of let the students learn with the traditional methods through chalk and blackboard lesson. For instance, through the movements that appears in the video clips, students can easily learn about verbs, adjective and other language topics. When they were able to see and watch it, they will understand and acquire the knowledge that the teacher tries to transmit. This will eventually make the lesson more productive and enjoyable for the students, especially young learner age between 7 to 9 years old as they would love to see the animation or movements.
Furthermore, we as teacher can also benefited a lot with the help of technology. Besides that saving the time and money to prepare the teaching aids, teacher can also learn how to fully exploit the usage of resources from technology, through out the lesson. Teacher also must have adequate understanding of and appear confidence in various technologies that can be used in the classroom. Besides, teacher should be students’ role model in learning. That is why teacher should shows positive attitudes in front of the students.
In the nutshell, it is important for teachers to have the mastery knowledge of technology or well-known as ICT. It will provide lots of benefit both to teachers as well to the students. As the saying says,
"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." -- John Cotton Dana

~Questions by Prof.Maznah~

QUESTION 1.

1. How technology is going to affect how your students are going to be learning

In the globalization era, technology can be viewed as a scaffolding tool that should be used effectively during teaching and learning process. Technology becomes a more prevalent part of the education culture with each passing year. Schools cannot ignore the impact of technology and the changing face of curriculum. It can offer a positive impact on the students’ learning as they will be provided an interactive lesson if the teacher integrate technology in the lesson. When the students are interested in learning, eventually they will feel motivated and participate actively in the lesson.
Technology has a lot to offer if the teacher knows the right way to integrate the technology into the curriculum and syllabus of the lesson. As one of the teacher’s roles is to be the director and facilitator in the learning process, it is an essential element for teacher to ensure students’ understanding throughout the lesson. Pupils can easily acquire the understanding when they are interested and fully motivated towards the lesson. When they are in these conducive yet non-threatening conditions, this will eventually decreased the pupils’ affective filter as been proposed by Stephen Krashen in his affective filter hypothesis of his ‘monitor model’ (Lightbown and Spada, 1999) as it had arouse the pupils’ interest and motivation by the usage of technology.
Furthermore, with the used of technology, pupils will be entertained by the beautiful yet variety of colourful pictures and video. This also will trigger the pupils’ aesthetic skills as they will learn to appreciate the art of colour and illustrations that should been displayed by the teachers with the help of technology.
Students nowadays are aware the functions of e-mail and sometimes, they were more advanced than the teacher itself. If the students are able to compose an e-mail to the teacher, a mutual community will be created. Hence, teacher-students relationship will not be limited only when they met at school but they can also interact with each other by using the e-mail. If the students faced some problems regarding their school works, they can just straight away send a questions via e-mail and both teacher and students can discussed on the solution of the problem. Therefore, with this mutual community, it will give a positive impact in the students’ learning as well helped the teacher to ensure success of their students.
In the nutshell, there will be a lot positive implication and impact gained by the students if the teacher are able to integrate the usage of technology, affectively. Students’ attitude towards the learning process should be given the major priority by the teacher to develop the full potential of the students. It is important for the teacher to be able to create or produce something interesting enough with the help from technology in order to grab and sustain the pupils’ interest and curiosity in the pupils’ learning process as what had been said by Anatole France, 1924:
‘The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards’

First Class

let me get started... first class.... b.l.u.r
that was my first impression when i entered the comp lab. basically i know that this course will force me to work harder as i'm not that good when it comes to getting involved with technology.
application, application and application... *sigh*
but that impression changed when we were asked to fill up the questionnaire to know our learning styles. i enjoyed it as it helped me to understand myself, BETTER...hahahah...
Then the envi changed when Prof. Dr. Raja Maznah and her team (Ms. Ng, Ms. Chin and En. Hafiz) entered the comp lab and gave us some brief introduction of the course ( besides enjoying the picture taking and the 'massage' session at the beginning of the class...). the presentation of the slideshow by Prof. Dr. Raja Maznah also had helped me to acquire new knowledge about "PLEaSE". it's not a new vocab for the day but the meaning behind it is more important.
Personalize
Learning
Environment
and
Student
Engagement

that's what PLEaSE is all about. simple word with a big meaning. i admit that students active participation is one of the key of success in teaching and learning process. it will advanced the students understanding when they participate. (that's what happened to me..*sigh*)
this course is getting more interesting later on. (i enjoyed looking at our seniour's picture in the slideshow as well...hehehe) i think dat's just about it. (not bad for my very first post..hehehhe)

p/s: forgive me for any typos or grammar errors. wahahaha.. will work on it to improve.. heheh