| - What do you like about blogging?
Blogging is like a diary writing . I have learned on reflecting on my learning for each week which enables me to reflect back. Blogging is a new way for me to keep a diary online which will enable me to read my entries at any time and any where.
- What you do not like about blogging? The thing that I dislike about blogging is the font type and the font size that are given is limited and this causes difficulties sometimes when I want to enlarge and to vary my writing style.
- What have you gained from blogging e.g. Language skills, improved fluency, critical thinking, improved thought processes, technology skills etc. How? Frankly speaking, I learn much from blogging which are on how to improve my writing skills and to reflect on my weekly resources class.
- What do you like about this course? What I do like about this course is that there many internet and soft skills that I have learned in this course. Before this I did not know lots of things even I do not know how to download songs and videos.But with this course I have treasure many new skills.The one that I like is converting PDF files into word document using online converter and also converting videos to audio.
- What you do not like about this course? The course is very helpful and I do not have much to complain about it.
- What have you learnt from this course? I have learned to produce lots and varieties of teaching aids that have helped me to improve my lesson plans.The knowledge that I get in editing the resources from articles, songs and pictures has given me more ideas in making my lessons more interesting and appealing to the pupils.
- What have you learnt from this course that you did not expect to? The tutorials were something that I did not expect in the course however, I did learned a lot from the tutorials.
- What have you expected but do not learn from this course? Well I did not expect anything from this course as the course title itself reflects on what we are going to work throughout the whole semester.
- Comments regarding modules:
- Internet and computing skills
a. What do you like about this module? Downloading videos and songs.I love downloading the softwares especially Youtube Flv Player.
b. What do you not like about this module? There were some softwares that was unable to be used and it caused problems to me c. What do you like about the task given for this module? Downloading and converting files. d. What do you not like about the task given for this module? There were some online converters that was unable to be used and this has wasted my time and held me back for hours from moving on to the next tutorial. e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Converting files and downloading songs and games. f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom? This course has taught me to edit teaching resources so that it will suit the pupils level and interest.
- Photo Editing
a. What do you like about this module? Combining and editing a picture especially making a gif image .Especially using Photobucket, photoscape and Photoshop CS 3. b. What do you not like about this module? I love this module so much and do not have anything that I dislike. c. What do you like about the task given for this module? Making a Gif image. d. What do you not like about the task given for this module? I do not have anything that I dislike. e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module? Editing and inserting text into a picture. f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom? Editing pictures. - Audio Editing Skills
a. What do you like about this module? I like the editing part of a song/audio. b. What do you not like about this module? I like this module.There are nothing that I do not like. c. What do you like about the task given for this module? Creating a ring tone and also editing the Siti Nurhaliza’s song.It was a trick as we have really apply the fade in and fade out and cutting the clapping sound from the song. d. What do you not like about the task given for this module? Nothing e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module? Editing a audio by reducing its noise, cutting an editing , fade in and fade out and increase the volume. Frequency. f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom? Editing an audio to make it suitable for the children. By editing, teacher can cut the inappropriate lyrics and to make it suitable for the children.
- Video Editing Skills
a. What do you like about this module? I like the part separating a video file from its audio. b. What do you not like about this module? Nothing. c. What do you like about the task given for this module? Creating a E-Book. d. What do you not like about the task given for this module? Nothing e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module? Converting a video to an audio file and separating a video to an audio and a video file.Moreover, capturing the snaps from the videos. f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom? Capturing the screen shots in a video using the softwares helps me to capture appropriate pictures as teaching aids.Moreover, I can use the audio froma a video to be played to the pupils.
- Software for ELT
a. What do you like about this module? Creating many teaching aids that could be exploited in the classroom. b. What do you not like about this module? Nothing c. What do you like about the task given for this module? Creating a company and designing flyers, poster, advertisement, website and so on to promote the company.This gave an new experience to me. d. What do you not like about the task given for this module? Nothing e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module? Creating and designing own poster. Website 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? Specific information in the teaching aids like poster, advertisement could be used as cues and guides for pupils to write.
10. If you can change anything about this course, state what is and elaborate?
I hope that more freedom could be given to us to choose our own group members with out any rules or specification as there are some member who are sleeping members and this causew trouble to the other group members. Moreover, I hope that at the beginning of the course a list of projects and task that going to be worked on through out the semester could be given and how many marks that it contains so that the students will know what to expect and to concentrate in the course. Its like a alert of what is coming next. This will help the students to prepare . Lastly, this course is a very beneficial course and I have gained a lot of knowledge form this course.Thanks to Pn.foziah.
On a scale of 1 – 10, please rate your computing and technological skills for both before and after undergoing the course.
I would rate my computing and technological skills as 4-Before and 8-after.Well, I have learned a lot and moved a step higher in using the technological tools.Thanks to this course.
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