Week 10

I enjoyed celebrating Hari Raya with my family very much... There were lots of my favourite foods during Hari Raya such as rendang, tapai, etc and I couldn’t miss them all... I feel like I don’t want to leave my home.... But what can I do... I have to sacrifice for the sake of my studies.... I still have a few days more to enjoy and spend time with my family... Thus, I will enjoy to the max and use the time left wisely... Talking about resources class last week, we were shown a video clip that was really meaningful to us....The music itself was so touching and left some impact to me....The video clip was about what a man needs from a woman.... After watching it, I realized that there are a lot of things that we can’t take for granted.... I enjoyed a lot watching the video and I feel like watching it again... I am going to get the video clip from computer that Pn. Foziah had inserted... On that day, we were released earlier because many of us were absent.... I am sure that they were all in Raya mood and most of them were back in their hometown already... Thank God, I bought the ticket earlier so that I won’t miss any classes...

Week 9

This week is already week 9. How fast the time flies. Next week I am going back to my hometown to celebrate Hari Raya. I can’t wait for it!! Hehe... I miss my family a lot. Hari Raya is the moment where I am waiting for to gather with my family. I am really missing the preparation for raya with my family especially a day before Raya. My siblings and I will be busy helping our parents to clean and decorate our house, preparing the foods, etc.
Now, I’ll talk about what we have learned during this week. We were shown with examples of interesting videos. Some of them were created by our seniors. I enjoyed a lot watching the videos and I feel like watching them again. Some of the situations really suit what I have gone through. My seniors had done such good jobs and they were so creative to come out with such ideas. So, our task for the week is to produce a video in pairs. During the hours, we were discussing with our partners and poured ideas for our video making. My partner and I have decided on theme love towards animal. The storyline that we planned had received green light by Pn. Foziah. Therefore, we are going to work on the video soon. For the moment, we are working on the storyboard which needs to be done before next class. The storyboard will make our video making easier as it can be used as guidance. Talking about video making, this is the second time I am working on it as before this we had worked on it in other subject. Thus, I can say that we have better experience and ideas to work on the video.

Week 8

It has been the second week of fasting month... In two weeks time we will be in Raya month. How fast time flies....This year is my first time fasting in UM...The first time I went to bazaar near my rental house, I felt so awkward as I am not familiar to the atmosphere....It took me a few days to adapt and get used with the new place.... As I am sailing through this course, I have learned a lot of things to equip myself as future teacher. To be a teacher, it is not easy as we have to equip and update ourselves with current relevant skills and knowledge to face 21^st century kids....Thus, resource class is really helping me to be a 21^st century teacher...Talking about resource class on last Thursday, we had assigned to work in groups and prepared power point presentations based on the topics given...In my group, we have divided our the work so that we will be able to finish it on time...My group members gave their fullest cooperation to work on the task...Besides that, on that day we also had submitted the group and individual tutorials on photo editing, e-book and audio editing...The tutorials really benefited me as I completed it, I managed to learn and gained the skills better...I feel so happy and relieved as I had submitted everything on the time...I am looking forward to learn new skills in the next class =)

Week 7

Basically, on that week we were taught about audio editing in which through it we can remove the unwanted sounds and noises in recordings. I am interested in this topic because all of this while I have been wondered on how to remove the unwanted sounds and noises. Hence, this is the time for me to explore and discover it better. We were introduced to a few software that can be helpful in removing those distracters. I feel audio editing is crucial to us as teachers. This is where it can be used if we want to let our pupils to listen songs, etc that we recorded from somewhere. Thus, we can make use of audio editing to clear up the distracters in the songs so that the qualities of the recordings are improved. The pupils will be able to listen to the songs clearly without the distractions. In order to enhance our skills on audio editing, we were assigned with individual and group work. Through tutorials given, we will be able to learn how to use audio editing software in depth.

Week 6

The new thing that we learned during week 6 was how to create e-book. Lecture on aspect of literature has been given to guide us creating and selecting books for children. The lecture was very useful to be used as guidance so that we will be able to produce e-book based on criteria given. E-book is one of the alternatives to tell story to children instead of using story books. Then, Pn. Foziah also viewed us several examples of e-book which are good therefore we got better understanding on what e-book is all about. After that, it was the time for us to create our own e-book.

Firstly, we had to choose the targeted group and topic in the syllabus that we wish to create the e-book for. I chose year 3 to be the targeted group and the topic for the e-book is Animals and Pets. Based on the topic chosen, we had to come out with storyboard as a draft and showed it to Pn. Foziah for approval. I would like to thank Pn. Foziah as she gave some ideas to improve on my storyboard so that my story will be more suitable in current context. E-book might look simple to be produced but I am sure that it is not going to be that easy to create it. I hope that I will be able to produce interesting and fun story through e-book. Besides, the e-book that I create will not be wasted as it can be used in my teaching in future.