week 14

The FINAL ENTRY to end this course




1. What do you like about blogging?
Blogging has increased my understanding regarding each lesson every week. Besides, it helps me to reflect and monitor my own learning creatively and critically.

2. What you do not like about blogging?
Compared to Google site, handling blogspot is easier but sometimes the process to upload pictures especially the animated one will take time. Besides, after inserting the pictures, the arrangement of our writing will be affected as well. So it’s quite frustrating.

3. What have you gained from blogging e.g. Language skills, improved fluency, critical thinking, improved thought processes, technology skills etc. How?
Honestly, my language skills have improved from blogging because every week I have to come out with different entry. So lots of critical and creative thinking need to be applied so that my writing will reflect my maturity in writing as well as give benefits to the other’s readers. Besides, it has exposed me to technology as this is my first experience in blogging.

4. What do you like about this course?
This course have exposed me to lots of technology skills such as photo, video and audio editing. I’ve never experienced doing all these things before. All the skills are useful because now I’m able to edit my pictures as well as creating my own videos and e-book

5. What you do not like about this course?
Honestly speaking, there are two things that I don’t like; the module and the tasks. I’m not trying to say that the tasks are inessential, but with quite thick module such as module 1 and 2, it’s hard for me and most of us to cope with it. We have to be a very good time planner in order to finish all the modules and the tasks.


6. What have you learnt from this course?
I get to know lots of technology software such as Adobe Photoshop CS3, FxFoto, Audacity and many more. Besides, I have improved my skill in creating the technology-based teaching aids such as video, e-book and also podcast.



7. What have you learnt from this course that you did not expect to?
As I said earlier, there are tasks for each module. So it really takes lots of time to finish the tasks together with the modules.

8. What have u expected but do not learn from this course?
Definitely the two books. I only used one of the books written by Susan Halliwell once during the class discussion and read it once for the final test. I think it will be useful if the book is explored well because it provides us with lots of activities for the ESL classroom.



9. Comments regarding modules:

1. Internet and computing skills


a. What do you like about this module?
The module helps me to learn about lots of technological skill such as how to search for a song, how to download video and download mp3 file, how to convert 1 type of file to another file and etc.

b. What do you not like about this module?
There are too many tutorials in the module. I find it difficult as I never complete any work that requires me to print screen all the steps.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
By completing the task, I learn how o prepare teaching aids for my future teaching.

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?
Downloading skill.For the first time I am able to download my favourite videos by Moyea Youtube downloader.



f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
By using the skill, such as the downloading skill, I will be able to download appropriate songs for the students by using 4shared, and also download lots of useful video by using Moyea Youtube downloader.

2. Photo Editing




a. What do you like about this module?
This module enables me to edit pictures by using different softwares such as Adobe Photoshop CS3, Photoscape, ACDsee, FXFoto and etc.

b. What do you not like about this module?
The steps given as well as the print screen are unclear for certain tutorials especially for Photoshop part. Thus I need to search for tutorial on Youtube in order to complete those tutorials.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I have learnt how to do ‘superimposing’ for my edited photos.It looks nice.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
The e-book because I have encountered some problems in uploading it into ‘mediafire’.


e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Photo editing skills via photoshop, photoscape and photobucket.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
I can edit and use the pictures as my teaching aids.

3. Audio Editing Skills




a. What do you like about this module?
I have learnt how to edit songs by using audacity for example I have learnt to cut and combine the songs.

b. What do you not like about this module?
It is difficult to remove noise and also add effects to the songs. If we take a wrong step, the tune of the songs will be affected.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
I’m able to cope with the task because it not as heavy as the other module. I only need to edit songs by combining 2 songs, cutting songs and adding fade in/out effect.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
I took quite a long time to edit the song. After editing I, I need to listen again to make sure that everything is allright.If not, I have to reedit the song again.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Audio editing skill by using audacity such as noise removal,fade in and fade out, increase volume and change the frequency of the song and etc.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
I can use these skills to create my own podcast for example by combining my own voice with background music.

4. Video Editing Skills




a. What do you like about this module?
The module has taught me about video editing skills such as import sound clip to video and split and crop parts of the video.
b. What do you not like about this module?
Time consuming.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
It is quite interesting as I’m able to create my own video.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
It's difficult to look for a video and suitable audio because the video is based on the selected theme in KBSR list.


e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
video editing skill such as how to extract pictures and audio from the video by using window movie maker.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
I can create my own video that is suitable with KBSR syllabus as well as suitable with my students’ level.
5. Software for ELT

a. What do you like about this module?
The module taught me how to create brochure, banner, poster, invitation cards and etc by using Microsoft Publisher.




b. What do you not like about this module?
nothing.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?
It has increased my skill in creating teaching aids by using MS publisher.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
We need to create lots of thing for task 1 and task 2.

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?
Skill in creating teaching aids by using MS publisher such as
create brochure, business cards, poster, banner, greeting cards and etc.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?
I can create my own teaching aids that are suitable with my students for example I will be able to create a poster, invitation cards and banner and use it in teaching and learning session.

10. If you can change anything about this course, state what is and elaborate?
The number of modules given should be reduced because some of the steps are unclear and are not provided with print screen. So I faced lots of difficulties in finishing the modules. Besides, some of the steps are not the same like what it appears on our laptops. So we need to find other tutorials such as tutorials on the youtube in order to complete it.




On a scale of 1 – 10, please rate your computing and technological skills for both before and after undergoing the course.
Before - 3
After - 8