facebook..

I use the facebook more frequent up until now..at first I like it for it connects me to my friends all over the world especially my long pen pals..i don’t have to write letters to them anymore..with a single click, I can chat and send them messages and the most important thing, I can get the reply in a day, minutes or even seconds..but, I discovered a new application last 2 days, called Visual bookshelf and I was thinking..the power of sharing that the facebook possesses may facilitate the teaching and learning, whereby, teacher can share the new books that she read to the learners…this will encourage the learners to explore new things on the net and find interesting books that may assist in their learning as well..the visual bookshelf may replace the incumbent programme in school, ‘Projek Nilam’ which is meant to nurture reading habit among young learners..the learners will not only state the books they read, but they can also find books that they intend to read..they can make their own review as well as read others’ review in order to share opinions and choose the books that they find out tempting to read..
The facebook also assists the pupils to have their own network and figure out the people who are in the same network with them..thereby, they may have so many things in common to talk about..it is undeniable that teachers and pupils can easily discuss using this space but for me it just should not replace the classroom for they are totally different because things discussed may be misled..but it is useful in a sense that if pupils cannot see the teacher especially out of school time..

finally i feel relieved for i was able to complete the IWB task..eventhough it was not that easy, at least i was able to use the guidance given and explore the tools' functions to make it works well..
the use of IWB is not only to make the activity more colourful and tempting but it give me the ooportunity to me as a future teacher to discover more of the technology in order to integrate it in the classroom.
the use of IWB assists the teacher to create an interactive activities and to carry it out in a creative way by encouraging the pupils to participate in the activities throughout the lesson.. although it requires patience to make it suitable to be taught, it is a very wholesome experience that i can use later in my teaching..
as a future teacher, i found out that IWB is helpful to reduce the use of papers and it is able to let the teachers to make sure that the materials easily edited and can be improved everytime the teacher discovers new things that she can add on..teacher can also keep the task sheets safely for she can save it after she finishes doing every task sheets or activities..
the teacher can also point out to the screens that she wants by only clicking on the links saved so that she can easily go back to the previous slide or to go to any desirable slide..this will avoid the teacher from being confused of which activities that should come first..
the fonts used also can be made bigger in order to allow the whole class to look at the wide screen and comic sans font is suitable for it reflects their handwriting..

the feedback..

the feedback given by Prof. Dr Maznah for two weeks has given me ideas on how to make use the IWB..anyway, it is not that easy for me to create the activities..but the activity made should base on the models and the techniques available too, for instance ADDIE model..this is crucial for the teacher to know the learners' characteristics and how far the activities made could help the pupils to learn..it should not be only interesting for the sight of the teacher..it should be creative but yet simple in a way that it could be done by the pupils..there are so many things that should be cosidered by the teacher including the font used, the size, the clear pictures and so on..i am glad that we are given another week to improve our activities so that we have more time to edit some of the works to make it suitable to be used in the classroom..

i should say that i'm quite lucky to learn about photo editing in resources class..this is because it is helpful for me in order to edit the pictures that i used in my IWB project..using IWB require great patience that i have to try out so many tools first before starting off my worksheets..preparation is vital before you embark your journey right?it i sapplicable in here too..but i love the chances for it beneficial for me later in school..looking at others works impress me too..how i realize that now people are full of zeal to complete their work..including me =)

my group has assigned each of us with different subjects for the smartboard..i am going to focus on 'The basic needs of Plants' for my smartboard exercices..Science?? yeah..surely..it might be difficult for me though..but i will give it to the fullest for my second assignment..why i choose the basic needs of plants?i think that it is suitable to be used with IWB so that pupils can see the relation within the basic needs of the living things..it leads them to distinguish the basic needs of animals and humans and the basic needs of plants..i am sure that it is quite easy to use my own creativity for i could find lots of beatiful pictures of plants to be utilized..so i really hope that the task sheet suits the level of the pupils as well as to beguile them to use the IWB..

using smartboard to create a task sheet??whoa..how it would be like? but the assignment 3 will be a big challenge for me.. i dont really know how certain tools work..but the guide given is very helpful and the software itself is easily used..so i need plenty of time to explore and get used of the functions so that i can a virtual intercative worksheets..the most prominent part is to teach clearly to the pupils of the use of IWB and to make every input in the slide is understandable and not merely attractive..

the video assignment is a really new thing for me..this is my first try that i think is not that good..
teh pictures are blurred..but at least i give it a try..i faced with so many problems in the making of the video..first, i was thinking of what kind of materials needed..comparing with others i think that they have more creative ideas rather than me..so i decided to grab my brother digital camera to record it on my own and find out picture from the net to facilitate the making process..