pHoTo EditiNg aNd E-BoOk

I really want to do photo editing and create E-Book.. And this week lectures touch on that. I have some clear idea but still unable to to things on that since i still don't have the Photoshop. It's ok and be calm. But.. keep reminding that we have to hand in the task by Sunday. oh gosh.. I will think about this later.

In the mean time, my group had discuss about the e-book production. Huda, Mira, Kasthuri, Izuddin and me agreed to come out with a narration based on the topic Glorious Food. Roughly, we have come out with a storyboad that show a the plot of our narration. Some elements such as flashback is also included. Promising, it is a common story yet different.. Haha..

In term of types of application that we want to use in order to develop the e-book, the initial choices are only powerpoint presentation, window movie maker and power director. Using Flash should be very interesting and make the e-book alive and interactive. I have read about it in the Wikipedia..

"Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of multimedia software developed and distributed by Adobe Systems and earlier by Macromedia. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.

Flash can manipulate vector and raster graphics and supports bi-directional streaming of audio and video. It contains a scripting language called ActionScript. It is available in most common web browsers and some mobile phones and other electronic devices (using Flash Lite). Several software products, systems, and devices are able to create or display Flash, including the Adobe Flash Player. The Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program is used to create content for the Adobe Engagement Platform, such as web applications, games and movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Flash.

In the end, I just wondering if we should take into consideration if the learning outcomes and the Curriculum specification before we develop the e-book. I will go and try to find out on the forum soon..

Children are PURE..

Sometimes, i miss the time when i was in kindergarten and primary school. Everything was so easy and cozy.. Everyone was so fine and well. Nothing much to think and solve. All i need others will prepare it for me. if i could turn back the time. I makes me think back of the old days because of the last lecture.
In a bucket, the lecture was about young learners and how they gain experience and learning. The way they act and respond are really innocent, naive and "pure". As a teacher to be, I have to really consider and understand how young learner grasp meaning. They learn best though their five senses, direct experiences and concrete materials. Thus, abstract concept should be avoided in the early stages of development. This is supported by Piaget Theory. However, it doesn't meant that their imagination are to be blocked. Their imagination is actually developed through interaction with concrete materials. Young learners are making sense of their own world by their own imagination. Materials such as cartoons, art crafts, drawings, and fairy tales are good assistance for young learners in learning language.
I understand that sometimes, young learners have better idea of their own learning. Teachers to be flexible to listen and figure out what are they young learners trying to express. I believe that it is better if young learner are given chances to give their own opinion on what they should be working on. At this point, teacher must always to make sure that the learning are nonthreatening and fun. This will encourage them to practice the language during interaction with others and acquire more vocabulary.
In short, we should keep sense of playfulness and fun during the lesson, thus, activity with too much drill and rote memorization should be avoided. More important, group setting is always effective to encourage interaction among children and enhance their creativity of the language use. Plus, this will instill the children with the curiosity of language.

The first assigment..

The task assigned for this week required us to be in the group of mixed races and gender. At first, everyone seemed to be worried and started promising with each other to be in the same group. However, as we sat in our own group and started discussing with each other, there is none problem at all. I assume that all of us think that there would be a problem when working with other classmate that we are not familiar with, whereas there is no problem at all. This happened because we have never tried to work with another classmate until we are forced to do so. Personally, I am happy with the task and also with the groupmates; Nona, Ah Bak, Zha, Wanjoe, and me.

During these two weeks we are to search and collect the materials for teaching aids for year 5, whether they are animation, pictures, videos, songs, plays, games, or broachers as long as the materials are closely related to the selected topic from CS. At the moment, we have selected unit 12: The Internet as the topic. This is to be carried out together; Nona and Wanjoe are going to do the search, Ah Bak’s job is to do the report of what we have done, while Zha is going to prepare for the tutorial and me is to supervise the work. In this task, I still wonder if I am able to handle my work professionally and make sure that everything will be all right. Beside full cooperation among group members, I believe that time management is the most important part in making sure that the product of the task will be succeed. I am hoping for the smoothness of the work progression.

At the same, I have to start to collect the content of what we have learned throughout the course to be filled in the portfolio. As the starter, I have put a copy of syllabus and curriculum specification for Year 5 in the portfolio and this will continue until the end of the course.

in progress..

This is the first time i do blogging. I do not know of what to be expected and how my blog will look like at the end of the course. Anyway..i hope everything should be full and well-organized as i reach at the end of the course.
This poem shows how i take this blog as my hope:

Do you know what hope is? It's magic and it's free.
It's not in a prescription. It's not in an IV.
It punctuates our laughter. It sparkles in our tears.
It simmers under sorrows. It dissipates our fears.

Do you know what hope is? It's reaching past today.
It's dreaming of tomorrow. It's trying a new way.
It's pushing past impossible. It's pounding on the door.
It's questioning the answer. It's always seeking more.
It's rumors of a break. It's whispers of a cure.
A roller coaster ride. Of remedies, unsure.

Do you know what hope is? It's candy for the soul.
It's perfume for the spirit. To share it makes you whole.
Take my hand...come...
Let's share this hope...together...

http://home.iprimus.com.au/kuekids/hope/poems/message.html