contemplating

I'm contemplating whether to find a job or stay at home, change my eating patterns for the better. I seriously need to eat healthier. Eat a more balanced diet. All these foods I am taking is due to my laziness to cook.

Despite of that, I have also identified the things that makes me lazy to make a home cooked meal.

If only I don't have to shop for groceries, I may feel more rajin to cook. At the moment, bila nak masak, baru nak keluar beli barang2.

Nak keluar beli barang-barang untuk masak consist:

1. bersiap
2. hidupkan enjin
3. undur kereta DAN berhati-hati sebab tak nak langgar budak2 semasa undur kereta
4. drive - ok lah, kedai memang tak jauh but ya, masih- kena- drive. malas!
5. berhenti di traffic light
6. cari parking
7. reverse park
8. masuk kedai, cari barang, ternampak barang lain, beratur, berATUR! BERATUR!! beratur untuk bayar. kadang kejap, kadang lama.
9. angkat barang2
10. masukkan barang dalam kereta sambil perhati kiri kanan untuk keselamatan diri sebab yes, I live in Malaysia.
11. cepat2 masukkan barang dalam kereta
12. masuk driver seat
13. drive balik

*berhenti di traffic light. lupa yang ni!
14. keluarkan barang
15. keluarkan barang
16. kunci kereta
17. masuk rumah
18. letak barang2 at their places
19. keluarkan dari plastik
20. cuci2
21. masukkan dalan bekas
22. BARU BOLEH MULA MASAK!

SOOOOOOO, kalau aku baca resipi 15 minit boleh siap, aku TAKKAN PERCAYA LA WEH!!

haha. masak memang lah 15 minit, belum tambah minit-minit pergi beli barang, cari barang, beratur nak bayar, angkut barang, cleaning. ya 1 jam juga. atau lebih.

Apa2hal, memang Ya Allah, amazing! Mujur ada suami yang suka membantu. Jadi part cleaning tu dah agak lega juga la.

1 more to go

Akhirnya aku lulus dengan  cemerlang :p

Tak kisah pun tak cemerlang tapi Alhamdulillah akhirnya aku lulus subjek yang aku pernah retake, drop, retake, drop, retake- pass.

Salah satu motivasi aku untuk ulang semula subjek EDC3100 ialah seseorang yang dia pun dah banyak kali retake subjek tapi tetap terus retake setiap kali dia gagal. Subjek yang dia ambil pun memang sah sah jauh lebih susah dari aku.

Benda yang aku belajar dari pengalaman ku retake ini ialah 

"jangan sedih memanjang dengan kekurangan kita kerana kekurangan kita boleh menjadikan kita guru (reference) kepada orang lain"

Aku sendiri rasa benda ini sebab aku pernah jawab soalan orang yang segan nak sambung belajar lagi sebab dah lewat 20-an. In a way, I am glad for my experience which was stressful at that time but it has helped others- I hope!

:D

Week 10- end of PE, end of the course

I've ended my EDC3100 professional experience! It was a 15 days being at the site and I met new people. The experience was amazing! I am really thankful for my site coordinator and my mentor for being supportive of me.

Although the school do not have digital technologies particularly for the students, my mentor has allowed me to use my personal digital tools with the students. Both my mentor and site coordinator was excited to see me integrate ICT into lessons. The school do not practice integrating ICT into lessons however they supported me to do so for my professional experience.

I observed my mentor teaching, took over the class when my mentor had an emergency and even proceed a lesson plan prepared by my mentor.

For the final week (week 3 of professional experience), there are various things that I had to be aware of. One of it is to get my mentor to mark me a Pass/ Fail via InPlace using her account. It was a hassle as my mentor had some issues with her account. I was really nervous when things did not go smoothly as I had planned in my mind. However, we managed to pull it of.

This table was the one that helped me to keep track of the feedbacks that I need to get.

I feel some amount of relieve that professional is over. I also do feel happy to read Elise's post on finishing her professional experience!

A little bit more to go till the due date!

Week 8- Digital citizenship's second blog post

Referring to this page, this is my second post in regard to safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT. Re-reading my first blog post on this topic, I shall answer some questions as required here.

Firstly, there are no written policies regarding ICT at my PE site. The mentor just verbally told me the do's and don't of using ICT amongst the students.

The ICT skills that the learners need to have are such as unlocking the digital tool's pass code, opening app, switching on and off the computer and using the keyboard.

It'd be good if changes are made before the PE as there are room for adjustment.

Week 10- Modelling grade

The due date is near! As much as I am trying to finish my assignments well, I am also modelling my grade and want to see how much left to pass EDC3100. Below is the model of my likely result for EDC3100.

I would get an A if I scored 40 marks for assignment 3.
I would get C grade if I scored 20 marks for assignment 3.
I would get F grade if I scored 0 mark for assignment 3. I will do my assignment well to pass this course.
Based on my capability and my marks so far, I may get B grade for this course. I want this to happen, god willing.

Assignment 3 consists part A, part B, part C and part D. Below are my assumption of marks for those parts.

Part A: 5 marks
Part B: 7 marks
Part C: 5 marks
Part D: 12 marks

According to the above, I am assuming I would get 29/40 for assignment 3, god willing. I shall now ensure I cover all learning paths. Got to complete them and see all the  boxes are ticked!

Week 10- Reflection

What is the importance of reflection? Yes! I groaned when I see a task asking me to reflect. Reading this, I think reflections on a lesson helps teachers to improve the quality of a lesson.

As a teacher myself, I don't do thorough reflection after my lessons (this as in when I am not during a Professional Experience). Just thoughts in my mind either the lesson was delivered smoothly or was not. Tamdubois had a similar experience like mine which she was reflecting little things on her own.

When I am doing the student's report, noting down their inability to grasp a concept, I would just think on how can I make that student understand. I still don't reflect on the lesson I conducted.

The benefits of reflective teaching is that we get to think about the student's input. By answering some questions during reflection, we (teachers) will be able to see if the lesson objective is met. The lesson objective can also be a guide when doing reflection on a lesson.
Other than that, reflecting after a lesson helps teachers to identify the unwanted things that were supposed to happen. For instance, having not enough material can take up the student's waiting time which could lead to restlessness amongst them. Restlessness amongst them may be the cause of their short attention span.
As Rhalmi (2011) stated that reflective teaching enable teachers to discover other ways of teaching and trying it out with their students. This is a great opportunity for teacher's development.

The down side of reflective teaching would be for the teachers. It takes time to reflect on lesson that we teach. Not forgetting the amount of works that we need to check!

I would like to practice making reflections after my lessons. I think it can guide me to become more explorative in my teaching skills.




Reference:
Rhalmi, M. (2011). Reflective teaching and action search. Retrieved October 27, 2016, from http://www.myenglishpages.com/blog/reflective-teaching-and-action-research/

IWB and Literature

This page initiated me to analyse a literature titled Honeymoon with IWBs: A qualitative insight in primary students' views on instruction with interactive whiteboard.

Referring to table 1, the thing about IWB that students amongst the 4th graders to the 8th graders like the most is its practicality and economically use. It is easier for the students to use the IWB as they are more comfortable using a pen that they don't have to use pressure to write. Using a chalk needs them to grip tightly to be able to write. Using the pen on an IWB will also avoid them from getting dust onto them when writing on a whiteboard. According to the 8th graders, the IWB enable them to reverse pages back to the page that they need to refer to.

Referring to table 2, the thing students like the least is the technical issues that occurs when they are using IWB. It distracts them as they were focusing in the lesson. Issues such as power cut, viruses and the unsmooth media played on IWB.

On table 3, it is said that the instructions on IWB enhanced student's learning because of its interesting display and presentation. Students from 6th to 8th grade said the colours on screen captured their attention compared to the traditional whiteboard. Media presentation such as the video enable students to grasp understanding of abstract concepts.

IWB can most effectively be use as a supplement to student's learning. Ms. Milne listed down some techniques of IWB.
For my professional experience, the context uses Montessori Approach for teaching and learning. This way, IWB will definitely come second as a supplementary to a lesson.

Reference:
Sad, S.N., Ozhan, U. (2012). Honeymoon with IWBs: A qualitative insight in primary students' views on instruction with interactive whiteboard (pp. 1184-1191). Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.usq.edu.au/science/article/pii/S0360131512001315