The road not taken

 

 

              

                                        Two roads diverged in a wood

                                                  and I took the less travelled by

                                                 and that has made all the difference.

                                                                           Robert Frost

I begin my entry with a line from Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. This poem describes my feelings about PXGT 6110. When I first wanted to join this class, I was asked by a friend on why am I taking the class that is not popular among students and has lots of work. My answer was that I chose it because it is not taken by many people. I wanted to take the challenge and I felt that I would learn a lot from this subject as there were not many students in it. My road that I chose was not only travelled by less people but I was also far behind other classmates. Wow…

My first day in the class was welcomed by Miss Ng, a pregnant lady wit vibrant personality.I have to walk faster in order to catch up with classmates who are not only far in front of me but they are better equipped with technology compared to me.My steps were not easy as they were lots of pebbles and I tend to get frustrated when I could not understand what were taught in the class.

But on the last class,the journey was very sweet and juicy because Miss Ng assigned us with a simple task of WEB 2.0. (I guess this is her way in making us try the web 2.0 as we always tell her that we don’t have time). ha ha. Bravo Miss Ng. You did it in your style.

I tried to design the web earlier but failed to complete it. Ironically on that particularly morning, I ended up trying 4 types of web 2.0. Need to give myself a pad.

I learnt a lot from this subject and  in every lesson, there’s always new recipes brought in which I can use for my class in IPG Kampus Tunku Bainun.I should say that the last lesson we had for PXGT 6110 (the show and tell session) was the most enjoyable one because it was like the dessert for us. There were lots of videos to watch.

The experience I had during the journey has made all the difference. The difference in my way of thinking,my way of teaching in the future and also my proposal for the project paper.ha ha….Chaiyok shakirah.

Thank you to group members in PXGT 6110, dee, monica and yin.Thank you to all the classmates     and a very big thank you to Madam Ng for the experience I gained this semester.

 

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Lecture 12 : Today I learn today I question

 

                                          

For some unexpected reason, I was not able to update my entry for almost one month.I was down with fever and my holidays were spent on bed. And at the same time, I had problem with sleeping disorder.On top of that, my wifi in the house was down too.  I guess the body needs a rest. Unfortunately it was at the wrong time. What else can be done when the ‘battery’ is weak. Taking it positively, I guess this is one way on how God wants me to relax and recharge the battery.

Future education presented by Monica. It was a very fruitful presentation because of her ppt slide.I believe she managed to give us clearer view on the future education trend. To date, teachers /educators are treating their students as clients and we are the service provider. As educators , we need to know what are our clients needs and the strategies we need to have in order to fulfill the needs. As usual, there are lots of ‘wh’ questions that we need to answer before we can figure out the best method for our clients who are digital native which makes them totally different from us in many aspects , be it the way we think and also they way we learn. 

Malaysian  Smart School Project, a very ‘future’ project or vision which to some teachers because they were not involved totally in the planning. Perhaps this is the reason why the project couldn’t achieve its objective as targeted.Lots of money, effort and time have been spent on this project. Even though to some people, it is a waste, to me I feel that it is not. Better late than never. 

Ellsworth (2000)  states that change inside education depends on what the teacher implements and thinks. Based on Ellsworth’s view above it is therefore fitting for us to see how far the practices currently happening in schools are line with educational change in “blueprint” of the Smart School.It is the readiness of the teachers who are going to implement the change in the classroom. This change depends a great deal on the readiness of the teachers to accept and implement the practices.

Frankly speaking, I believe that dreams are very important because we can make the dream comes true.But the issue here is that in order for it to be a reality, those who are involved be it the architect or the labour workers need to put their heart fully on it.Dream it, vision it, sleep with it, bathe with it and eat with it. Smart school is not an easy task but it is not impossible.

                                           

My question for this week is ‘How are we going to change the mindset of teachers especially those who are involved in the smart school project?If more money, time and effort are needed to make this dream comes true, what are the strategies that we need to provide to the challenged teachers?