What I like most blogging is the independence I get in expressing my thoiughts to be shared with others and expect their feedback on it. Of course, the indepndence has its limits knowing we live in a democratic country.
What I do not like about blogging is when our mount of work piles higher and I miss a week's blog. The next week when I try to recall, it is mostly vague and does not seem important anymore. Thus, missing a blog is what hate most about blogging.
Through this blogging, I have learned critically analyse what that has taken place and reflect on it. This action of anaysing the event, opens up the possibility for meto examine the situation from others' perspectives and also be able to see the flaws and pros that might have been overlooked earlier. Thus, blogging provides an opportunity for improvement.
Generally, the course has increased my knowledge of technology in whole and has provided an opprtunity for me to learn about it. That is what I like most about the course.
The excessive work throught the 14 weeks demands a lot and it tires me down. Sometime I have to cut down my focus from other courses in order to spend more time completing the tasks in this course. Morever, the change in assignments did have its impact on me. These were my dislike about this course.
Honestly, I did not expect to learn video editing or photo editing in this course. I've always taught they were part of the courses for those studying media.
Since the title of the course does not mention anythng about technology, I expected to be taught of more effective use traditional teaching resources too. But, we were only taught of the technological resources.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Test
As there was no tips or highlights given for the test. I did what appeared to be the most rational thing to do; I studied everything there was. I studied the first four chapters of the book as told. Then, I studied all the lecture notes posted in the forum. I slept only 2 hours the previous night as I spent all my time trying to make sense and meaning of the words printed.
On the examination day, I waited nervously along with other of my coursemates in similar condition. I stood in front of the que to enter the room and quickly found a table for myself without wasting much time. It was a good idea as there was a lack of tables and the latecomers had get chairs from the laboratory next door. I was taken aback as we were told to write only on the front page of each paper. It occured to me as a waste, but, surely the authorities will have their reasons for doing so.
After the test, as I was discussing with my friends, we realized that each of us had interpreted each question differently. This was quite shocking to me as I taught I had them done well.
Whatever it is, I have done my best throught the course and finally in the test today. One final work will be the portfolio, and no doubt I will include my best in it too.
On the examination day, I waited nervously along with other of my coursemates in similar condition. I stood in front of the que to enter the room and quickly found a table for myself without wasting much time. It was a good idea as there was a lack of tables and the latecomers had get chairs from the laboratory next door. I was taken aback as we were told to write only on the front page of each paper. It occured to me as a waste, but, surely the authorities will have their reasons for doing so.
After the test, as I was discussing with my friends, we realized that each of us had interpreted each question differently. This was quite shocking to me as I taught I had them done well.
Whatever it is, I have done my best throught the course and finally in the test today. One final work will be the portfolio, and no doubt I will include my best in it too.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Evaluating Softwares
As the submission of Assignment 3 finally arrived, I saw most of my coursemates were as exhausted as I were to attend the class. As I thought my case was bad enough that I slept at 5 a.m. compiling the assignment, my friend told he had not slept at all. The only relieve was that our hardwork has been finally handed in with the satisfaction that we have put in maximum effort in it. Vocabulary such as courseware was definitely alien to me till this week's lecture. However, evaluation was something familiar. It is something we do all the time. Previously, two semesters back, I remember learning to evaluate books that are to be chosen for primary school pupils. In this evaluatoin of software there is a scale used, which is not the same case with the evaluation of books that we learned previously. Just like assessing pupils in oral profiency, scale is set and points are awarded according to the criteria mentioned in the scale.
Evaluating softwares was similar and I did not find it to be difficult. The Haughland/Shade Developmental Scale that Izyan gave out later was simple enough like any filling-of-forms. Thus, I joined my housemate in sharing a software and we evaluated it indivudually and shared some ideas amongst us about it.
Evaluating softwares was similar and I did not find it to be difficult. The Haughland/Shade Developmental Scale that Izyan gave out later was simple enough like any filling-of-forms. Thus, I joined my housemate in sharing a software and we evaluated it indivudually and shared some ideas amongst us about it.
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