Week 2

On the second week of the lecture, we were asked to elect a leader and a treasurer. We need to elect a leader and treasurer because it will be easier for the lecturer to inform us about anything regarding the course and collecting money for the books or anything that need to be paid.

The lecturer also told us about the correct technique of typing. Our fingers need to be in the correct position or alphabet so that we can type fast enough without looking at the keyboard. We also need to sit correctly because wrong sitting posture will make us tired easily.

As a student, I realize that I need to do many assignments and I need to have good typing skill and it must be fast enough. I will take longer time to finish my works if I type slowly. We were also given software that enables us to practice our typing skill and the time taken in typing. This software was called Typing Master. I have tried it once and the result was not satisfying, I now realize how slow I was in typing.

Before the class end, we were asked to edit our blog and add necessary things to it. I manage to add several followers and I also become a follower myself. I was getting used to this so called “blogging” and I hope that I will be a professional “blogger”. We also answered a questionnaire and buy a book before we end the day.

Wrapping up, I hope that I will learn more new things in the coming lesson. I hope that this course will be enjoyable and knowledgeable to me.

First week

Noradhwa Bin Hamzah
PEH 080051

On the first week of the class, we were introduced to the course which is PBEY 3102, Using and Developing Resources for the ESL Classroom. The one that will be teaching us is Mdm Foziah Mahmood from the Department of Language & Literacy Education.

The overview that I got from the introduction was that the course was mainly about how we as future teachers develop the resources and combine it with technology. We were told to create our own blog eventhough I never had any experience with blogs. It gives me headache and makes me dizzy just by looking on my friends editing their blogs. I questions myself whether I can do as they do it. After several try and error session, I manage to create a blog and now have some followers, LOL, how glad I was.

This blog need to be updated weekly after the class. We need to reflect on what we have learned in the class and write it in the blog. Moreover, we also need to have followers. I am still struggling to understand how this blog works. I need to write my reflection on the blog without fully understanding how it works.

We were also asked to prepare an 8 GB pendrive and a passport picture of ourself. The pendrive will be use in this course and the picture will be used in a form that we need to send to the lecturer.

All and all, I looking forward to the next lecture and all the new things that I will learn throughout this course. I want to gain more knowledge for myself as a future teacher.