2nd ASSIGNMENT...

Since we have been given the second assignment, the second lecture were more focusing on the details of this assignment. This assignment required us to download any useful resources that can be found in the internet for use in teaching in the classroom. First of all, we were given the chance to choose our own group members for this assignment. Although there has been a little chaos in choosing our group members, I cannot deny the fact that the way Puan Foziah grouping us has its own benefits. Different races, different gender were all mixed up in one group in order to create the opportunities for a wider interaction between us, besides avoiding the tradition of 'same race' group or 'same gender' group.

Besides that, it is a must for us to tie every lesson that we plan to teach with curriculum specification (CS), especially Year 5 CS. Why curriculum specification is very important for teachers? This is because it is like a guidance or the blueprint that guide teacher throughout the lesson. Imagine a teacher who came into the class and teach without referring to the CS for the lesson plan. There will be no standardization in the content of the lesson between each school, and this will lead into a big problem when it came to public exam like UPSR and PMR. The validity and reliability of the question will be questioned by many parties, especially the parents.

Besides that, there will be a high tendency for teacher to insert the element of biasness and sensitive issue for instance issue like politics, religions and gender if they are not using CS in their teaching. It may be done unintentionally, but the impact of this mistake can be very serious towards the personality of the students. As we know, children easily absorb and learn on what is happening around them. As the result, they may turn out to be very prejudice towards certain things that they are not suppose to. Hence, I can see the importance of maximizing the use of CS in our teaching and as'teacher to be' ,this assignment is like an eye opener and a training for me towards the core business of teaching that required big responsibilities of the teacher in achieving the aims and inspirations of the National Philosophy of Education, for instance in producing a balanced, harmonious citizen of Malaysia.

Some may said that CS block teachers from becoming creative in their delivery. In my opinion, this statement is not true since CS is just use for guiding teachers and giving them the standard way of content. So, it depends on the teacher on how he/she manipulates the materials available in order to achieve the Learning Outcome (LO) stated in the CS.
In addition, Pn Foziah also displayed the example of tutorial task made by her, which giving us a clearer view on what we actually have to do for the task. Although it looked simple, the ability to use technology for instance video editing is very important since it is very helpful in producing a good resource for students.

Furthermore, in order to help us for this assignment, there has been a little discussion on the software that are available for downloading and encoding, for instance keepvid.com, Daemon tools and others. I found that this discusssion is very helpful since it provide assistance for those who are not really familiar with all this software, besides giving wider choices for us in adapting the material.Lastly was the brainstorm session from each group members on the planning of the assignment. Although this task was quite tough for me, it taught me to be more dependent and resourceful, since it demands a great amount of consideration on the behalf of students' needs and the application of technology itself.