4th week

Hello there, for this weekly class we discussed the positive and negative factors of social media. Miss Farah asks us to think of factors regarding social media in positive and negative ways. So, each of us came up with one factor and Miss Farah wrote it down on the interactive whiteboard.

the positive factor

             The factor that I told is gain knowledge because now social media has become wider which gives an opportunity to all students to do research on knowledge. Also, social media is a great place to get fast information because people will always post the latest information on social media. To add on, students or children who don’t like to read a newspaper or book, will eventually start reading and notify when they are on social media. For example, when I wanted to know the latest update about the Presidential election, I go through my social media to get the latest update.

the red points are the negative factors

               The negative factors of social media, it’s always not accurately correct because some people would just put rumors on social media to hurt other people. Also, the disadvantages of social media are, there is no privacy for people. Some hackers will take advantage of the pictures and edit with nude pictures and post them on social media. It can ruin their life. This is called cyberbullying. Therefore, we must use social media wisely in a good way that also benefits others. Moving on, we also did a class activity where we had to create an infographic about “My Net Rules”. It’s a group work of three.

infographics from my group

               And lastly, Miss Farah asks us to stick a paper behind our back and everyone must write their first impression towards the other person. My class only had 9 students, so it was easy to describe the person. It was a fun activity and I got to know what was my classmate's first impression on me.

my classmate's first impression towards me

That’s all for now. Thank you for reading. Till then…. BYE J

3rd week

Hi all, this week's class, my lecturer Miss Farah asks each of us to think about factors that interfere with the teaching and learning process. And she instructs everyone to write on the interactive whiteboard. The point that I wrote is less attention. In my opinion, most students don’t pay attention in class because sometimes they dislike the subject or something is distracting them. So as a teacher, they should try different teaching strategies to make the students pay attention. Examples, outdoor studies, flip classrooms, or problem-solving methods.

Factors that interfere with teaching and learning process 

     Other than that, Miss Farah also explained to us that there are three factors that can interfere with the communication of messages. There are environmental factors, psychological factor and personal factors. Also, we learned teaching and learning theories. The theories are Cognitivist, Behaviorist and Constructivist. Miss Farah asks us to form a group of three and each group is assigned one theory and we must simplify our explanation and write it on the interactive whiteboard. My group consists of Irma, Faiz and myself. We were assigned to explain Constructivist. Constructivist is a theory on how people make meanings in relation to the interaction between their experiences and ideas. In the classroom, teachers can encourage students to use active techniques such as experiments, real-world problem solving to create more knowledge and then to reflect on and talk about what they are doing and how their understanding is changing. By this students will be more curious in learning and expert learners.

this is from my group

this is joy's group

this is Jennifer's group

This is all for this week. See you next time. Bye J  

2nd week

Hello everyone, Welcome back to my blog. This week has been hectic because my classes are so packed especially on Tuesday. I have 4 classes from 8.30am - 6.30pm non-stop without a break. It’s so tiring but I must keep up my energy until 6.30pm. Now I know my lecturers for the subject I enroll in. I’m happy that all my lecturers are easy going and helpful. In my Technology and Math education class, there are only 9 students enroll in this subject. It’s easy to remember their names and faces. My lecturer Miss Farah told us about the assignment and the first assignment is to do a blog based on our weekly reflection. So, that’s the reason why I’m writing this blog. In my opinion, writing blog gives me a way to express myself to people through writing, even though I know my grammars and sentence structure is wrong. But I’m happy that I can deliver some information to people reading my blog.

    Now moving ahead on my weekly reflection. In today’s class, Miss Farah asks all of us to give examples of technology tools that could bemuse in Education. Some of us mention “Kahoot”, “Padlet”, “Brainrush” and “Quizlet” which is common to us. So, Miss Farah asks us to do research using our phone or laptop. Miss Farah encourages us to bring our laptop to class because it’s a technology course. To be honest, I was praying to not bring my laptop to classes for this semester because last semester every day I had to bring my laptop and it’s so heavy to carry behind my back, but I think I can’t escape that, I had to bring for two classes for this semester. But unfortunately, or “Thank God” my laptop had some hardware problem. I’m supposed to be sad 😢 which I am, I was feeling incomplete without my laptop, but also happy that I don’t need to bring it to college. My uncle took my laptop to his home to get it repaired, his expert in that. Hopefully, I will get it back soon.

             

        Moving on, I also learned to use “padlet” in class. Miss Farah gives us a question to answer in the “padlet” so everyone could see their classmate’s work. The question given is to discuss the level of involvement in teaching and learning strategy. The strategy I choose is a reflection. I explain the importance of reflection in class. Now, as a student, I think doing a reflection helps students to remember what they did in class and also gives them an opportunity to open up ideas through writing. Being a student, I’m experiencing it and I would like my students to also try it too. We also did mindmap about the characteristic of a 21st-century Mathematics teacher. And we came up with lots of characteristics which, I hope, I would come up as one.  

The “padlet” activity we did in class

That’s all for my 2^nd week of reflection. Till then…. BYE BYE J  

1st week

Hello there, Today I would like to share with you all about my first week of class. This is my 5^th Semester and I have already enrolled in my major subjects which is Mathematics. On the first day of class, I met my old friends and get to know some new friends also but most of them are seniors to me. I felt excited about learning new formulas and getting to know the history of Mathematics. The lecturers are very supportive in dealing with students. I only had two classes in my first week because its “Add and Drop” week and most of the students will not be attending the class, so as lecturers. But I’m really excited to know my lecturer for the Cognitive class and Technology class. I would rather have lectures that I’m familiar with but it will also be interesting to have a new lecturer to get to know them better.

       To add on, I couldn’t see my results for the last semester because the system had problems. So, my friends and I went to see the lecturer personally to know our results. I was satisfied with my results even though I didn’t get straight A’s still I pass. Also, for the first time, I had been going to the lecturer’s office every day to meet with the HOD of my faculty to get some advice on what subject to take for my further semester. So, I could get a clear direction on what to do next. Well, this week is tiring because I had to go up and down to settle a lot of stuff.

That’s all for now, wait for my next blog next week with a more interesting update. Bye for now J

Prelude about myself............??????

Hello there, welcome back to my blog. It’s been so long since I post anything. As time passed, I have also moved ahead of my studies, now I’m currently in my 2^nd year in the 5^th semester. I have now started my majoring in maths. At first, I had a rough time choosing my major, even though I told everyone that I will be perusing in Mathematics still I have not completely satisfied myself. So, after all the lecturing and advice from friends and family. I decide to go forward in pursuing Mathematics.

          The goal I want is to fulfill my parent’s dreams and wish. They have sacrificed so much for me so as payback, I want to work hard and spent money on them. I want to buy things for them and go around the whole with them. Also, I want to do my MBA in London because I have been there before and I have always dreamt of living there. Moreover, my aim in life is to be a good and professional educator.

This is my family..when we land in London

The philosophy that defines the standard of my profession is Progressivism because I believe that education should focus on the whole child, rather than on the content. This educational philosophy stresses that students should get ideas by exploring. I prefer nurturing my students in an open environment and with objects and items with them. So, students can see new things and learn through experience. Also, students will have more interest in learning. I would like to implement this method for my students as a change in education because, during my school time, it was all textbook-based learning, I didn’t have a chance to learn outside of class. As this is the 21^st century, I would like students to learn outside of the classroom and my experience.

Progressivism 

That’s all for my introduction. Wait till next week for my next reflection, till then BYE…. J