SMART BOARD ASSIGNMENT

Salam...

The lecture was started by the reflection of the previous assignment that we have submitted last week. I got to know that there were so many other software that can be used for the video-making assignment, for instance PENCIL 4.0, U-LEAD, POWER DIRECTOR, and others. So, what we can said is that technology is something that never stop; once you find a software that you think is the best among the best, there will still be another software that you have never heard of it, and that software may be better than yours. Hence, the important point here is that technology is for you to explore it, and once you are familiar with them, most of your work will be easy to be settled with just the click on your fingertips.

In addition, Prof Maznah also commented on the way we make the storyboard and the details on the video clip, and most of the discussion were focusing on the misunderstanding of some terms, for instance the word ‘narration’ and ‘the media’ used for the video clip. Some of us have different interpretation for both, and as the results, the answer given were not as expected by the lecturer. I learnt that in certain situation, we as undergraduate students need to be more alert and inquisitive with whatever information that we have doubt in it, especially if it is regarding the assignment. Asking straightforward using ADEC, or just having a small discussion with members from other groups will be very much useful in solving all this sort of misunderstanding.

Besides that, we also received our next assignment, which is closely related with the SMART BOARD short course that we have attended last week. We have been asked to create activities for primary ESL classroom, and since this is a group work, 5 of us will be focusing on 5 different topics. Although this assignment sounds easy, but when the application of SMART BOARD is involved here, there is a need to put more effort in exploring this new technology, so that it may be integrated fairly with the activities. After getting into respective groups, we discussed about the different topic for 5 of us, and some activities suitable for each topic. I realised that we have to widen our scope in searching for the activities suitable for students, so that a more creative, challenging and practical activity will be produced as the output for students. Furthermore, Ms. Chin also displayed the ‘work of art’ of our seniors, which I thought was very much useful for my reference in completing this assignment. I got a wider picture of this assignment by observing the kind of activities producing by my seniors, as lots of creativity and thinking has been put on them. Some of my friends even got the opportunities to complete the exercise, which make the class very much interactive for the day.

Moreover, the latest SMART BOARD software which has been updated with new features especially the animation will promise a very enjoyable journey for us along the process of completing this assignment. A good activity cannot be described with one word, but it can be seen clearly only after we applied it in the real classroom. However, a good teacher will try to put as much effort as they can along the process, as the process is sometimes same as the result. Hence, it is my hope that I can produce my best for this assignment.