Oh boy...I left home around 6.50am today and just came reached home...its already 9.22pm now....what...a....day!
Today, me and my sister started our paint work on the ICT room's walls....seriously...it is sooooo tiring...phew...We painted the front and back walls with Maxilite's Pinang Green and also Colorland Colorlite's Gift Yellow (which looks a bit more yellow-ish than Maxilite's Sunflower). It's me and my sister's first time attempt to pick a paint colour for a particular room so we're both hoping for the best (okay...okay...we're both excited and nervous at the same time (^_^) hehe...).
So, here are some pics on our 1st day of wall painting (yes...we both had fun even though it was sooooooo tiring...my whole body is aching!)
Luv da newly painted wall...hope the students will feel happier when they enter the room (and I really hope they take good care of the room too!!)
Hmm....It does make a good background for taking photos, don't you think?hehe...
This is our first step to make the room more interesting and inviting. Hope students next year will learn to appreciate the room and not think that the room is only good for Myspace (seriously...they know more about Myspace than they know bout what keys are on the keyboard!). May next year students be more motivated to learn ICT skills!!Amiiinnnnn.......
P/s: Any ideas on how to make the room more cheerful?Feel free to contribute your ideas!!
In the last two weeks, I was given the opportunity to teach ICT in Sekolah Agama Menengah Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi (SAMBBST), Sepang. The class was for the Form 3 students who has just taken their PMR.
So, even before the class started, my eldest sister (who is in charge of ICT at the school) had warned me that the students might be a handsfull because they are all so eager to go home for the holidays after the big exam. Since I was so inexperienced (not to mention the lack of knowledge in ICT stuff), my sister and I had discussions on what we should actually teach the Form 3 students.
I was told that I was required to teach the students how to use Microsoft Excel 2007 (the class was more of an introductory class). Due to the time constraint, I was required to teach each of the five Form 3 classes for 3 hours each day (i.e.: 3 Adil on Monday 11-2.30 p.m., 3 Ehsan on Tuesday 11-2.30 p.m., 3 Iman on Wednesday 11-2.30 p.m., and so on). For your information, the classes were supposed to be 4 hours for each class (but of course there was no possible way to fit the 4 hours sessions, so we had to make do with 3 hours). For each lesson, this was (roughly) my time allocation:
- 11.00 - 11.30 - Introduction to Excel, its features and how to use the function button (during this time, students were not allowed to touch the computers at all)
- 11.30 - 12.30 - Students attempted to use the software to edit the given document (during this time, teacher goes around the classroom to guide students whenever needed)
- 12.30 - 1.00 - Break (students were allowed to play games, surf the internet, carry on with the Excel task or take a walk outside the room)
- 1.00 - 1.30 - Teacher explains on how to create different graphs using Excel
- 1.30 - 2.00 - Students attempt to create graphs and design them according to their taste
- 2.00 - 2.30 - Students were given extra tasks that requires them to use the skills they have learnt earlier
Here you will find a bit of information on task-based learning.
So, I tried to come up with tasks that would help students understand the function of Microsoft Excel 2007 and also practice using the software to create a good work. With the few days I had, I decided to use a name list of a class of students I taught in my previous school and teach the students to alter the document and use several of the function in the Insert Function command.
Note:If you're interested to see the lesson content I prepared for the class, feel free to download from here. It's in Bahasa Malaysia for now cause I had to teach in BM. If anyone needs it in English version feel free to ask for it.
