Friday, July 13, 2007

What i've learned this week (PKEY3101)


Our first PKEY3101 -Technology in Primary Education class was on Wednesday 12.00-3.00p.m.Our lecturer for this particular subject is Prof.Raja Maznah and she has introduced to us in detail regarding the subject .
I acknowledged that this subject would be very useful to all of us as teachers in the future, as we learn how to use and apply the existing technologies in our teaching and learning process in school.The innovation of technology would make life easier for everybody especially in the school context (to teachers and students).I would be a fun,interesting and an exciting learning process to students with the use of technology available such as the use of smart board in the classroom.
As for teachers,it helps in transformation where teachers can become more creative in teaching,with the help and the use of MYCD, internet and/or microsoft power point .
In today's class, we have learned about PLEASE which is the acronim for Personalized learning environment and students engagement.In todays ICT scenario, there are digital immigrants and digital citizens.We are the digital immigrants and today's generation who are born in the digital environment are the citizens of the digital world.
We've also learn PoEIT, Pedagogy of Engagement Integrating Technology.It's more about not being afraid to engage in technology,personalized physical environment and physical virtual,empowering and learner centric.According to Bowen,2005 ;What is meant by engagement here is the students engagement with the learning process,with the object and objective of study,with the context of the subject of study and with the human condition.
I also get to understand that learning is facilitated when learners are engaged in solving problems, this is when existing knowledge is activated and new knowledge is able to be demonstrated.The new knowledge will be applied by the learner and integrated into the learner's world.
What in my mind is, how can we apply the use of technology to students who lives in rural area (if we are posted for teaching somewhere there)and are never been exposed to the use of technology before? It sure would be a very hard jtask for the teachers to teach them as well as hard for themselves to learn things by using technology,as a result of never been using or even heard the jargons used in the world of ICT.

1 comment:

Maznah said...

Good to see you again. Hope you will stay and keep on blogging.