1st Time of Everything

First assignment...
Doing a blog?
Well, it not that I haven't heard the word but the truth is, I have never read or written any...
I guess, that is what blog is all about..
"To be read and to be written" as mentioned by one of the characters in 'Sydney White'.
Okay, let's start with the 'real' assignments..

1. How technology is going to affect how your students are going to be learning
2. How you as a teacher will be learning

Well, first of all, I think todays pupils are luckier than us. We had to deal with old-school teaching aids but they have the opportunities to have videos and lots of other fun materials in their lesson. I'm not saying that my education life was boring but, today's generation really do have a better chance to enjoy their learning.
However, as known, technology brings both, positive and negative affects towards the pupils' lesson. The easiest example is Astro. For sure, there are tonnes of new knowledge that pupils can gain from it. If i were to teach Science, I will surely encourage my pupils to watch 'I didn't Know That', 'Mad Labs' and so on. But, Astro, being a channel filled with cartoons and animation, pupils would be easily distracted. When I was a child, there was no Astro and TV did not provide enough enjoyment thus, encouraging me to read a lot. By the way, my father installed Astro at home only after my youngest brother finished his SPM. Hm.. And that was by the end of last year...
Okay, enough talking about technology at home. What about at school?
We used to have teachers pasting big pictures on the board or bringing some realia to the class. But now, we could even bring the whole world to class. instead of bringing the pupils to the zoo, the teacher can show video clips of animals living in their real habitat. Not in the captivity as what they will see in zoo. Today's pupils are very lucky. Their learning can be so much easier since there are tonnes are resources that could be found from the internet. however, teacher should monitor because some of the resources are not reliable, thus, may lead the pupils towards miss conception.
However, i strongly believe that the existence of technology will make learning even more enjoyable. The lesson will be more colourful and less formal. It would also be easier for teachers to create an authentic situation and technology also helps teacher in explaining certain concepts.

Okay, lets move to the second question.
"School would be adopting an ICT approach such as laptops and LCD projectors to help pupils in their learning process. The syllabus for these four subjects (Bahasa Melayu, English Language, mathe matics and Science) are to be modified accordingly, and the contents are to be prepared in the form of softwares" (An Education Course for KPLI, Mok Soon Sang)
Looking at the statement above, it seems impossible for today's teachers to neglect the use of technology in their lesson.
So, how will I as a teacher will learn? First of all, let me tell you the truth. I'm a techno-freak. To be even more frank, my roomate used to call me a techno-destroyer. God knows what I did to my techno stuffs. Hm, okay. back to the questions. How will I learn? Using lots and lots of internet service, of course. I usually use net to look for my resource in doing my written assignments and not for my teaching aids. I hope that by joining this course, I would later be able to maximize the use of the internet as well as my poor comp in creating even more creative teaching aids.