Movie MakiNg..

At the moment, I have a feeling of comfy as Prof. Raja Maznah entered the computer laboratory; she was very sweet as she was talking to us with her calm voice. Honestly, it’s true..! After this two week, the technology class seems to be more interesting and exciting to me as I gladly view the lesson as hands-on and trial and error activity. Moreover, it is really supportive with the classmates who are willingly sharing their familiarity and expertise in the technology, especially when I am stuck with something that I am not used to. Thanks..!

This week, there are about tutorial for movie making and how to do storyboarding. It is really helpful for those who are not yet mastered with the use of movie maker application. The only software that I am used to in making movie is Window Movie Maker. I would like to try other software such as Power Editor. At the same time, I have never take into consideration about what “dynamic video” is all about until Miss Ng explained that dynamic video is a video that consist of clips that have movements, animated cartoons, and not just static pictures.

I am glad since my intended objectives for the video is accepted and I can proceed to the next level of video development. So as my other group members. All five of us are planning to develop the interactive education videos for children. The remaining period of the subject has been used for discussing n sharing ideas of own plan in developing the dynamic video. Correcting and commenting each other is very essential in the process of gaining the best material before we develop the storyboard of the videos. We are working together as a group to develop individual video clips. It is interesting, isn’t? From now on, I will start gaining stuffs and ideas in developing this dynamic videos with the hope that I will move on without much shortcomings..

Thought on technology..

This is my thought on how technology is going to affect the students and how me, as a teacher will be learning.

At the moment, i am thinking about learning in 3D laboratory. what i mean here is students just have not to listen to lecture and taking notes but they can feel the joy of learning in the real situation of what they are learning on. Let me put this in an example, as primary school pupils are learning about wild animals, especially those animals which are going to be extincted, the teacher may prepare the students with materials that can be presented in the 3D laboratory, such as the habitat of wild animals in Africa. I am wondering whether this kind of laboratory is existed or not. There are many reasons for this kind of application to be highlighted .

I believe that many of us may argue that it is better to bring the pupils into the real environment compared to the 3D laboratory. i totally agree but if the environment is harmful (wild animals) or poisonous (chemical stuffs), it is better to use technology of 3D instead of the real nature. As i surfed the internet, Barney Dalgarno, Lecturer in Information Technology of Charles Sturt University agrees that the 3D virtual learning environment has a big potential in educational method, "the 3D environments, which have become almost ubiquitous within the computer games industry, have the potential to harness these technological developments and facilitate new levels of learner-learner and learner-computer interaction".

I agree that technology is changing our life. In term of teaching and learning process, technology really gives us benefits. through technology, i can easily get knowledge and keep in touch with friends universally, sharing ideas to upgrade our related knowledge. What i mean here is current software application, method of teaching, and latest skills that is really help for our job. At this point, we can always ask and share with one another in chat room and forum. Through this, teacher are exposed to the other's style of learning and teaching. At this point, i feel that teacher should urge themselves to improve skills and knowledge in technology through short course, reading, workshop, etc. This is for the sake of the students achievement and their overall performance.

In the end, even though we are moving into sophisticated technology, i still believe that traditional method like flashcard and OHP are always have their own benefits especially when the failure of technology happen.