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1. What do you like about blogging?

Blogging helps me to express myself. It is a form of a diary, infact a digital diary. We are able to write in anything that is clogging up our mind but of course for the subject's sake we had to write in academic stuff that are formal. But as in general it is a good way to express oneself as well as improving one's writing skill


2. What you do not like about blogging?

Blogging becomes a burden when we are forced to update it every day or every week because then we will do it just for the sake of doing and not being sincere and honest. Blogging should be a leisure activity and people should be given freedom in doing it.


3. What have you gained from blogging e.g. Language skills, improved fluency, critical thinking, improved thought processes, technology skills etc. How?

Of course in terms of my writing ability and the use of language, blogging has been a tremendous factor in helping and improving me. I have also never been into blogging before eventough i have heard of it but through this course i have started my very own blog and have helped others set up theirs.


4. What do you like about this course?

This course have exposed me to the endless resources available out there via technology as its medium. As a teacher all this technologicl advantages would be useful in preparing lessons that are intresting and engaging


5. What you do not like about this course?

I hope that the exposure could have been more torough in which the lecturer could have demonstrate a bit more in terms of its usage and application. Most of the time we had to depend on the module and it may not give an acurate description of its actual procedure.


6. What have you learnt from this course?

I have learnt to use and integrate technology in my lesson plans. Lots of softwares and tools could be used to create effective and creative teaching aids. My technological skill has also improved and i could do more with my laptop and internet


7. What have you learnt from this course that you did not expect to?

I have learn ways to edit music and audio. This was something i never tought i would learn in this course. Now i could make my own mp3 ringtone and edit any music the way i prefer.


8. What have u expected but do not learn from this course?

I expected that we might be using hand made resources such as puppets, flashcard and etc. Normally, resources are associated with hand made material for the teaching and learning use.

Comments regarding modules:

1. Internet and computing skills

a. What do you like about this module?

I like that it exposed us to some of the basic concept regarding computing skill that we may have taken for granted. Some basic knowledge that we thought we knew but we didnt was exposed through this module

b. What do you not like about this module?

I could not think of any except that it is a lot and time consuming

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?

It gives me the opportunity to try and see if the module was pratical.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?

It is not as clear as i would have prefered

e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?

Skill such as encoding and decoding

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?

The basic skill required to download pictures for the use of teaching and etc.I could also download various videos which can be used as a catalyst to begin the class and generate intrest from the students

2. Photo Editing

a. What do you like about this module?

This module has opened up the door to be a photo editor. It has introduced many softwares that can be used to edit photos. It is very intresting as there are many aspect that we could play and fiddle with.

b. What do you not like about this module?

Some of the softwares introduced in this module are difficult to be obtained and they are huge in size. Softwares such as Adobe Photoshop CS3 is not compatible with my laptop thus creating problem for me in completing the module

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?

One of the teask was to edit a picture and post the edited and the original picture to the PhotoBucket. This was lot of fun as we try to outdo each other and perform a better work in editing our picture. it was also fun to see the effect and the work of our friends

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
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e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?

I have learned to manipulate the pictures in order for it to suit my preferences. I can change its colour, crop unwanted areas, add design, add word and etc.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?

I can use this skill to edit any pictures that i wish to use in the classroom to suit the practicality of the topic and the students. I can even give the chance for the students to try it out themselves

3. Audio Editing Skills

a. What do you like about this module?

The software Audacity was indeed a great tool and i liked it very much. It is incredibly easy to edit any song that you wish. We can even create our own MP3 ringtone from this software

b. What do you not like about this module?

Some softwares are incredibly difficult to download. Some even are huge in size and it is difficult to download such softwares.

c. What do you like about the task given for this module?

The task requires us to edit certain song to make it sound better which is very beneficial as we could use it to improve any old audios that we have. we also had to merge songs and create ringtone which was fun

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
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e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?

I have learned to edit song and improve its sound quality. I can cut, merge and fade in and fade out any song.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?

I could choose a song and edit it to be used as a stimulus in which students could listen to and intrigue their intrest for the topic of the day.

4. Video Editing Skills

a. What do you like about this module?

This module itroduce me to the exciting world of video editing. I often tought that it was very difficult but with the softwares given and guidance it was doable

b. What do you not like about this module?
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c. What do you like about the task given for this module?

The task given required us to create a video based on a choosen theme. This was a good exercise as it test our skill in trying to edit pictures and videos and to match them with the proper audio.

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
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e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?

The skill that i have learned is to choose appropriate pictures for the video and to adjust them to the frame given and include captions and audio and make them work

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?

This skill means I no longer have to depend on YouTube for source of video for my teaching and learning. I can create my own video based on the topic.


5. Software for ELT


a. What do you like about this module?

This module has introduced me to the various softwares available that could help me in teaching and preparing my lesson plan for ELT

b. What do you not like about this module?
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c. What do you like about the task given for this module?

The task was to create brochures, name card, calendar and etc. it was lot of fun to be doing it as it involves creativity and imagination

d. What do you not like about the task given for this module?
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e. What are the specific skills that you learn in this module?

The manipulation of simple and basic softwares such as Microsoft Publisher in creating name card, brochures and etc.

f. How the skills learnt in this module can help in the making and choosing of teaching aids for the ELT classroom?

Teachers can use this resources as the materials for ceratin topic. Rather than finding brochure teachers could create one themself and use it for discussion in the classroom

10. If you can change anything about this course, state what is and elaborate?

I would prefer to have a balance of hand made resouces being taught as well as the technologically based one. I do agree it is more fun to learn all the resources through technology but we need to be aware that it is not good to depend on it all the time so some time we do need hand made resources

On a scale of 1 – 10, please rate your computing and technological skills for both before and after undergoing the cours

Before: 4

After: 8