week 2

Yes... I have get done with all the tasks which have been given last week like installed the Adobe Photoshop CS3, bought an 8 GB pen drive (RM44....really expensive with the tight economy) and created a blog for this course (but just empty and didn’t edit anything.

This week, Pn Foziah exposed us with the background of the course and what are expected from us throughout the course. Then, she also introduced us on the importance of using virtual teaching aids as a teacher. We were also told to start collecting materials (teaching aids which can be used in the classroom) such as photos, video clips and audios that could be used for our portfolio later. So, REMINDER for me that today’s onwards I should searching for finding useful materials.




Moreover, Pn.Foziah also emphasised us on the importance of “touch typing”. Oh, no! What’s that? I never heard about it. Since everybody looked blurred, she explained us that “touch typing” is known as typing without looking at the keypad. Then, she asked all of us whether we are comfortable with our typing skill or not. It means, do we able to type text without looking at the keypad? When most of us admitted that they are not that kind of “expert” in typing; thus she encouraged us to install the “test typing” software. In the particular software, they are a lot of exercises or so call practices on speed typing that will enable us to try, practice and become master (expert) in typing later. Apart from that, Pn.Foziah also exposed us on the most effective way of typing by using 10 fingers. Before this I just use only my two fingers to type but now I have to learn typing by utilizing all the 10 fingers. So, I need practice in typing skill. Hope, within 14 weeks I can improve my skill in “speed typing”.


In between that, Pn Foziah also distributed questionnaire to us to answer. It was mainly about our competency in using the application and software in computer. After answering the questionnaire, I realised that there are still many areas such as photo editing, video editing and audio editing etc that I have to learn in order to update myself with current technology advancement.



Besides that, we also introduced to SKYDRIVE and MOYEA software. Through SKYDRIVE, we can share our documents with friends. Meanwhile, MOYEA is software which is used for video editing. To be frankly, I am not familiar with both softwares and hope that we will learn on how to use it in the future lesson. Wait!!! The lesson did not stop until that. Now comes in an important part which is our Assignment 1 that is “Blogging for Understanding”. The assignment requires us to set our own blog and it should be updated with our weekly entries which is our journals of the weekly lesson.


Overall, I enjoyed the lesson. Since the lecturer (Pn. Foziah) look friendly to everyone, I hope I can follow with the course without any problem.