This is our poster group.  Simple … but gives a lot of meaning.  Such a creative design from FahmiMasrom.

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I just wanna say that I was very happy today.  I want to conclude I felt so relieved as everything was over today.  We were done our great presentation.  Every group has shown their best in presenting the videos.  The best thing I got from this final week was everybody      have their own talent and I saw many of them has improved their skills in technology used.   Our group was very glad as Ummi told that she want to recommend our video to Kementerian Pelancongan.  Thank you Ummi!  Lastly, I want to thank to everyone especially our beloved lecturer, the facilitators and of course my fellow friends for your helping.  Without all of you,  we won’t be at this successful stage.

Today’s lesson was the lesson I loved most.  Why?  Because Mr. Helmi taught us about Photoshop.  For me, photoshop is the best software in editing pictures.  Photoshop is a highly sophisticated image manipulation program.  We use only a tiny part of its potential capability to format our pictures, crop and size them and balance the tone and color.

Moreover, Photoshop has many uses.  First, to color correct your digital images, prepare them for printing or web, design web pages, slice pages (make hyperlinks), you can also create gift animations, work with video, 3D content (Extended version), you can also make brand new images painting or drawing them with drawing tools, also in Photoshop you can make real and unreal compositions using masking tools and many, many other things.

Here are the examples of images using photoshop:

Plus, Mr. Helmi told us about the poster.  Every group must have a poster about their project on Edutechovation Day.

The poster must follow a film concept which is 20×30 inches.  He reminds us again about the slides show that we need to prepare next week.  The power point must include an abstract, process(flowchart), storyboard and blog group.

So, every of us has divided the task so that the work becomes smooth.

Assalamualaikum all! Since I was absent the class, so I don’t know today’s lesson.  But, through my friends said, they learned about Casper.

What is casper actually?  What I know Casper  is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable.  But, the Casper that I wanna say is the technique that we can use in doing presentations.  Casper is the acronym of:

Contrast – functions to stress on certain things & avoid overlapping ( font size, font type, line, color, graphics )

Alignment – balancing the element of presentation with screen size ( left, centre, right, justify)

Simplicity – makes project more attractive ( simple graphic & animation )

Proximity – Gestalt theory

Emphasis – what to focus in slide ( text size & object, text shape and object )

Repetition – standardization in order to help conveying the message to the audience(background, font size, font type )

Basically, we use the technique to make the slides become wider. So now I can apply this technique in my presentations.

Today’s class was very interesting as we learned Widows Live Movie Maker.  Sounds great right ? Well, maybe Movie Maker Software is just a simple one and easy for others but for me it’s quite difficult! .  Why did I say that? For your information, I never use this software and what I  know about Movie Maker is only to cut songs and edit video.. Hahhhh sounds silly right ?? ahahaha

I admit that I don’t really like technology tools but for this class I have to learn.  huhuu.   What I really like for today’s lesson is I learned how to use movie maker from someone’s expert, Mr. Helmi!!  He taught us for every single application and very details.  I was impressed for what he taught.

Movie Maker is part  of  Widows Live Essentials, which includes free programs for photos, movies, instant messaging, e-mail, blogging, family safety and more! So, I think students like us must use Movie Maker as it can make your work easier.

Firstly, Mr. Helmi taught us how to import photos or video.  It will take a few moments to import, depending on the file size and how long that clip is.

Next, how to add transitions. Select the “View Video Transitions” from the left panel. Drag them down to the “Storyboard”, but put them in the middle box. You can view the transitions by clicking on them and watching them on the screen to the left.

After that, we learned how to add song and how to cut some time from the video.  We we want to cut it,  click the half triangle at the side of the clip, and then you can move how long you want the scene.  Last but not least, the important  thing is how to add title or credits by clicking on the appropriate link on the left panel. To add credits, there is a big empty bar on the form; we should put either the title of the movie, or credits. The left side of the form should go positions, like Director, or Producer, or the character. Then, the right side, will be the names of the people that play or direct in their position.

Hi all !!

Week 10 was the week where we have  to present our video draft.. And as usual the class began with Pn.Hazratiexplanation about what we are going to present.  My group has done the video editing but after we got commented from Mr.Helmi, he asked us to do some modification to the video.  He said that our video was good but we still need to make some improvements.  We have to edit the subtitle in the video.

Most of the groups did their work very well and we were impressed seeing that.   They have creative ideas on making the video.  Good job guys!!  .That’s means my group has to compete with them. huhuhuu.

Although my group  had done almost 90%,  that was  not mean to feels satisfied because other groups may come out with more awesome video !!  so just wait and see for our second video ..

A few shots from the video making process

We used Windows Movie Maker as the main application use..

Apart from using WMM we also implemented some skills in using Pinnacle Video Maker which quite hard to use but worth using it…

Meanwhile for the poster we used Adobe Photoshop

I want to share my experience during hiking Broga Hill.  When we have decided to shoot our video at Broga, the only thing that I was thinking is HOW I AM GOING TO CLIMB ?? ohmaii god ! I never do such thing all this while. My feeling ? Of course have some fear, nervous   but at the same time I feel excited !

To shoot video at Broga is not an easy task.  The major problem that we faced was insufficient money.  Car rent, foods and drinks, petrol, all those things cost a money right ? But, from this we learn how to tolerate each other.  How we solve this problem?  The best solution we do is we collect money RM15/person.  An affordable right? hehe :p

Ok.  The second challenged was a time.  As the time was a mid-sem break, everyone wanted to go home.  There was some argument among us.  So, to settle this matter, I said to my group members, I want to do it by weekend of mid-sem break.  Oh luckily, they were agreed with me.

Let’s explore our journey ! 

Time showed at 3 o’clock.  I was a driver that night.  I picked my friends at their own college.  Unfortunately, it was a rainy day.  How we are going to hike ? Ok. Got another problem.  huhuu.  However, we were lucky because the rain was stopped once we arrived.  We were reached there around 4.30am and at 4,45 we started hiking.  The place quite scary as it is located at the middle of palm oil plantation.  In addition, there were so many dogs ! By bringing 5 torchlights and a bottle of mineral water,  we were so impressed to climb Broga Hill.  Only reached the half way, I already felt so exhausted.  During the journey, we were helped each other.  We waited the friends left behind and carry their bag.  Co-orperation is very important.  The difficult moment was when we have to climb a big rock by using the rope.  Seriously it was very challenging !  Apart from that, the track was very slippery and we must be careful.  If not, we will fall.  The best moment was when we laugh together, help each other and snapped photo even though all of us very tired.  We still can have fun.  By at 6 0’clock, we were reached at the peak of Broga Hill !! Finally, we were done the journey ! Such a fantastic feeling ! Such a great experience ! The view of Broga Hill really amazed us.  The clouds, sunrise and the dew had bring back our energy lost. huhuuu

But …. I swear that was the first and the last and I dont wanna going up again . Why ?? Let it be my secret 🙂

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By the way, these are some of our pictures in  Broga !

Today, we started the class with a simple recap with Pn. Hazrati about the Instructional Design focused on the Assure Model.  It was not just a simple recap but we can refresh our mind and get clear explaination on that topic. 🙂

After that, we were asked to do and show our storyboard to En. Helmi and Pn. Hazrati.  This storyboard considered as our previous assignment but at this time we need to explain clearly and very details like we need to state the progress steps by steps  However, my group had changed our previous plan which we plan to do with tourism topic.  We made changes because it cost a lot of money and don’t have much time as well.

After having a brief discussion among us, we have decided to make a simple topic but it gives many benefits.  The topic that we have choosen was a healthy lifestyle.  It was related to the outdoor activities and the suitable place is at Broga Hill.  So, our group members will go there soon !! huhuuuu 😀 . Later, i had explained to Mr. Helmi about our new planning and he said it quite good than before. So relieved ! huh !!

Around 10 0’clock, we went to the “Pohon tin” at the behind of Ummi’s office.  Guess what was prepared for us ??? WOW !! Secret Recipe cake .. ! My favorite ! hehehe .. Besides, there were nasi lemak and drinks too ! All of us look excited as we were hungry and eager to taste all the foods served. kikikiki

While eating, as Ummi told us before class, we will have a Recording session by recap what we gain from learning in a hybrid environment.  To be frank, I felt nervous to speak in front of the camera …. haha ! Everybody just have answered the question with three sentences only. Not too long and not too short.

:: I would like to conclude that today’s class was awesome !!

……………………… THANK YOU UMMI FOR BEING NICE TO US ……………………………….

Hi there !!   First of all, I want to apologize to Ummi because of my late to update the reflection and not upload my video introduction.  I will upload it soon. 🙂

So, for today class I learnt about Instructional Design.  What is instructional design??

**Instructional design is the systematic specification of instruction to include: objectives, presentation, activities, materials, guidance, feedback and evaluation. It applies learning principles to decisions about information content, instructional method, use of media and delivery system. The goal is to ensure instructional quality, effectiveness, efficiency and enjoyment.

What is the purpose of today’s learning ?
 

**The purpose of instructional design is to maximize the value of instruction for the learner — especially the learner’s time. Instruction provides a concentration of life-experience into a shortened, optimized time frame and provides feedback to ensure that learning objectives are actually being achieved. Ideally, instruction allows the knowledge, wisdom and skills of an instructor-author to be personally communicated or demonstrated to a learner.

🙂 The intresting part that i liked very much in class today is when Mr. helmi told us about barcode .  QR Code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for theautomotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside the industry due to its fast readability and large storage capacity compared to standard UPC barcodes. The code consists of black modules (square dots) arranged in a square pattern on a white background.

All of us were happy trying on how to get our own code.  In addition, we can download this application for those who have an android mobile phone so that we can easily access via phone.  How to get that code ? We just need to put our URL of FB or website blog in the space given, after we clicked enter we can see our Fb Code.

This is the link of the QR Code website : http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

I really enjoyed the class today !! 🙂 🙂 :0

Dr. Rosseni said that we need to improve our reflections by look at the reflections done by last semester’s students.

* This is our tentatif program for today:

10.00-10.30am: Photography Technique

10.30-11.00am: TESL Yr 2 Students Readiness towards Hybrid Meaningful Learning 2.0
11.00-11.30pm: Break for “Kopi & Nasi Lemak plus Karipap Kak Anna”
11.30-11.45pm: Sharing Samples of Reflections as Required by the Course
11.45-12.45pm: Optimizing Blogs & FB Group in Completing the Course Task

Mr. Faisal had explained us on aesthetic Expose Triangle.  Below are the summary about the triangle: 🙂

** After that, we have to answer a questionnaires about this subject which consists of 10o questions.

🙂 What I’ve got from today’s class ?? 🙂

I feels that when im interacting with the resources, people and owner of the course blog and Fb group is we can  help integrate 21st century literacy and communication skills into each area of the curriculum.  This is because we can exchange ideas among us and learn every mistakes that we did.  Apart from that, based on what we have learnt during the whole three weeks in class is I know how to provide good quality of technology infrastructure support.  In order to become a good teacher soon, we can help school establish long-distance learning program on educational technology so that the students be aware of current technology.  As a teacher too we must know how to apply technology to develop the thinking skills and creativity of students.  By reading of other materials in this course blog can indirectly help me in completing my reflection every week.  But im still not clear for certain task that we have to do.  The important thing is we ourselves that ‘design’ our learning as well as get input and output from every single thing we learn.