Week 2 (11th-17th July) [Task related to Week 2 & 3]

Week 2 whizzed by again in a blinked of an eye. Wow~

In this week, we had to do 2 activities which are from the category Think, Pair & Share!
The 1st activity (assignment 1) would be about Thinking Skills and ICT.
The 2nd activity (assignment 3) would be about C/LMS.

I had a pleasure to work with Aileen as a pair. Together, we brainstormed about our topic.

In the first activity:
We started of by googling and researching for articles, mind maps, and definitions. After we get a clearer view of the topic, we then analyze and link the topic together. This wasn't an easy task as both topics had a large scope. This task was pretty interesting as I never thought of linking the 2 topics and that after all, it had so many connections between each other. For example, we often think that communication is an easy task, but it is actually one of the most complex activity that we ever undertake. That is why, through thinking skill and ICT, we are able to generate creative thinking skills. As we communicate via social networks, blogs and micro blogs, we are able to bring the message through to other people by expressing our views and thus make people understand our stands. Overall, I had definitely gain more understanding about Thinking Skills and ICT and I believe, as teacher trainees, we should be able to equip our students to understand and apply it in their daily lives.
The article that we had written is then uploaded on facebook. Questions are now welcomed to openly discuss about the topic. Without realization, this automatically generates the thinking skills of each student to discuss about opinions and erase the doubt away about certain issues.

In the second activity:
Again and again, this course has taught me new things. We were required to search and write about C/LMS (Course/Learning Managing System). This was definitely my first time of hearing the name even though I believe that currently, I'm also in the LMS of UKM now. We had to search for What, Why, Where, Who and How: of Course/ Learning Management System and write a critical essay about it.
We were required to share the essay to our course mates, lecturer and coordinator by uploading in google document. Google doc is something new to me and it has some common features that is found on Microsoft Words. However, what Google Doc has that Microsoft Words don't is that we can upload the files, open them anytime and anywhere on your account and share it with the selected few that you can send to or even the public!
To see what we've written click here. 

Week 2 has definitely open up my mind to the beautiful features created by ICT. We could do multi-tasking and save time, money and energy through the use of C/LMS and Google Doc. I'm very happy to gain the knowledge and experience so that next time when I face the students, I'm able to apply this to our studies as the students are the digital citizens and that I will not be left out from the ICT society.