With a head full thinking of the IWB assignment, I step into the lab of MK2 for our week 9 lesson, which is the last week before our presentation on the assignment. Today, since Prof. Raja is involved in a conference; she will be with us a bit late while Ms. Chin introduces us to the “Educational Web Portal” and the related websites for it:
Guess what? I and my friend, Kia Hooi have found out that Ms. Chin is the author for the 'portalbahasamelayu' website! Wow, that’s really great, isn’t it? Erm… when only would I have the chance to do so? Will I? Well, anyway, a dream is a driving force for future achievement I think… Still, I distinctly know that a dream will only come true when there is a solid foundation for it, and this course really prepares me for that!
After which, Prof Raja enters the class. Some comments are given on our blogs. She mentions the content of our blogs in relation to the level of Bloom’s Taxonomy. She is really happy that some of us have reached the highest level of it, which is the stage of “Instructing Others”. (This is really a new information for me as before this, I only know about the other 6 levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy, but not this level—the highest level.) However, she does mention that some are still not really putting effort in producing a higher level of content for their blogs. I wonder in her point of view, which state I’m in. Am I able to instruct? Well, maybe if I’m not, I shall aim for that…
Also, Prof. has gone through some of our work for the assignment and I and my dear friend, Shin Chin are chosen to explain what are our mistakes done for, especially the “learning outcome”. Well, learning through mistakes is the very point here and I shall thank Prof. for giving me this opportunity to explain to my friends about the do’s and don’ts for the “learning outcome”. There is only one phrase that I would like to quote in relation to that opportunity given—“Sharing is caring”! (Though I know perhaps this is a frequently heard phrase, but indeed, it has its value for so).
Now, here are some of the points raised for the do’s and don’ts:
- Get the learning outcome/lesson objective right, which means it must be specific, precise, measurable and direct to the point.
- Do not use terms that are not measurable such as “understand”.
- The activities developed should promote the higher thinking level in Bloom’s Taxonomy.
- The Curriculum Specification stated must be closely connected to the lesson objective/learning outcome.
- Do not overlook the interactive aspects in designing activities through the integration of the Smartboard.
Well, editing my assignments for the better, based on the suggestions and comments by Prof., is what I have done after that. Also I’ve discussed with some of my friends, Ervanti, Rahah and Nadia for a better way of constructing the learning outcome during the lesson. Furthermore my group members have helped me to figure out a better way in constructing the learning outcome as well.
So… still editing…still modifying…still through a head-cracking process…
Anyway, since I’ve heard some grumblings on the difficulties in designing the suitable IWB activities from my friends, there are two interesting links that I would like to share with all of you…Please scroll your cursor up and pay a visit to
above for those 2 interesting websites. I really hope this will give some ideas and do a little help to those in need …
WeLL, fRiEnDs, GaNbAnDe ~
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