science spells F-U-N!

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discrepant events

salam and hi to all,

do you still remember our science lesson where we had been introduced with the word "DISCREPANT EVENT" by madam nazifah? i'm sure you all still remember it aite? heheh...so, i've found something quite interesting that we can use in class later if we want to teach any science topic and it is quite related with the term discrepant event that we know...

so, ENJOY the vids!

due to some error, i can oly gives the link...SORRY
but, check this out ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZdfcRiDs8I&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrVuag3YCtQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC-KOYQsIvU&feature=related


this is what we as future teacher can do to create excitement in learning process and to show to the students that LEARNING IS FUN!


till then,
salam and bye bye bye

p/s: sorry for the incovenience =)

3rd week- the LESSON PLANNING

salam and hi to all,

haha...sedar tak sedar it's been 3 weeks since i entered UM and started my so-called new life here =)

and this is my 3rd class for science and guess what, I ENJOYED MYSELF TO THE MAX when i'm in this class! the lecturer is fun and sporting hence it helps to lower my affective filter and i think, i learn better through this way...^^

this time around was just another presentation of the lesson plan of each group. they will present on what they planned to do for their simulated teaching. we have to integrate the usage of CD-ROM in our teaching process in the name of using technology at it's best.

the CD-ROM provided to us is good in a way that it gives students chances to learn interactively where there are activities which requires them to try on their own. i believe this will help them very much in learning as they will be able to experience the learning to the maximum level. technology is great in a way that it open many doors to the outside world and new things so that we are able to broaden our mind. as teacher-to-be, i am very lucky that i got the chances to integrate the usage of technology in my teaching where this is not possible few years back...

if we are to look at the development of the integration of technology in learning process especially in Malaysia, there are lots and lots and lots of improvement and revolution before we reach at what we are now...and i am truly proud of it ^^,

till then,
salam and bye bye bye

tits and bits of PPSMI

PPSMI: Kisah Pelajar Luar Bandar
diambil dari www.iluvislam.com
Oleh: Haikal Ghazali
Editor: NuurZaffan

"Hah...Mama dah carikan kerja untuk hang. Jadi cikgu kat sekolah kawan Mama. Mau?" kata mak aku semasa kami dalam kereta, pulang ke Kedah dari KMB setelah aku tamat belajar di situ sekitar 2004.
Aku memandang kosong ke luar tingkap kereta. Warna merah senja masih lagi di situ, belum pudar. Cantik!
"Ma...malaih lah. Kalau boleh oghang nak gheja macam Tu'ai, jadi maintainer kat kelab bowling kat City Plaza tu. Best sket." aku menjawab malas sambil mataku menjeling kepada Tu'ai, adikku di sebelah.
Fikirku, bolehlah kami keluar petang ke tempat kerja dan balik awal pagi. Sambil-sambil tu bolehlah merewang ke tengah-tengah bandar Alor Setar sebelum balik ke rumah. Bila lagi?
"Hang jangan nak menggatai. Mama dah habaq dah kat Cikgu Cek Puteh. Esok lusa hang pi daftaq kat sekolah tu." mak aku membantah.
"Laa...ingatkan nak bagi option tadi. Rupa-rupanya arahan mandatory." cetus hati aku.
Merah senja di luar tingkap makin pudar. Lebuh raya PLUS nampak kosong. Seperti fikiran aku yang kosong.
"Apa aku nak buat kat sekolah tu nanti? Dah la kena mengajaq Bahasa Inggeris. Tingkatan 4 ngan 5 plak tu. Sastera lagi. Mampoih."
Hati aku terus merungut tak puas hati. Tapi apa boleh buat, arahan mandatori...Habis takat tu...
Bermula episod diri aku diberi peluang mengenali sendiri apakah erti perjuangan memartabatkan anak bangsa dari kaca mata seorang guru, yang dikerah mendidik pelajar luar bandar (kalau boleh aku katakan, sekolah yang aku pergi ini adalah sekolah yang lagi luar daripada ‘luar bandar'. Maknanya sangat- sangat terpencil).Aku menjadi cikgu ganti, menggantikan seorang guru lain yang cuti bersalin. Dan sekali sekala aku masuk ke kelas-kelas tingkatan yang lain, menjenguk apa yang pelajar-pelajar di sana sedang buat sewaktu ketiadaan guru.Biar aku ceritakan...

Adegan 1:

Biasalah, sesi perkenalan menjadi modal utama untuk cikgu baru macam aku untuk ‘skip' hari pertama daripada kena mengajar. Ni yang berlaku di sebuah kelas tingkatan 5 Sains 1.
" Ok class, My name is Haikal. Your new English teacher here, for 2 months bla..bla..bla."
"Now I would like to know each of you before I begin my lesson. Please state your name, ambition and where are you from. Ok, let us start from you."
" Err...sir. Saya tak pandai cakap Inglis. Bahasa Melayu boleh dak?"
Aku jawab : " Cuba, takpa salah pun. saya pun bukan pandai cakap omputih."
" I is Syahrul (nama rekaan). Yang lain saya tak gheti sir."
"Ok takpa...teruskan. Saya tanya tadi cita-cita dan tinggai kat mana.
Dalam hati : "Mampoih, macam mana aku nak mengajaq dalam BI ni? Kalau kelas 5 sains 1 pun tak berapa gheti BI?"

Adegan 2:

Ada satu hari tu, aku kena masuk ke kelas tingkatan satu. Cikgu yang sepatutnya berada dalam kelas tu tak datang. Sekali lagi, sesi berkenalan, sebab aku memang tak disuruh mengajarpun.
"Nama saya cikgu Haikal. Saya masuk mai ganti cikgu Sharifah. Saja nak berkenalan dengan kamu semua. Soghang-soghang bangun dan habaq nama dengan cita-cita. Hah kamu...mula!"
"Nama saya Rosdi. Cita-cita nak jadi..emm...perbaik gheta. Pak saya ada kedai pomen gheta kat pekan."
"OK takpa, kamu!" aku menuding pada seorang pelajar yang berdiri kat pintu, gaya macam nak lari keluar dari kelas.
"Saya...nama Ku Nazim. Cita-citaku nak jaga lemu pak ku" Memang disebut LEMU, bukan lembu. Jawab Nazim serius dalam loghat Kedah hulu yang pekat. Lembu pun kedengaran lemu. Saya diganti dengan ku...bahasa diri kebiasaan bagi orang-orang kampung kat tempat aku.
"Sebab apa nak jaga lembu?"
"Ku tak tau dey. Pak ku banyak Lemu. Dia pun dok sughuh ku jaga lemu dia."
" Oo...ya ka?" aku menyetujui kata-katanya
Dalam hati : "Bertuah betul orang bandar. Anak-anak semuanya bercita-cita tinggi. Nak jadi doktor, saintis. Paling komanpun polis. Tapi kat sini. Cukuplah kalau boleh warisi apa yang bapak depa ada. Mungkin depa ni masih naif...tapi kalau dibandingkan dengan anak bandar yang sebaya, depa ni jauh naif. Seolah-olah tiada langsung cita-cita.
"Dan memang benar, pelajar-pelajar di sini memang datang ke sekolah bukan kerana ingin belajar. Tetapi kerana ingin berjumpa kawan-kawan. Itu sahaja dorongan mereka untuk terus berada di sekolah dari jam 7.30 pagi hingga jam 2 petang. Dan peluang daripada kedatangan mereka ke sekolah itulah yang digunakan oleh guru-guru untuk menumpahkan ilmu yang sedikit buat bekalan anak bangsa ini.
Lalu...bagaimana ingin mempunyai cita-cita?

Adegan 3:

Aku diberi amanah untuk menanda kertas peperiksaan Bahasa Inggeris dan English in Science and Technology (EST) - Tingkatan 4 dan 5.Untuk Tingkatan 4...semua gagal (fail) untuk 2 mata pelajaran yang aku tandakan tu.Untuk Tingkatan 5...ada seorang dua sahaja yang lulus ataih pagaq EST. Untuk Bahasa Inggeris, ramai jugak yang lulus tetapi sekadar lulus. Tak lebih dari itu. Itu pun...aku kena jadi seorang pemeriksa yang sangat bermurah hati.
Bila ditanya kepada guru-guru lain tentang perkara itu,
"Hah...besa la tu. Budak-budak sini bukan gheti BI. Lepa (Depa/mereka) bukan maupun belajaq BI. Sabit tu (sebab tu) kalau hang tengok budak-budak yang ambik Sains dengan Math dalam BI kat sekolah ni semua tak luluih. Habuk pun takdak."
Kata seorang cikgu lelaki, sambil menghisap rokok daun yang digulung sendiri, sewaktu kami bersembang di kantin.
"Kalau dulu, waktu dua-dua subjek ni lepa ajaq dalam BM pun student tak pandai. Ni pulak nak mengajaq dalam BI. Punah anak bangsa hang tau dak Haikal. Lepa ni orang kampung. Satu hapa pun depa tak gheti. Lagi nak suruh belajaq dalam BI. Apa punya otak pun aku tak tau."
Sambung cikgu itu dalam nada kesal bercampur geram. Ada juak-juak meluat di mukanya.
"PUNAH ANAK BANGSA" terngiang lagi perkataan tu dalam fikiran aku sampai sekarang.

Adegan 4:

Satu hari tu, aku masuk mengajaq BI kat dalam kelas tingkatan 4 Perdagangan. Ada 4 orang pelajar lelaki sewaktu aku sedang mengajar di depan, depa dok berkumpul 4 orang dalam satu bulatan kat belakang.
"Tu kat belakang, hangpa tengah buat apa tu?"
Aku dah tak cakap Inggeris lagi dah dalam kelas (Pelik kan? Mengajar Bahasa Inggeris dalam Bahasa Melayu. Tapi apa boleh buat... payah...susah. Kesian dengan mereka yang tak faham apa-apa).Ada budak lain yang tolong jawabkan soalan aku tu, tapi dalam keadaan yang separuh berbisik,
"Depa tengah main Sing-Kong Sir."
"Menatang apa tu?" aku bertanya kehairanan."Judi!" (Sing-kong: lambung duit syiling, pastu pakat-pakat teka kepala ka ekoq. Sapa betoi dia dapat duit syiling tu)
"Budak-budak kat belakang! Baik hangpa berenti sebelum saya panggil PK HEM. Kalau tak mau belajaq, Hangpa dok diam-diam kat belakang. Tidoq!" Tegas aku dalam nada separuh bengang.
"Ok sir."
Jawab seorang dari mereka dalam keadaan senyum. Aku hanya mampu geleng kepala dan teruskan pengajaran "Mari Mengenal Bahasa Inggeris"
"Ok kelas...kalau I...padan dengan Am"
"I am"
"Kalau he atau she yang maksudnya Dia...padan dengan Is"
"He is"

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this is some of the simple story from the writer..and i find it quite funny and interesting to be shared with all. but, i am not bias to any sides or stands. just read and enjoy the story!
till then, salam
^_^

second class for science

salam and hi to all,

haha..we'll meet again! still in happy mode[ i think i will always be in happy mode everytime i am in science class=p]

i can't believe that i have successfully survived in UM. it has been one week since we enter this university and i think everyone are doing well at the moment and we are enjoying ourself with the enw environment. it is quite hard for me to adapt and adjust myself with this new surrounding but i think, it feels better now. hopefully, it will continue until the end of my study here.

ok, time for reflections! hahaha...it's lame, i know =p
today, mr fauzi gave us some lecture about technology. what technology is all about and how do we apply it to the max in real life situation. when he started off with his presentations, i wondered whether i am really well versed in this part and i happened to me that there are lots of things that i did not know! i am still in the phase of crawling[if it's a baby] and i hope to excel until i approach the running stage ^_^

his presentation also touched on the topics of principles of using technolgy, how do we use and explore it fruitfully. he warned us that TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT REPLACE THE TEACHER. this is because although we are allowed to integrate technology in our classroom, however, still, there are times where we need to do things on our own and not just leave it to the computer to finish it all!teacher will still have to carry out the experiment, designing what to be taught that day, set up the classroom, preparing the taks sheets and so on so forth. we can integrate technology but don't overuse it!

this time around, he assigned us to come out with a sample science lesson for 2 poeriods and we have to based it on the curriculum and the CD-ROM he gave earlier. there are lots of things in the CD-ROM where we have to explore it on own our. we also should use the CD-ROM in our tecaching where it will be used as one of the materials for teaching and learning process. my group had presented our lesson plan and there are some adjustment that need to be taken into consideration.

on a final note, i ended this class with satisfaction as i know that i have learnt something today! and i am looking forward to be in this class again next week.

till then,


salam and bye bye bye

ADIOS.ASTALAVISTA, BABE! ^_^ v

oh yeah!

salam and hi to all

hahha..the title itself explain all! i am in happy mode today ^_^
although life in UM has been not so well these days but i did not deny that above all, there's still excitement and enjoyment in learning, i should say.

many unexpected things "greet" me as early as i enter this varsity and not to forget, what i expect turns out the way it should be and it's really really great!! ohhh yeahhh...hahha

ok, enough bout that. let's be serious. [ehem..ehem...nak jadi serious nih]
mode: serious

this would be my first post of the day for this science class. and i bet for this sem, learning science will be more interesting than ever!having mr.fauzi as the lecturer really makes most of us relieved[mind you, bukan nk lobi ye =p] he's very very different with our previous lecturer and he gave us as much time as we like to explore and have freedom in learning, which most of us prefer[i guess]

he also asked us to create our own blog specifically for this particular subject so that we can share, pour and tell anything we want. he also wants to see our progression in learning where it can be seen in our refelctions. although i myself owned a blog before, but, still, i find myself struggling and in the phase of learning on how to have an interactive blog. and i know that, at the end of the day, i will be able to own one! =)

as this time around, we are going to spend our time learning science in COMPUTER LAB, hence i'm sure that we will deal with most of the interactive materials and technology skills. personally, i am not really into this techno thingy or should i say, a techno savvy person, hence my limited knowledge regarding this will be a challenge for me in learning this subject well. however, with my friends around me, i believe that i will never be left behind and will take this challenge positively as one of the mean to develop myself.

as mr fauzi told us, "dont' fight with your rival, fight with your situation", it is true in this case where i will not fight with others to get good grades but i will fight with my weaknesses to get good results! this will be more meaningful to me and at least, i know where i stand!

last but not least, to wrap up this so-called reflections, just a simple message for my friends or anyone who visit this blog,

NEVER STOP LEARNING

and FEEL FREE TO VISIT MY BLOG[promote sikit=p]

till then,

salam and bye bye bye