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I am really slow with this. I admit that.  I need to keep up with this.  Even though, I don’t have any Instagram or Twitter account.  So, I had this meeting relating to our teaching.  A new thing for me.

Anugerah Webometrics 2019: Should I?

How time flies!   Like what Norah said last year, I should try to participate in this competition this year.  Nay!  That is my initial thought.  But, I started to think otherwise.  What am I going to lose, right?  A senior also urges me to participate in this competition this year.   Not only that, there were others who also gave the same advice.  On top of that, we need candidates as representatives from the faculty.  At least, if I don’t win, the faculty has candidates for this year nomination and finalists.

Well, I guess, no harm in trying.

Black and pink Baby G?

We went to get this a week after I bought the mobile modem. Alhamdulillah we went a bit earlier. My sis wore it immediately as I went to pay at the cashier. No need fancy box. Just straight away she wore it on her wrist. Had we went a tad later, this watch might belong to someone else. As I was waiting my turn to pay, a customer went in and asked the sale person about a Baby G with pink interface. Yup. She was asking the same Baby G. But, the Baby G was already on my sis’s wrist.

I went to search for mobile modem with my sister yesterday.  Off we went to Giant Plentong, but unfortunately the U mobile kiosk inside Giant does not have mobile modem.  The sale person suggested us to go to Taman Molek i.e. the U mobile centre.

Before we went to Taman Molek, we had a quick shopping.  While going to the car park, my sister reminded me that it is May and her birthday is in May.  She wants a Baby G as her birthday gift.   So, we dropped by to browse some Baby G in a shop.  But it was so tedious to browse as both of us were not allowed to be in the same shop at the same time.

So, I went in first.  I did not find something “that” interesting.  I thought she would agree with me that there are not many attractive designs available.  How wrong I was?  Immediately she went in, she looked around the watches and looked at me while pointing at this watch and said “I want this.  I want this pink-black Baby G”.  I could not see it from afar.  I replied half-halfheartedly “Not nice”  trying to dissuade her.  Am I successful?  You bet.  I don’t.

But one thing for sure, I will use lowball technique to request for my birthday gift.

 

 

COVID-19: Unleashed your creativity_Part 4 (Powerpoint Audio note)

How to double check if you have successfully recorded your voice?

On the task bar, you will see the icon From Beginning (Click that) if you record from the beginning.  Please make sure you ON your speaker to listen to the recorded audio notes.

Note: I am also a newbie in this.  So, hopefully it is helpful for your presentation.

COVID-19: Unleashed your creativity_Part 3 (Powerpoint Audio note)

With limited internet connectivity, I could not add video on my Prezi note (yup, Prezi has video feature and I am still struggling to create a video using Prezi).  I am still trying out the new features on Prezi.

So in the meantime, I use different approach.  I added my voice on Powerpoint notes.  Old-timer method to others but for me, this is kind of new.

How to audio record your Powerpoint presentation slides?  For beginners

  1. Open your Powerpoint file which contains the slides of a particular topic
  2. On the task bar, choose Slide Show and Click at Record Slide Show (if you want to start recording without rehearsing)
  3. There are two options that you can choose from.
    1. If you choose Record from the current slide, the audio recording will only start at that particular slide
  4. If you choose Record from the beginning, the audio recording will start at the first slide
  5. If you are not sure about how it will turn out, you can rehearse first. At the task bar, choose Rehearse Timings (Click that)
  6. If you want to save the rehearsal version, you can do so. To stop the recording and end the session, Click X button and the following box will appear.  Choose Yes if you want to save the file.   But for the Rehearsal Timings, it does not record your voice though.  It just shows how long you spend time explaining information in one slide.
  7. If you are confident with yourself and do not need to rehearse (or if you have enough rehearsing), Click Record Slide Show and the following box will appear.
    1. You can select and set either to want to retain animation timing or narration, ink and laser pointer. And you can start recording.
  8. On the left side top corner of your computer/device, you may see a box that shows you are recording. You can forward, pause, undo or stop (Click button X).
  9. As you are recording, you can move your slide to the next one by clicking PgUp or PgDn or -> or <- like you normally do when you are moving your slides.
  10. If you want to save the recorded audio notes, you can do so. By clicking X button and it will be automatically saving your audio recording.  Click Save (Disk icon) to double check.

How to double check if the audio recording is ok or successful?  Click HERE

 

COVID-19: Unleashed your creativity_Part 2 (Future teachers)

Before the MCO, I never thought of giving an assignment that requires students to create a video because I was afraid that they need to learn video editing (which I don’t know how myself).  Video editing is a skill that I don’t have (yet) and I don’t teach.

But knowing how tech savvy the kids are nowadays, I decided to give two options of reporting: written (normal version + presentation using PPT slides with audio/voice note) or non-written (video) for this semester course that I teach SPPP/SHPP1012 Educational Psychology.  I just let their creativity unleashed and let them have fun while completing the assignment. (But how do I evaluate/mark their assignment as there are two options that I give to them?  HERE is how I do it)

Students nowadays are different from my generation.  They are more tech savvy and video editing is not an alien thing to them.  Indeed.

Wow.  What can I say!  I am impressed.  These are some of their works:

  1. Pelaziman klasikal by Muhamad Asyraf Bin Yahya
  2. Operant conditioning by Mohamad Fahmi Bin Abu Bakar, Muhamad Ibrahim Bin Johari, Mohd Zuhairie Bin Mohd Aidil and Mohamad Ridhwan Bin Othman
  3. Pelaziman operan by Muhammad Ikhwan Bin Abdullah
  4. Operant conditioning by Mohamad Farhan Bin Mohd Tap
  5. Operant conditioning by Nur Syamimi Binti Ahmad
  6. Self-regulation by Afifuddin Mahyudin
  7. Learning (behaviorism) by Kimberly Elsie Peter, Sharmila a/p Gobi, Kirooshini Navarathnaraja and Hannah Ruth a/p Ramesh
  8. Learning (behaviorism) by Arisha Balqis Binti Abdul Razak
  9. Social learning theory by Nur Aliya binti Amran
  10. Teori pembelajaran sosial by Nurul Nadiah Fadlil Alamin
  11. Operant conditioning by Fatin Maisarah Mohd Ariff
  12.  Teori pelaziman klasikal by Nurzahira Bt Rapani
  13. Teori pelaziman operan by Noorfarah Aimi Bt Habali
  14. Operant conditioning by Nur Aqila Farhana Bt Ismail
  15. Teori pelaziman klasikal by Wan Nursyahmi Idriss B Wan Nura
  16. Teori pembelajaran sosial by Nurulaian Nawwarah Bt Arif
  17. Teori pembelajaran sosial by Zanariah Bt Md Resad
  18. Teori perkembangan Vygotsky by Mohamad Zulsyauqi Bin Basarudin
  19. Operant conditioning by Ahmad Azmirul Hisyam B Ahmad Azam
  20. Teori pelaziman klasikal by Muhammad Nur Hamizan Bin Mohd Zaidin
  21. Teori pembelajaran behavioris by Nurul Ain Binti Zulkifli
  22. Teori pembelajaran behavioris by Muhamad Azfar Haiqal B Jamian
  23. Teori pelaziman operan by Aisyah Bt Yakop
  24. Teori pembelajaran sosial (Bandura) by Ahmad Nabil B Wan Ahmad
  25. Teori pembelajaran sosial by Siti Saidatul Asma Bt Zulkafli
  26. Learning (behaviorism) by Raihan Nadia Bt Roslan
  27. Operant conditioning by Ahmad Farhan B Shai Puddin
  28. Pembelajaran sosial by Nor Shuhada Bt Mohamad Sharapi
  29. Classical conditioning by Zainul Ariffin B Kamarul Azli
  30. Learning (behaviorism) by Nur Umi Rasyidah Bt Mohd Nor
  31. Learning (behaviorism) by Nurul Nazira Bt Mat Juri
  32. Teori pelaziman operan by Muhamad Sahirin B Abdul Sharif
  33. Teori pelaziman operan by Muhammad Zulfikri B Zul Edwar
  34. Teori pelaziman klasikal by Nurul Nasyita Binti Ahmad Fuad
  35. Teori pembelajaran behaviorisme by Amirah Afiqah Bt A Rashid
  36. Teori pelaziman operan by Nurfatinnajwa binti Rusli
  37. Teori pelaziman operan by Sulaiman B Hapit
  38. Operant conditioning by Aeron Tan Kwok Hou
  39. Operant conditioning by Muhammad Amin B Abdul Razak
  40. Teori pelaziman operan by Mohd Haizal Hariz B Jamhuri
  41. Teori pelaziman operan by Muhamad Faez B Mohmed Zi
  42. Operant conditioning by Qalida Aima binti Muhammed Khiruddin
  43. Teori pelaziman operan by Mohammad Syafiq Bin Roslani
  44. Operant conditioning by Afiq Hamizi B Jetan
  45. Pelaziman klasikal by Amir Ikhwan Bin Mohd Elham
  46. Teori pelaziman operan by Muhammad Hakimi Bin Mohd Fazil
  47. Teori pelaziman operan by Farizalmi Bin Juhari

Note to the haters: Come on, guys!  I know there are better videos according to your standard, but give my students a break ok!  They have done their best.  These are the future Malaysian teachers!  I am proud of them!  I think I need to learn video editing and whatsnot.  I feel old and outdated.

When Telekom cable was stolen_Third incident

This time around, the cable was stolen two days after it was fixed.  Cursing the perpetrators won’t do any good.  They cannot hear it.  It is Ramadan.  I should restrain myself from cursing.

I managed to download some assignments that need to be graded, so I know that I am good with no internet.  But one of the students just submitted her assignment draft and I feel I need to return it ASAP because she is bugging me to have a look at it.  This is just a typical reaction of students who like to do things the very last minute but expect that I return back their work ASAP.

So, since I can look at the draft but just cannot write my comments on the Words file, I used voice note on Whatspp instead.  Yeah.  No typing.  But with an ulcer on my tongue, I might sound as if I am having speech impediment though.  Well, as long as I can give my comments and feedback on time, nothing else matters.

When Telekom cable was stolen_Second incident

I had few deadlines that I need to meet.  First, a PhD student proposal on 28 April.  I had this weird urging feeling that I need to complete the proposal evaluation as soon as possible.  So, I focused on evaluating proposal and RS1 drafts for a few days and on 27 April, I decided to submit the evaluation report and return the RS1 drafts with my comments to my students.

Guess what?  The Telekom cable was stolen again on 29 April (Wednesday).  Alhamdulillah.  I finished my work on time.  Good job, Dijah! (Give myself a pat on the back)

Moral of the story: Don’t postpone your work.  Do it as soon as possible because works might start to pilling up and things might become out of control.

A laggard. Indeed.

The Telekom cable was stolen again. The 3rd time since MCO. It drives me (nearly) crazy. So, I went with my sister to search for mobile modem. We choose U Mobile. We picked GX68 which costs RM58 per month. Postpaid. But the device itself costs RM180.
 
Some of you might think that I am really slow when it comes to this thing. Yup. I admit that. But according to the Law of Diffusion of Innovations (Everett M. Rogers’ idea in his book Diffusion of Innovations, 1962), we can categorise people into five categories: Innovators (2.5%), Early adapters (13.5%), Early majority (34%), Late majority (34%) and Laggards (16%). I belong (self-claimed) to the laggards. Yup.
My thought is “Why should I use mobile modem when I can use the normal internet modem?”. But when I face with the difficulty of not having internet at my disposal due to the same reason i.e. stolen cable, I think that it is the right time for me to have a mobile modem. A laggard. Indeed.

COVID-19: Unleashed your creativity_Part 1

The Malaysian government imposes Movement Control Order (MCO) starting from 18 March 2020.  A historical event.  Indeed.  I was in the middle of semester, week 6 to be exact and I was unprepared to face the challenges that might come with the MCO.   First thing first, I should remain calm.  But how wrong I was?!  I could not help from not feeling worried and panicky at the same time.  What would happen to my students?  How should I guide them with limited internet access (on my part and some of my students)?   What should I do when I could not reach my students?

I started to think about plans.  Plan A, B, C, D or more if needed.  But I need to make plans which would benefit my students, not me per se.  My primary concern of learning in this case is about them, not so much about me (of course, on my part the learning curve might be different from them and its importance is at different category and concern).

These are some of the things in my To-Do list:

  1. Survey (ask students about their internet connectivity, well-being, preference and worries)
  2. Look at the responses from students
  3. Identify priorities
  4. Upgrade class notes
  5. Create quizzes that students can use to self-assess themselves
  6. Search articles (and link on eLearning)
  7. Modify existing formative assessment if needed
  8. ……..