Week 14 - Modules and Submissions

Greetings, everyone!

It's the end of the semester. And it's the second last week. Yet we still have one more module to be done. Module 5. That one was given during the submission of Module 4 with all the tasks from the module- the individual work (splitting audio,images,video clip), pair work(the video making) and group work(the 4 lesson plans).

For individual work, I chose this video clip to complete the task. It's a song entitled 'Through My Window' by Shila. I chose this song because it's a song about unity. If you read through of its lyric and go in depth of it, you'll find that it's really a song for unity. In fact, the images in the video also tell you about unity. Unity in a friendship. Of mixed races that form the beauty of the friendship. And that also can be interpreted for unity in our Malaysian context. Of its citizen that consists of different races. =)

For pair work, this is the final end of our video making. Though it may sound boring to you, well as the title itself "The Environment" tells you, but the message in it, will really make you think, get you to ponder upon what have been happening around us. In fact, this video was intentionally made to suit with one of the themes in English Primary School Syllabus ' Saving Our Environment' for Year 5 pupils.Hope you guys enjoy it. =)

For group work, I've made use of the works done in individual part to be integrated in the lesson planning for Speaking skill. The rest of my group members also did the same because our theme for the 4 lesson plans was about unity in Malaysia.

Till then, see you in my LAST entry... =)

Week 13- Module 4 (Video Editing)

This week, we submitted all the tasks from Module 2 as well as the module itself. The individual work,of editing a photo, the pair work, of the e-book and the group work, of the lesson plans where all the skills in photo editing were used to create the teaching aids for the intended lesson planning. Phew.

Actually, I like the idea of having the tasks to be completed at the end of every modules that we received. Only then I can practice all the related skills in creating appropriate teaching aids especially for Task 3-lesson planning. Practice makes perfect,right?

Okay, let's get back to business. Erm...the highlight for this week class.

Done with Module 2, now came Module 4. It's all about video editing. New module means new skills for me to gain. Yeehaw~~

For this module, we dealt with, of course, new softwares that I've never used before in video editing. Guess some of them are even used by professionals out there who work in entertainment world.

These are the softwares that were to be used for the skills in video editing:

1) Any Video Converter

2) BS player

3)Cyberlink PowerDVD

4) FLV to AVI Converter

5) Free Studio

6) HJ-Split

7) Image Grab

8) Power Video Cutter

9) Prism Video Converter

10) Real Player

11) Riva FLV Encoder

12) SID Video Cutter & Splitter

13) VCD Cutter

14)Windows Media Player

15)Online Downloader

Yes there are Windows Media Player, Real Player and Cyberlink PowerDVD already installed in my laptop, but only now I know that they are not merely used for watching any movies like I used to do before, but you can make use of them for video editing. Well, that's interesting to learn! I like! I love to explore new things especially if I can make use of them later when it's necessary. Can't wait to finish completing all the tutorials in this module~ ^_~

Week 12- E-books. Continuation of Module 2. Introduction to Video Editng.

This week lesson concerned with the making of an e-book as part of the tasks for Module 2. And this was done in pairs. Me and Nazwan chose "Animals and Pets" as the theme for our e-book and it was intended for Year 3 pupils. Before proceeding to the process of creating our e-book, Pn. Foziah showed us some examples and the criteria of how an e-book should be.

So, in brief, an e-book should have:

1) a theme for its storyline.

2) setting (time and place)


3) a plot that shows the conflict, climax and resolution for the storyline


4) characterization (characters in the story)


5) navigational tools to make sure that the slides can work properly

6) clear and colorful pictures to portray the storyline

7) sound effects that come together with the e-book reading.

It was indeed a big help when Pn.Foziah showed us some examples of e-book with a brief information on how to create a good one. That me and my partner had some inspiration and ideas to create ours in a way that will be useful to the pupils' learning. In fact, with all the skills learned from photo editing in Module 2, we managed to edit the pictures that were to be inserted in our e-book.

As it is copyrighted, I decided to insert only the first page of the e-book entitled 'Going To the Zoo'. He he.

So, here is an overview of our e-book:

A trip to the zoo by a boy with his father and little sister. He shared his experience as he described the animals that he saw.

After coming out with the storyline and preparing the first draft of the e-book, we consulted Pn.Foziah for her words of wisdom. Yes, there were few changes that needed to be done.

After the consultation time, she showed us some edited videos of Chun and Ella that were made by their fans out there. She informed us that later we are to create one for each pair. Also these videos are samples for one of the tasks that are meant for Module 4, where we are going to deal with video editing. The videos gave us some basic ideas on how video editing should be done.

And for the task, my partner, Nazwan and I decided to choose 'Pollution' as the theme for our video editing task. Can't wait to create a meaningful video soon. ^_~

Before the class ended, we received a continuation of Module 2. That means, there were MORE tutorials for photo editing that needed to be done! *sighs*. Thought that the first part of the module was more than enough, yet we received another part. Though it's quite a lot, but for sure there are more new skills that are to gain from the tutorials. Aja-aja fighting!

Week 11- A Picture That Tells A Thousand Words

This week class we continued with the tasks for photo editing as to what stated in Module 2. And one of the tasks was to edit a picture that was to be uploaded in Photobucket. And for that, I chose 2 pictures that were joined together.

Picture A

Picture B

Using Adobe Photoshop, I cut the picture of the boy and the girl to be fit into the picture of the road. And I added some captions that narrated the story behind the joined picture.

So ta-daa~~~!!!

This was the final end for all the editing parts that I've done. I'm very satisfied with it.

So, moral of the story( he he he):

As a teacher, we are not to simply choose any pictures to be edited especially when it comes to teaching purposes. Instead, we should choose pictures that are related to the themes in the primary school syllabuses. Pictures that will help to stimulate the pupils' thinking in order to generate the ideas conveyed.

Week 10 - B.O.B+ Hayley Williams +Maher Zain + M.Nasir + Siti Nurhaliza

This week, we were to submit 3 tasks for Module 3 which were related to audio editing. Task 1,we were asked to do a ringtone for any song chosen, task 2 we were to join 2 songs together and task 3 , we're to edit a song entitled 'Dua Insan Bercinta' by M.Nasir and Siti Nurhaliza. A song sung live by both of them.

Task 1

And for the ringtone task, I chose 'Airplanes' from B.O.B ft Hayley Williams. I used RealPlayer to cut the full-length song of 'Airplanes' to its chorus as the ringtone.

Task 2

For the second task, I chose songs from Maher Zain- Allahi Kya Karo and For The Rest of My Life to be joined together. And for that, I used Sony Vegas Pro 9 to join the two songs of Maher Zain.

Task 3

As for 'Dua Insan Bercinta', I used WavePad to cut out the introduction of the song, the clapping sound and to reduce the noise in the song as it's a song sung live in a concert.

These tasks gave me a chance to manipulate and to sharpen all the audio editing skills that I gained from Module 3 though. ^_~

And during the class, I showed all the 3 tasks to Pn. Foziah for her to first check on the quality of the works that I've done before submitting the final versions. Yes, there're few changes that I've to do to make the final versions of the 3 tasks be better ones. Aside from that, I took this chance to make full use of the 3-hour class by doing the remaining tutorials for Module 2 that're still not done yet.

Week 9- Module 2(Photo Editing)

As promised, we received Module 2 after the submission of Module 3. Phew. When are all these will come to the end? And this time around, the module's even thicker than Module 1. *Breathe in. Breathe out.* Somehow, it discouraged me to get it done as I'm still in Raya mood.He he...

So, basically this module's all about photo editing. Guess all the skills for photo editing are there in this module since it's thicker from the other 2 modules we got so far. Correcting color cast, blending 2 images together,adjusting saturation just to name a few.Can't imagine for the number of slides after all the tutorials're done. Hik hik. Besides, there're many softwares featured in this module for each of the skills required in photo editing.

Here are some of the softwares:

1) Triscape FXFoto

2) ACDsee

3) Photscape
4) Photobucket

Hope that all the steps in the tutorials will improve my photo editing skills later. Instead of using Picnik, an online software, just like before,I then can manipulate my skills using these new softwares.^_~

Week 8 - Module 3 (Audio Editing)

Done with Module 1, now it's time for Module 3. Phew. It's all about audio editing. Module 2? Pn. Foziah said that she's not done yet with the compilation of Module 2.So, let's just proceeded to Module 3 instead.

Basically, in this module, we were to enhance our skills in audio editing related to:

1) changing speed, pitch cut and joining audio for making better quality audio files.

2) decreasing and increasing music tempo.

3) removing noise from audio, upgrading the quality of stupid audio files.

4) converting and encoding audio files

5) changing the type of audio files from wav to mp3

6) creating minus one

7) combining two songs

8) editing music and sound

9) saving and uploading songs

For each skill there will be a few softwares in this module that were to be used together. And I'm thrilled to complete all the tutorials in this module! Guess that my skills in audio editing will be getting better as the only thing that I know about audio editing is to convert video file to mp3 format using only Real Player. But now with new softwares that I never knew before, such as Sony Vegas, Sound Forge and Wavepad, just to name a few , I then can do lot better with audio editing for my favorite songs. ^ _~

Ah, yes. Not only with Module 2, we also have to complete 2 other assignments for this subject, the collection of technological and non-technological teaching aids for each years in primary school as well as 4 lesson plans for 4 language skills in English. All these have to be submitted after the Raya break. *sighs*.