9th WEEK REFLECTION

Big day for all the groups. This week, we were required to present our Web 2.0. My group presented on the topic on Blog. Since this is part of our assignment, we were quite nervous because we were not sure if we were on the right track. Thankfully, Prof Dr Rohaida gives us the green light and this makes our hard work worthy. I would like to thank Professor Dr Rohaida for her continuous support and also to my group members for their effort especially our leader Mr Joseph Woo.

6 Adil Science Class blog

Chat room for interactive learning for teacher and students

Video podcast by the teacher which is incorporated in the blog

Our group focuses on the topic entitled endangered species. In the process of completing this assignment, I have learned how to integrate technology such as blog in education especially in Science subject. As a teacher, we need to be aware of the suitability when using the web 2.0 technology. Factors such as accessibility, content and ease of use need to be considered. Other groups also presented impressively. Among the platform presented are wikis, facebook, and chatting room. I have certainly learned and gained valuable experience this week.

8th WEEK REFLECTION

This week’s lecture, Professor Dr Rohaida discuss about Software Evaluation Rubric. When we assess a student, we use a rubric as a guidance to give valid and justified mark. In assessing particular software content or any application, we use a rubric to assess certain aspects such as accessibility, content, ease of use, support materials, and technical quality. These are some example of aspects to be assessed, however different rubric presents different aspects.

Rubrics make assessing software and websites or any application tool work quick and efficient, and they help teachers justify the usability of the tools. At their very best, rubrics are also teaching tools that support learning and the improvement of weaknesses of a software. When used correctly, they serve the purposes of learning as well as feedback which is essential for further upgrades.

We were assigned by Prof to find software evaluation rubric available in the internet and give our comments on the rubric. Here is an example of a rubric:

http://www.celestecraig.us/teacher%20evaluation.htm

In our opinion, this rubric is very easy to use and the aspects covered are appropriate. It covers aspects like the content, ease of use, technical qualities and many more. There are many rubric which are very useful presented by other groups. As future teacher, this will assist and guide me in choosing the right software or websites so that it will be appropriate for students to use and access into it.