Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Full load next week
Next week will be the start of the full load... I will have to travel to the other end of Singapore daily... haiz... Thank God, Mondays start at 1230, Tuesdays at 1130, Wednesdays at 1030, Thursdays at 1230 and Fridays... at 0830. So I will only have to worry about the Friday lessons where I have to leave home by 0615 to avoid the crowds and make sure I get to campus on time to eat breakfast and move off for class... oh boy...
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Conjunctivitis
Yes... just seen the doctor... confirmed Red Eye... or Conjunctivitis. Here's a short description: Conjunctivitis (con·junc·ti·vi·tis) (commonly called "Pink Eye" or bloodshot eyes in the USA, "Red Eye" in the UK, is an inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids), most commonly due to an allergic reaction or an infection. Click here for a full description. Yucks.
Friday, February 15, 2008
I am sick...
Firstly, thank God my assignments are outta of my hands already. Have handed them up today and felt at peace with them. :)
After all the staring at the computer for my assignments, I realized that my eyes are watery and red for the past 3 days. I thought I had insufficient sleep... but I think there's an infection already... can't be I look at the computer for one hour and my eyes are bloodshot rite... something is wrong. Will go see doctor tomorrow morning... haiz.
After all the staring at the computer for my assignments, I realized that my eyes are watery and red for the past 3 days. I thought I had insufficient sleep... but I think there's an infection already... can't be I look at the computer for one hour and my eyes are bloodshot rite... something is wrong. Will go see doctor tomorrow morning... haiz.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Stupid Assignment!!!
After grappling with APA (American Psychological Association) referencing style for hours (yes HOURS), I finally had a breakthrough on its usage methods. Thanks Jane for entertaining my impromptu call last night. It did help me :)
Out of 40 marks of my assignment, I have finally completed 12 marks of it. ARGH! Sounds bad right? Especially since it is due on Friday!!! But... the rest of the marks constitute the practical application of the theories, so I'm not so worried. At least I have completed the theoretical part of stating out the theories that I perceive, and explaining each aspect of it. Somehow, I feel that my writing has suddenly become more philosophical at this instance. Correct me if I'm wrong... HAHAHAHAHA!
Ok... I'm off to eat lunch, then go to campus for group meeting!!! ARGH... I prefer to stay at home and continue my assignment though... but since MOE is paying me to go to campus, I need to be there. If not... will get warning letter. YES! One unexplained absence will "garner" a warning letter immediately the next day. VERY FAST!
Out of 40 marks of my assignment, I have finally completed 12 marks of it. ARGH! Sounds bad right? Especially since it is due on Friday!!! But... the rest of the marks constitute the practical application of the theories, so I'm not so worried. At least I have completed the theoretical part of stating out the theories that I perceive, and explaining each aspect of it. Somehow, I feel that my writing has suddenly become more philosophical at this instance. Correct me if I'm wrong... HAHAHAHAHA!
Ok... I'm off to eat lunch, then go to campus for group meeting!!! ARGH... I prefer to stay at home and continue my assignment though... but since MOE is paying me to go to campus, I need to be there. If not... will get warning letter. YES! One unexplained absence will "garner" a warning letter immediately the next day. VERY FAST!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
It's been a long time since I've blogged...
Too busy eating CNY goodies and bumming around at Grandpa's place. Haha. Also busy doing my assignments.
Silly me realized that I started doing an assignment that was due much later than another which is due TOMORROW. ZZZ. And I found the stupid forum that I was supposed to make a posting during the CNY week!!! ARGH! I'm LATE!!! Realized that the forum cannot be found if you go through the main link. Have to go through a link called communication, then group pages, then click on my tutorial group! How would I know that!!!?!?!?! Thank God that I stumbled upon it and found out that a lot of people have not posted as well... PHEW. Just posted my views there. Here is it for your reading pleasure. Haha.
At-Risk Students:
If a student is scheduled for remediation, he might be demoralised. This might seem to be a broadcast to the rest of the classmates that he is not as good as the rest of them. To avoid such branding, remediation might need to be reduced to a large extent. An alternative could be to give the student a leadership role in the class, such that he might feel some responsibility to do well to be able to be fit to lead his classmates.
I personally feel that the teacher has to make a lot of changes to the teaching style for such at-risk students. The lessons need to be more engaging and authentic, in order to capture the attention of the at-risk student. The student needs a reason to sit at his desk during the lesson and not drift away in his own thoughts. The teacher plays a very important role in making sure that the student is interested in the lesson. I believe that appropriate use of ICT will be a very good way to keep these students engaged in learning.
Making learning fun makes for good learning:
Yes, I agree that learning has to be "fun". We usually remember teachers who made the effort to inject humour into their lessons. That just shows how influential such teachers can be and that their lessons are more memorable.
However, has anybody thought about what "fun" is to them? Is your definition of "fun" similar to the students'? Some people might think that playing Sudoku is fun, but it is not to me though :) So we can see that "fun" is relative, and thus we need to keep abreast of new technology that is evolving ever so quickly, such that we can capture the students' attention with new teaching methods and surprises. We will not be able to please everybody in everything that we do, so we just need to be adaptable and introduce different methods in different situations.
Silly me realized that I started doing an assignment that was due much later than another which is due TOMORROW. ZZZ. And I found the stupid forum that I was supposed to make a posting during the CNY week!!! ARGH! I'm LATE!!! Realized that the forum cannot be found if you go through the main link. Have to go through a link called communication, then group pages, then click on my tutorial group! How would I know that!!!?!?!?! Thank God that I stumbled upon it and found out that a lot of people have not posted as well... PHEW. Just posted my views there. Here is it for your reading pleasure. Haha.
At-Risk Students:
If a student is scheduled for remediation, he might be demoralised. This might seem to be a broadcast to the rest of the classmates that he is not as good as the rest of them. To avoid such branding, remediation might need to be reduced to a large extent. An alternative could be to give the student a leadership role in the class, such that he might feel some responsibility to do well to be able to be fit to lead his classmates.
I personally feel that the teacher has to make a lot of changes to the teaching style for such at-risk students. The lessons need to be more engaging and authentic, in order to capture the attention of the at-risk student. The student needs a reason to sit at his desk during the lesson and not drift away in his own thoughts. The teacher plays a very important role in making sure that the student is interested in the lesson. I believe that appropriate use of ICT will be a very good way to keep these students engaged in learning.
Making learning fun makes for good learning:
Yes, I agree that learning has to be "fun". We usually remember teachers who made the effort to inject humour into their lessons. That just shows how influential such teachers can be and that their lessons are more memorable.
However, has anybody thought about what "fun" is to them? Is your definition of "fun" similar to the students'? Some people might think that playing Sudoku is fun, but it is not to me though :) So we can see that "fun" is relative, and thus we need to keep abreast of new technology that is evolving ever so quickly, such that we can capture the students' attention with new teaching methods and surprises. We will not be able to please everybody in everything that we do, so we just need to be adaptable and introduce different methods in different situations.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Somehow
I'm always drifting in and out of the Procrastination syndrome. Haha... yes I have been procrastinating yet again for the most of today. I need to sit down and do some constructive work.
Peace out!
Peace out!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Yay!
I have finished the 2 readings that I have been putting off for many weeks already. Haha. Ok now I need to buck up on my assignments already... Kampatei!
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Procrastination sets in
so I need to stop staying at home already. There are simply too many "unconstructive" things to do at home. For example, watching TV, playing computer games, playing the guitar, STONING etc etc... Haha.
I am more "diligent" when I'm in campus. I am totally behind time already and assignments are staring to creep in. Datelines are fast approaching (like Chinese New Year. Ha.) so I need to start on them fast.
God... help.
I am more "diligent" when I'm in campus. I am totally behind time already and assignments are staring to creep in. Datelines are fast approaching (like Chinese New Year. Ha.) so I need to start on them fast.
God... help.
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