In-Class Task 1

Assalamualaikum,

Question 1

My name is Nik Mohd Afiq Bin Nik Luqman. I was born 23 years ago on the 26th of January 1988 in Kuala Terengganu. My biological father passed away when i was 2 years old. My step father is a teacher and my mother is a government servant. She is currently working at Yayasan Terengganu. I only have one elder brother. He is 25 years old and now currently working in Singapore. I received my secondary school education at MJSC Pengkalan Chepa. After that, i did my Pre-degree in Tesl at UiTM Kuantan. One thing about me is that i dont like to be just hanging around and doing nothing. I like to get myself busy with something especially by doing the things i love. For example, i love acting. Last year, i got involved with 2 theatre productioins outside the college during my semester break. I also love travelling. I usually travel with my family and friends to anywhere locally or outside the country. I also enjoy sports. i watch almost every sports there is on television, though i rarely played them. I also love watching tv series and movies. i have a hobby of collecting DVD's and currently i own more than 300 DVD's. You can borrow it if you want. =) As we go along this semester, i'm sure we will get to know each other more.

Question 2

i would rate myself as novice. This is because i only know tou use the basic of things in computer. For example, I only know how to use simple things such as Microsoft Words and Microsoft Power Point. I also know how to use only famous and easy social network such as Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress. I also would rate myself as novice as when there are problems with my computer, i often ask my friend to help me repairing it as i dont know how to repair it myself.

Question 3

In terms of my knowledge in software and hardware, i have to say that i have a very little knowledge regarding these matters. For software, again, i only know about the basic software such as soundforge. I also know a little things about hardware. I dont even know what RAM means. yeah. so basically, i am not really good in this stuff.

Question 4

Formally, i have never experienced learning via computer/online. But indirectly, yes i do learn something from online, especially in terms of language. I learn English from the internet. Usually when i encounter difficult words that i do not understand, i will search for it in the dictionary. I also always surf the interent for more informations that i'm interested in. For example, i will go to Wikipedia.com to find add my knowledge on certain topics or information. so indirectly, i have been learning through computer/online, but for formal education, no i have not experienced any.

Question 5

Yes, i did incorporate technology in some of my lessons during my practicum. In fact, i tried to use technology as many times as possible during my practicum. This is because, using technology is much more easier and the students always got excited and will be more focus when i used computers or internet in the classroom. I have to say, it was succesful because it can be noticed that when i used technology such as showing videos from Youtube or pictures from the internet, the students will be more focus and pay attention during the class. they also did their work more efficient and managed to finish quickly compared to just read essays and answered the questions.

Question 6

In my opinion, i believe the use of technology in language teaching is very good and all teachers should be encouraged to use the technology whenver possible. This is because, the use of technology makes it a lot easier to teach. With the technology is rapidly and continuing from time to time, the teacher can be very creative in conducting the lessons and choosing their materials to teach. By using technology in language teaching, the students are also will be more excited to learn as the teacher will use different ways to teach evertime for the class. So in my opinion, i really think that the use of computer language will be very efficient and interesting.

Question 7

For this course, i hope that i can learn more about the use of my computers and expand my knowledge in using technology for the future. As the earth keeps spinning, technology has become a very important part in human's life, and they are everywhere. This is why i really think this course can help me a lot in become more expert in using technology for teaching and for other purpose as well.