On the second week of the lecture, we were introduced to the class PMEY 3104; Integration of Technology in Primary Science Teaching. Our lecturer will be Professor Madya Dr. Rohaida Mohd Saat. She introduced us to the course and what we were expected to learn. This course was mainly about how to use technology to teach Science in primary school. Before the lesson start, we were divided into 4 groups and each group consists of 4-5 people. We were then asked to find out about four tools that were famous as teaching aids during “previous era”.
There were four tools that were prominently used in “previous era”; Video player, OHP, Visualizer and Television. My group was given the task to find out about the video player. We need to find out its function, usage, advantages and disadvantages. We Google about it in the internet and present what we have to the class afterwards.
What I realized from this class was that eventhough there were lack of technology during the previous era, the people still manage to learn. The teachers those days must be patient enough to teach with limited resources. I can imagine how hard they need to teach with only textbook and a blackboard to write on. The resources such as video player and OHP were very scarce, only high standards schools can have those tools. Nevertheless, they still manage to teach our parents and people that now have become architect, engineer, lawyer and every human resources that we have nowadays. I respected iron-willed teachers those days that never gave up teaching eventhough there were not many resources as nowadays.
As a future teacher myself, I am very grateful to the things that I have now. I can use many resources especially the internet to teach my students. I can search for ideas, materials, videos, songs and many more from the internet. I can show Powerpoint or videos to my students and they can enjoy themselves while learning in my class. I hope that I will be able to apply all the knowledge that I have learned in this lesson in my future class.
