next generation learning (malaysian context)

Reflection
In the fast changing globalised world, technology plays a very important role regardless of its application in any field or sphere. In the education segments, technology have provided many benefits that directly and indirectly affecting the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process in the classroom.
Firstly, it can affect the pupils learning by helping to sustain their attention through the work and exercise done. In other work, the use of SMARTBOARD as an a medium of delivery as well as doing exercise can help the primary school pupils to sustain their short attention span into a longer period. In addition, it caters to the multiple intelligence characteristic which is proposed by Gardner as it can be use for many purposes. Secondly, by using animation, the pupils will be able to improve their understanding as well as mastery on the curriculum topic taught. Furthermore, it can be interesting for the pupils if they also involve in the class activity of making basic animation which do no not stray from the original subject of the curriculum topic.
Next, by using an e-book rather than the ordinary paper book, pupils will be able to enjoy the reading of the fairytale or folktale better as it can fill in with many interesting application besides cheaper for them. In the class activity, a teacher can teach the pupils to make their own e-book which may consist of their own drawings and its story depending on the genres decided by the teacher. The teaching and learning process will be improved and become better as the pupil’s works are use in creating their e-book.
Besides that, the pupils will also be affected by the technology in a way that they are given freedom to explore and seek new knowledge and experienced the technology themselves. Although, at an early year, the teacher still needs to facilitate and assist the pupils in their discovery, the pupils will be able to discover for themselves the various application found in the WINDOWS or other operating system such as LEAPORD or open source LINUX. In addition, it helps the pupils to become active individuals that possess good knowledge of today’s technology and its application.
On the teacher’s part, active effort has to be taken as an initiative to improve oneself ability to master the knowledge of technology and its application. I believe the knowledge must be built from the basic level and followed by higher skills depending on the mastery level achieved at the end of each topic learned. On part of the teacher who is already teaching and does not posses the good knowledge of the technology, an in-house training conducted by a more experienced and knowledgeable teacher which actually decrease the cost of sending every teacher for computer course in another place whereby it can be done in their own school.
On learning about technology, active role is needed in searching and learning about the use of specific applications in the education sphere such as video and sound editing, creating website from the basic to the higher level, e-book, downloading and so on. Trial and error approach has to be taken in order to make me familiar and able to cope with the problem occurred besides some additional assistance on the difficult and new application. Mere facilitation or assistance will only result in my failure to improve my knowledge as a teacher as well as a student.
All in all, active effort and role have to be taken by both parties so that there will be no one who will be lagged behind in the pursuit of today’s crucial knowledge.