It was the last day of this course PKEY 3101 Technology in Primary Education.
After sailing through 14 weeks in a ship consisted of 75 passengers (us), a captain (Prof. Raja Maznah) and 2 cabin crews (Miss Ng and Miss Chin). We finally reached the destination and it's time for us to go our separate ways. No longer on the same "boat", but our spirit of technology will continue to burn in moodle as well as here in blogger.
Before the lecture started, we were given a survey to be completed regarding on our experience on designing activities via smartboard.
I answered it by giving clear and thorough explanation which reflected my feelings and personal opinion of the effectiveness of samrt teaching using smartbaord.
The last lecture started with Prof. Maznah sharing a funny yet practical philosophy to us which was the "FISH PHILOSOPHY".
Sounds funny right?
Let me briefly explain to you.
After getting familiar with this philosophy, I bet you would like to inculcate in your life too!
For me, it is a remedy for those who are always stressed up, depressed and possess bad temper.
Any way, Fish Philosophy is......
1. Play - Have a little fun at work.
2. Make their day - Go M.A.D. [Make a Difference], engage others. Make them part of the fun.
3. Be there - actually pay attention, to make sure you take care of the person in front of you
right now!
4. Choose your attitude - Before you go to work in the morning, pick out an attitude, just like
you choose your underwear.
Ideas for Applying the "Fish Philosophy"
PLAY
- U joke.
- U compliment.
- U smile.
- U make people smile.
- U laugh.
- U make people laugh.
- U have fun.
- U make people have fun.
MAKE THEIR DAY
- U praise.
- U share.
- U help.
- U be nice.
- U cooperate.
- U appreciate.
- U thank.
- U listen.
- U greet.
BE THERE
- U smile.
- U concern.
- U are friendly.
- U show up.
CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE
- You have positive thoughts.
- You have happy thoughts.
- You are pleasant.
- You have an awesome attitude.
Well, well, well,
in short,
Just treat yourself better and treat the people around you better.
Life will turn out to be better!
This philosophy should be applied to all teachers so that our pupils will have fun learning with us. Surely their affective filter will be lowered down by a teacher who is a follower of fish philosophy and I'm certain the learning environment will be more pleasant, warm, fun and exciting. We teachers listen to our pupils' needs and pupils will be touched by our attitude towards life. A good attitude can influence others too.
Thanks to Prof. Raja Maznah sharing to us this philosophy where we could live life "longer" with less hassels, conflicts and stress.
Later, we were given an unexpected quiz.
It takes up 5 marks in our overall performance in this course.
40 minutes were given to complete the quiz.
The quiz wasn't that difficult but tested a lot on our memorization on some theories and principles of technology.
Well ,I guessed I could sail through......
Last but not least, Miss Chin gave us some important learning spaces and educational websites which will be useful and resourceful for us in future to further develop our knowledge and skills on ICT teaching. I think these sites should be taken note of for our professional development as well as to improve one of our soft skills which is Lifelong Learning.
Here I would sincerely thank Prof. Maznah, Miss Ng and Miss Chin for their patience, support, encouragement given throughout these 14 weeks which completely developed us from a so called "techno dummy" to a "not so techno dummy" or some might say "techno savvy" teacher- to-be. There is no end in learning and I personally will continue to upgrade myself consistently and persistently throughout my life so that I could offer my best to my pupils.
Another point I would credit this course is......
It is able to allow me to develop my soft skills in terms of
- communication
- leadership
- lifelong learning
- ethics and professional values
- teamwork
- creativity
That's all for now.
Personally, I've enjoyed the entire course and undoubtedly this course has much to offer.
PKEY 3101 reigns!!!
Goodbye!!!
1 comment:
Hi Moo Yong,
I'm glad to see you had a positive response to your instructor's informing you about the FISH! Philosophy.
Our company is called ChartHouse Learning and we're based in Minnesota in the USA. You can see more about our company and the FISH! Philosophy on our website.
http://charthouse.com/
But I'd like to invite you and your fellow education students to join our new FISH! Philosophy Network, an online social network. You'll find a growing number of teachers there (and some who are studying to become teachers), all with an interest in using the FISH! Philosophy in education.
Griff
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Griff Wigley
Manager, FISH! Philosophy Network
http://fishphilosophynetwork.com/
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