Reflection Journal (Week 7)

Hi everyone. Good Day. Today, I am back to my blog to share my this week teaching and learning process that takes place in today's Technology and Maths Education class. I am in my week 7 class right now. 

In today;s class, our lecturer taught us the topic on ' The Internet and World Wide Web'.

  

He started the class by explaining to us in detail on what is Internet. Based on what he taught us, internet is defined as the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (often called TCP /IP, although not all protocols use TCP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. 

                                                                           Internet 

Besides that, he also explained to us about Computers Networks and Internet. For example, Computer networks enable people to communicate with each other through stand-alone computers, while Internet enables people to communicate across the globe. Network communication can be used in teaching and learning. Networking and Internet help users to search and communicate information, and to make it possible for teachers and learners to interact with each other globally to discover new ideas. 

Next, he also explained to us on detail on the primary objective of a computer network. The primary purpose of a computer network is to share resources where:

1.You can play a CD music from one computer while sitting on another computer.

2.You may have a computer that doesn’t have a DVD or BluRay (BD) player. In this case, you can place a movie disc (DVD or BD) on the computer that has the player, and then view the movie on a computer that lacks the player.

3.You may have a computer with a CD/DVD/BD writer or a backup system but the other computer doesn’t have it. In this case, you can burn discs or make backups on a computer that has one of these but using data from a computer that doesn’t have a disc writer or a backup system.

4.You can connect a printer (or a scanner, or a fax machine) to one computer and let other computers of the network print (or scan, or fax) to that printer (or scanner, or fax machine).

5.You can place a disc with pictures on one computer and let other computers access those picture.

6.You can create files and store them in one computer, then access those files from the other computer(s) connected to it. 

After teaching us about it, our lecturer gave a break about 15 minutes in order for us to relax our mind and brainstorm on what we have learned so far in the class just now. After 15 minutes, he continued his lesson by teaching us on the 'The uses of E-mail in Education'. The uses of E-mail in Education are as follows:

1. Assignment Transmission - Students can submit their assignments.

2. Class Discussions - Teachers can post question to the students in class.

3. Electronic Key Pals - Students can work together remotely for the same assignments.

4. Communications - Wide range possible relating to class, teacher and/or other students.

After that, he also explained to us on what is a Server, a Hub, a Protocol and a Bandwidth. A server is a more powerful computer that connects individual workstations to each other and also to the share-able peripherals such as printers. It contains the networking software that manages network-wide communication, and includes one or more large hard disk drives to store management software, common files, and programs that all workstations can share. The server, workstations, peripherals, and wiring that connect them, make up the network.

A hub is equipment that connects the workstations, and it is connected to the server. Most connections are done through physical wiring, while others are connected through wireless connections. Smaller networks that connect machines in local areas, such as classroom or school, are called local area networks (LANs). Larger networks that connect machine across a wide area, such as all schools in a district or all districts in a state are called wide area networks (WANs).

Next, a protocol is a common standardized communication format. Networks that use the same protocol, regardless of the type of machines or network software, enable workstations to communicate with one another within LAN, WAN or Internet networks. Another problem of using networks is the transformation of information of files of various sizes, i.e. from small files (email message, memo) to very large files (graphics, very complex documents, audio, video).    

Bandwidth network transmission media can be classified into Small Bandwidth that can transmit small files, Medium Bandwidth that can transmit medium files (documents, spreadsheets, simple graphics), Large Bandwidth that can transmit large files (graphics, documents), and Very Large Bandwidth that can transmit very large files. However, very large files can also be transmitted through Small Bandwidth by converting them to packets. 

   Furthermore, before he ended the class, he taught us on the uses of Internet which are as follows:

1. The knowledge of the world available in any classroom.

2. Global communication possible, including communicating for learning.

3. Participating in virtual learning (study own self at home) communities across nations.

Lastly, he also explained to us on the Advantages of using Internet in the Teaching and Learning

process which are as follows:

1. Learn at Your Own Pace.

2. Use a Variety of Teaching and Learning Styles.

3. Keep a Flexible Schedule.
      
      In terms of my assignment progress, I have started doing my week reflection journal and I have posted it on my blog. So far, I did not face any major difficulties in doing my assignment as my lecturer is very helpful and he explains to me when I do not understand certain things related to my assignment. The only thing I feel is that I need to spend a lot of my time to this assignment and I need to be creative enough to design my blog to attract my readers to read my blog. I also had posted my feedback on my peers' weekly reflection and on their blog related about themselves. Perhaps, I also had replied their feedback on my weekly reflection and also on my blog related to myself which is one of the requirement made by the respective course leader. 

       As a conclusion, my friends and I managed to learn a lot of useful information related to Internet and its uses. Moreover, we also managed to learn about the benefits or advantages of using Internet in the teaching and learning process of all the subjects especially Maths that takes place in a classroom. I would to share a video on Internet and I hope that that specific video will be helpful enough for us to gain knowledge about today's topic which is Internet. This all from me for this week. I hope to receive feedback from all of you in order to improve my blog and it's content. Thank you and see you all soon with a new topic next week.