Reflection Journal (Week 9)

Good Day Everyone. I am back again today to share this week teaching and learning process that takes place in our Technology and Maths Education class. We are in our Week 9 currently. 

Today, our lecturer started or began the class by explaining to us on Chapter 11 which is about 'Audiovisual Technologies'. 

He explained to us about the 'Visual Design Basis' which is one of the subtopic of this chapter.
Visual design includes visual, text, and effective elements as follows:

• Visual - Graphics, symbols, real objects, and organizational elements.

• Text - Aspects of text including fonts, spacing, color, and sizes.

  • Effective elements - Visual components that can elicit responses from viewers.

After that, we also learned in detail about examples of 'Non-Projected Visuals' which are as follows:

*Bulletin Boards – Easy to change platform for graphic elements.

*Flip Charts – Great for impromptu illustrations- can easily save images by tearing off pages.

*Chalk/Whiteboards – Common and easy way display text and images (Disadvantage: Must Erase).

Next, we also learned about ' Sources of Visual Communication' which are as follows:

Real objects – Objects that can be brought into class and used as a visual aid.

Models – Representations of real objects or concepts.

Exhibits – Displays or dioramas that illustrate instructional content.

Print materials – Books, worksheets, posters, charts, etc.

Graphics and photographs – Pictorial images to illustrate, clarify, and add interest. 

Than, we were given a break for 10 minutes in order for us to rest our mind and brainstorm and understand what we had learned so far in the class. 

After the break, he continued teaching us on 'The Steps Involve In Implementing Video' and the respective steps are as follows:
1. Use video's strengths to make compelling video 
2. Preview video in the test setting before sharing with an audience.
3. Prepare for showing by:
- Checking Equipment.
- Checking Environment.  
 4. Engage the learner.

ü Review concepts and discuss objectives.

ü Prepare and use video study guide.

ü Pause video for questions/discussions.

ü Structure discussions at key points or at the end, give an assignment to reinforce content.

ü Be prepared to respond to student reactions to emotional content (Emotional Content).

In terms of my assignment progress, I am able to do my assignment without any confusion. The only thing is that I have problem in conducting my assignment is that I have problem in managing my time well when doing my assignment as I am also busy doing my other courses' assignments as well. 

As a conclusion, by attending today's class, we were able to understand in detail and enhance our knowledge on 'Audiovisual Technologies'. This type of technology is very important for the future teachers to know about in order to create better quality lesson plans and at the same, to conduct an effective teaching and learning process in the classroom. In order to make things more clear, I would like to share a videos on this specific topic so that those whom are visual learners like me are able to understand this specific topic more better in future. I also would like to share a link on ' The Importance of Using Audiovisual Technologies' and the link is http://fittingimage.ie/importance-audio-visual-technology-education-underestimated/ .This is all from me. Thank you and hoping to hear more feedback from all of you regarding this specific post in future.

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