Saturday, August 23, 2008

In reaching the development of ICT,some may miss in the importance of teaching the student how to manage theirself.As example,how to manage their stress,anger and many other feeling.This is actually very important as we can see that suicide case often happen nowadays.This resulted from the development ICT as ICT contribute to the furthe development of social complexity.Thus brings more stress in our life.There once an incident during a speech at one of the education institute i study at.At the time the speaker as for any question from the audience,a girl stood up.With a trembling voice and tears rolling down her cheeks,he ask"Why do parents always pressure us to study and achieve good grades?I am so stressed up and could not bear it anymore!Study,study,study but there is nothing teach us to how to manage our emotion and life"the girl said(it was something like that.i could not remember the exact words).Eventhough there are a lot of people boo..and make fun of her(especially boys),i realise what she was feeling and there are other that i believe,share the same feeling.The speeker then gave some explanation and calm her down.The speaker also did admit that there are no specific subject on Malaysia current education syllabus that teach what that girl wanted to learn.Eventhough we can see that there are counselling service provided in some stage of education institution,we can really see that it does not fully used by student especially those in the primary and secondary school.Teenager nowadays more prefer to talk to their friends as they trusted and spend more time with their friends.However,as friends are usually not mature and not equipped with the right knowledge,they often mislead people who seek advice from them.The evidence is right in front of our eyes.Teenagers nowadays have seen to only seek fun and joy without thinking whether it is good or bad for their future.All of because peer pressure(friends influence).In many part of my life,often when younger friends of mine,told me that there is no one that they could talk to,to tell their problem as there are to busy study for their education.As a result,they felt the stress building up in them and made them sad and moody eventhough they seem to be happy outside when interact with their friends.All of this shows how important for students and people generally to learn to manage their emotion and stress.It is a need that should we consider for our education syllabus.I myself equip myself with this kind of knowledge as a like reading books about psychology,about how to know ourself better,about how our minds work and also about communication.Often that i can finish those kind of books in short period eventhough it is ranged from hundreds to one thousand pages a spark contrast with my attitude towards books linked to my studies in universities.almost forget.things that i said in this paragraph not included on my eut122 assignment.It fully based on mylife experience.

Friday, August 22, 2008

ICT IN EDUCATION
In looking the development of todays world,ict had been used widely.It is not a something new to see ict implementation in todays malaysian education.Honestly,before starting my assignment that had been assign to me and my group of University Malaysia Perlis(UniMAP) student,i never knew about ict implementation in todays education system.For that,i would like to thank my eut122 lecturer,Puan Maizatul and UniMAp.As ict plays a main role in our life today,it is not surprising that many foresee it potential in education system.The assignment that i had done showed that ict have many pro instead of con.It benefits the teachers,the student,the education institution itself and country generally.

For that,Malaysia Ministry of Education has set their strategies and goal to be achieve in implementing ict in education.They also has taken various iniative and one of the major iniative taken is by including the implementation of ict in the Ninth Malaysia Plan(2006-2010).Although Malaysia Ministry of Education had taken various initiative in implementing ict in education,what surprising me is how Mr. Tiong Ting Ming the headmaster from SMJK Dindings manage to achieve such a tremendous achievement in developing his school in ict implementation without the government fund and a about only a meagre of RM2million.With that sum of money,he had established SMJK Dindings with advanced ICT system.Moreover,he managed to involve the student in the maintenance of the system.This is very valueble for student as they would become technologically literate.So,why did the Education Ministry failed to compete with SMJK Dindings achievement?

Based on the research and studies from other country,there are many obstacle in implementing ICT in educatioon.However,there are few factor should be highlighted.One of it is lack of skills among the teacher to manage up-to-date technology device and lack of knowledge about it.Other than that,corruption in funds for ICT implementation also play a main role.Thirdly,student preparedness to accept the implementation is also very important.Last but not least,Mr. Tiong showed us that by finding cheaper source to buy ICT device,we could cut down the expanses in a huge sum.


Below are some of ICT implementation in education.