Monday, August 29, 2011

Week 6 I Iearn in class


For this week class, we are doing an interesting activity, that is making a mind map. It is usually people will say doing mind map is a boring activity, but this time, at this class, the lecturer make it more fun. The mind map is about mortar and pestle.

We all in the class have draw each oh the one have draw head,body,and legs.And this part have diffrent things,example
,head=bear
bo
dy=robot
leg=human


example for this.i draw back in the computer,

Beside that,the lecturer shows us some picture for us to interpret what kind of juxtaposition have in it. We have to relate the picture with the world, what it tries to communicate with us. As for an example, the lecturer show us a HSBC's picture. The picture have a crocodile and a bird .

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition

"Juxtaposition is the placement of two things (usually abstract concepts, though it can refer to physical objects) near each other."
As defined by Wikipedia

Juxtaposition also means a method of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. It is use for comparing or contrasting between two things usually. This method is popular use in a lot of presentation because it is a creative process made to channel idea or meaning to people. In class, our lecturer, Mr. Mustafa tries to explain to us about what is the meaning of juxtaposition by asking us a question. The question is about the wall in the lecture room. He asked, what the difference you can see between the wall? Why is it one of the wall orange color and the other one is yellow color? What is the wall try to communicate with us? So, many students come with their own opinion, and the lecturer tries to conclude it. In order to understand it easily, the lecturer tells us that juxtaposition is just about communicating idea with us.


Exercises In Class
We were asked to 3 sets of number from 00 - 99. The numbers represents words which is shown below;

1. Flower Head .0
2. Lightning Rain .9
3. Ice Wood .8
4. Light Tree .7
5. Fire Spider .6
6. Duck Root .5
7. Dog Mountain .4
8. Oil Wind .3
9. Leaf Rock .2
0. Fly Water .1

The number chosen represent the combination of words like for an example 11 represent Flower & Water. The words arrangement according to the numbers is from left to right (Not from right to left).

I choose the number 29 02 47

*Lightning & Rain
*Fly & Rock
*Light & Tree

Then,we need to combine these word,make a sentece out of it and draw based on the sentence:

1.It is lightning and rain at the same time

2.The rock is flying














3.The light lighten up the tree.


















How Mergers Go Wrong
We were asked to combine 2 animal creature into a new creature which is possible and can live in the earth.



So,what i'm thinking is a duck combine with a fish.This creature can live in both water and land.It will gave duck head,fish body with a duck feet.So it will be named as Duckish

Stereotypes..!!

Stereotypes are as old as human culture itself. They reflect ideas that groups of people hold about others who are different from them.



Stereotypes can be either positive ("black men are good at basketball") or negative ("women are bad drivers"). But most stereotypes tend to make us feel superior in some way to the person or group being stereotyped. Stereotypes ignore the uniqueness of individuals by painting all members of a group with the same brush.
Stereotypes can appear in the media because of the biases of writers, directors, producers, reporters and editors. But stereotypes can also be useful to the media because they provide a quick identity for a person or group that is easily recognized by an audience. When deadlines loom, it's sometimes faster and easier to use a stereotype to characterize a person or situation, than it is to provide a more complex explanation.


About Mind Map

MIND MAP

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words,ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid to studying and organizing information,solving problems, maikng decisions, and writing.


A great mind map is just a simple,short mind map.It does not need a long text but only need the idea.The simpler the mind map,the better it is.It help brain to stimulate and work faster and harder and what is so great about it is it is FUN!


Creating a MInd Map






  1. Start in the center with an image of the topic, using at least 3 colors.
  2. Use images, symbols, codes, and dimensions throughout your Mind Map.
  3. Select key words and print using upper or lower case letters.
  4. Each word/image is best alone and sitting on its own line.
  5. The lines should be connected, starting from the central image. The central lines are thicker, organic and flowing, becoming thinner as they radiate out from the centre.
  6. Make the lines the same length as the word/image they support.
  7. Use multiple colors throughout the Mind Map, for visual stimulation and also to encode or group.
  8. Develop your own personal style of Mind Mapping.
  9. Use emphasis and show associations in your Mind Map.
  10. Keep the Mind Map clear by using radial hierarchy, numerical order or outlines to embrace your branches.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Education Related Creative Multimedia.-Group discussion progress-

Education is always the most top priority in our life in order to get a job, to be respected and not to be left behind. We have schools and many educational centers throughout our nation. But education do evolve, not the knowledge itself but the methodology of delivering the knowledge itself; through the use of creative multimedia.

Multimedia is an integration of multiple medias and that include texts, video, audio and graphics while creative is the originality of producing something and when we combine both terms, it will be creative multimedia which means the ability to produce something with the use of available medias such as graphics. Creative multimedia has many ways to affect education as such the students, with the help from their tutor or teacher will have to construct chemical chain molecules by using their own imagination upon a touchscreen with the help of graphics, audios and text or to create a storyline for a literature class by using animation. Indirectly, this method will invoke student creativeness and interest with the subjects thus making it more effective in the learning process. The previous learning and teaching method which involves chalk, book, and blackboard might feel boring for some student and the uninterested student might have such a huge potential in the subject. Perhaps the method is unsuitable for this kind of student. That might change with the influence of creative multimedia in the methodology of teaching and learning.

The teaching system in many school in Malaysia are based on the blackboard and the students have to copy what their teachers wrote on the blackboard. Moreover, most of the teacher teaching with spontaneous like speaking and students will or might listen to them. No doubt that the system somehow will be effective because the conveying method will contribute to some of the students understanding towards the lesson but is it really effective?

From my observation, there are several students always daydreaming, sleepy and doing their own stuff. Sometimes they do not focus to the lesson. When their teacher find out that they do not focus, the teacher may scold, giving punishment and so on. From this situation, is it right that the student has to be blamed? Generally, the student is guilty but has the teacher do not see how they convey the lesson to students.

The students might go through the thing that is attracts their attention like television, games and computers. It is all about media and technology or something creative where they show their interest, so if it will encourage them, why we have to let their interest down? The examination system in schools had also used the old method. When we are going to the examination hall, they will provide us with exam sheets, pencil or pen. Moreover, the lesson in school also said had used textbook and activity book. Sometimes the homework given is too much forsome students to handle. When we see the counseling system that have been introduced to students, most of them only meet the counselor and listen to what the counselor advised. This might not work for some students who choose not to listen or too ego to accept the advice.

Creative multimedia is having ability or power to create something. And multimedia refer to The combined use of media, such as television, radio, print, and the Internet, as for advertising or publicity. Nowadays , education world is different with before. Most of the school already used multimedia in their learning. With multimedia,student seems to be curious about the creation of production that involve images,video ,sound and more. This lesson is intended to capture the curiousity of students while they learn content that is meaningful and important to them living in this world nowadays. A variety of multimedia software are available which helps the teacher in their teaching process to be a creative teacher and to make their students being creative as well. With multimedia all those progress can be fast. Like using some software Adobe or internet as example to create new learning enviroment and it can avoid the student from being bored. Besides that,with multimedia students don't need to leave their homes or stop working in order to get a degree. They can take all of their classes over the Internet, as well as submit their assignments and exams over E-mail.




We can see the improvement in between before multimedia method is used as one of the medium in learning process and after multimedia method is been applied in education.Now we will talk about the advantages of Creative Multimedia in Education. The advantages that we can see after multimedia is applied in education are many. The first advantage of creative multimedia in education is, it helps a lot in the learning process. What does it helps? It improves the understanding of the student in certain subjects, for example like subject Mathematics and Science. Usage of Multimedia that has been applied in those subjects helps in understanding abstract mathematics and science concept. Multimedia enables us to provide a way by which learners can experience their subject in a vicarious manner. Nowadays, e-learning is the one example that we can see multimedia are been used as the method in learning process. Simulation of Science and Mathematics give an interactive way in learning those subjects. That shows that creative multimedia is effective method in education. Next, the advantages that we can see is the students get the benefits. Why? Because the student can work at own pace and control their learning path. So the student doesn't need to get stress when in learning process. Furthermore, the student will learn from an infinitely tutor that he or she does not need to scare or shy with. Creative multimedia also gives benefits to the teachers. It allows for the teacher to create a creative work such as make a presentation as a method to teach the students. The teacher also can save time for more challenging topic, so they will have more time to focus on the hardest part in learning process. So, both student and teacher also the education gets the advantages of the creative multimedia.

As a conclusion, we can say that, role of creative multimedia in education is very helpful. Help in terms of understanding of the student, the effectiveness of the learning process and also improve the education system. Hopefully the role of creative multimedia keeps growing in education system in order to have a better future in education.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

MIND MAP about Creative Multimedia with Education-Group discussion progress-

the mind map we discuss in the class

We choose the education topic for to related about education.This mind map is divided in to three part which is primary school,secondary school,and university.