P.L.E.a.S.E

Entering this class for PKEY 3101 course was interesting on the first day itself even though some of us had to 'migrate' from one computer lab to another :- I found that answering questionnaires which were attached to the learners' profile was very good as it made me realized how deep my knowledge in technology was. It opened up my mind to have some ideas about technology and energized my mind to think about the content that we might learn in this course. I love this very much as it kept me wondering and guessing about the content and the purpose of learning this
course.

I was impressed with the presentation and lecture conducted by our lecturer, Prof. Dr. Raja Maznah Raja Hussain. It was clear, simple and meaningful. Honestly, I love attending this kind of lecture. I love the way she introduced a brief idea about the course by flashing out the clear-cut concept of P.L.E.a.S.E to develop SMART teachers. From that concept, she managed to bring us into a broader world of teaching by introducing 12 C's of SMART teaching and learning. It really opened up my mind about being a SMART teacher as I only knew a bit about it. So, after listening to the lecture, I realized that there are many aspects need to be highlighted in order to establish SMART teaching and learning such as creativity, conversation, collaboration, etc.

As future teachers, we need to consider different aspects to practise P.L.E.a.S.E in classroom such as systemetic teaching and learning method, engaged-learning, skill-based and others.

I agree that teachers should personalize learning environment and engage students in learning by allowing them to make decisions about what they want to learn and how, as mentioned by Campbell;2007. I believe that technology brings a great impact on pupils' learning. This is because through technology (for example, doing assignments that require pupils to find information from the internet), can develop pupils to be independent learners since they will learn through inquiry-discovery method. It also encourages participation and cooperation among the pupils so as practising P.L.E.a.S.E in their learning as mentioned in this website; http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/hcarter/techrationale.htm. Plus, it indirectly exposes pupils with globalization in education that allows pupils to gain knowledge without boundary.

Thus, it will make learning more meaningful and fun. Besides, using technology in classroom can develop the teacher's professionalism in teaching as both pupils and teachers will share the knowledge and input through the tasks given by the teacher. This is a very conducive and motivating environment for learning among the pupils which is good to be practised in classroom.

From this very first class of PKEY 3101, I got inspired to develop myself to be a SMART teacher that practises P.L.E.a.S.E in my classroom in future. Thank you Prof. for providing me such an evocative lecture:-)