Bl0gging for pupils

Blogging for pupils..What's your opinion about it?

Well, as for me, I feel that blogging has more pros than cons. Blogging could draw out a young writer and open the doors to their future. Employing blogs help to develop good spelling habits, grammar skills, and develop a love for writing at a young age. It is an innovative concept that has potential benefits.

Blogging helps to increase communication with friends, teachers and even parents. Since blogging will be presented to an audience, pupils will learn to take pride in their work and will want to present their ‘best’ work. Thus, it develops pupils' confidence and get a real sense of fulfilment from publishing their work. The automated spell-checking function helps pupils to be aware of their spelling errors when they occur. Also, pupils getting acquainted with keyboards at a young age could help them to become familiar with their layout and function.

However,there are cons of blogging for pupils. Since blogging involves the Internet, teachers should educate pupils about the dangers of the Internet. The Internet is global in its reach and developing safe Internet habits at a young age is important.

My FutUrE cLaSSR0oM

This week's class allowed us to dream and be farsighted about future classroom. Well, as for me, I was longing for a classroom which was equipped by basic technology appliances such as computer, LCD and SMARTBOARD. With these technology facilities in the classroom, I was able to apply the skills and knowledge that I gained in UM especially in integrating technology in teaching and learning activities.

Using technology in teaching and learning activities is beneficial as it brings new method of teaching that is more interactive, fun, easy and meaningful. With just a click, a teacher can expose the pupils with technology that is crucial in today's modern era. Indirectly, it develops pupils' computer literacy skills while they are learning in the classroom.

However, there are some risks that may occur while carrying out activities using technology. For example, electricity problem, computer malfunction and so on. So, to overcome this, teachers should be flexible and initiative enough to design Plan B as the backup plan. Thus, still, the traditional way of teaching such as using 'chalk-and-talk' is still relevant in future classroom when teachers encounter problems in using technology.

To conclude, I strongly believe that both traditional and modern method of teaching is equally important and relevant to be applied in future classroom. Where there is problem while integrating technology in teaching and learning activities in the classroom, there is always traditional way of teaching.

In addition, I believe that teachers themselves have to play their crucial role in conducting suitable teaching and learning activities and approach that can ensure the objectives to be achieved successfully and effectively. That is the most important thing of all. Even though the classroom is not well-equipped with the latest technology appliances, teachers can still teach and conduct activities if the activities reflect their learning objectives. Well, everything depends on how the teacher designs, conducts and the approach that she uses to carry out the teaching and learning activities.