Selamat Hari Raya

It's Hari Raya...all of my Muslim friends were busy preparing their new baju kurung and baju melayu for the celebration, not forgetting the traditional 'kuih-muih'...everyone, yes everyone, including the Chinese and Indians were celebrating Hari Raya as well.
I was thinking of spending the 1 week break to work on some of the assignments, including the 4 skills assignment for PBEY3102 course. However, since it was a long break, nothing much I can say about the progression of my work...as I browsed through the internet, I found an article that talked about using technology and multimedia in the classroom. I would love to comment on this article as it has something to do with technology and multimedia, the two things that we stress a lot in this course:

We find ourselves today, in a classroom full of students as diverse as the world in which we live. Research on the human brain has shown that not all students learn by one particular strategy. Some students do well with the tried and true method of direct instruction, but the majority of students do not. To reach the most number of students, the teacher needs to create a variety of learning experiences. The first and most simplistic way is to use technology to supplement classroom instruction. Technology will help meet these demands is by allowing students to interact with information within a different medium. There are numerous multimedia programs designed to meet the special needs of diverse learners. For example, a student learning English as a second language would benefit from a computer program where they could learn the language at their own pace. They could spend as much time as needed on the computer, without feeling pressured to keep up with 30 other students. Another type of learner may memorize facts and details better if the information is presented in musical form. One can not expect all teachers to teach in this fashion, but a computer program or multimedia application may have the capabilities of doing so without taking additional time away from other students. By utilizing such programs, a single teacher can employ many more resources and methods within one classrooms, rather than teaching the information in one manner to all students.

Technology and multimedia applications should be an integral part of the learning environment. Our students are immersed in a daily life full of computers and other technological advances. Integration of technology does not mean placing a computer in the corner of the classroom and leaving it un-touched throughout the semester. Technology must be incorporated in all aspects of the curriculum. To do anything less would be a disservice to our students.