Teaching Context
Tadika Ling located in the city of Klang is the
place where I can associate my teaching subject of Science and ICT. Tadika Ling
caters for all level of individuals from aged three to six. Besides, Tadika
Ling is using their “In-House Curriculum” designed by the principle and the
teachers themselves. They change their Curriculum every year by improving and
to cater the children learning styles/need. The school is more to classroom
based approach and they believe more in writing and speaking skills. The usage
of ICTs is there but is very minimal. Other than that, Tadika Ling is a average
range school with students from different background.
Tadika Ling focuses 70 percent on writing and
speaking skills and the rest on play based activities such as drama class,
singing class and gardening class. The writing and speaking skills are from
language class such as English lesson, Mandarin lesson, Science lesson and also
Mathematic lesson. Worksheets are prepared by teachers to test the children’s
ways of writing or creating a sentence.
The teaching context for my professional experience in
Tadika Ling is Six years old (Year 1). The class consist of 4 boys and 3 girls
which sums up to 7 students in total. I am focusing on Science lesson and
integrating ICT into my Science lesson as well. I will focus on sound as part
of my Science lesson. The class consist of different level students. Those with
diverse needs such as slower learner will be given more attention and guide throughout
the whole lesson. Guidance will be given to the students from all level if
needed. Otherwise, children will have the opportunity to explore and complete
their task by their own creativity.
Why ICTs in children’s learning?
Year Level: Year 1
Key Learning Areas: Science
Three reasons of HOW ICTs improve my Year 1 Learning
skills:
1) ICT
use i can greatly enhance the opportunities for children to explore, to use as
a tool, to use as a reference source (Future Lab, 2003)
·
By using ICT in Science lesson, children
will have the opportunities to explore using the computers given. Besides
children can also use as a reference source such as searching for different
types of musical instruments which produce different tunes as sound will be
part of the science lesson. For example, when teacher ask which side of the
piano produces more bass sound, students can easily search for course using the
computer. This will give students a better idea of sound during the lesson.
2) ICT
helps to build children’s self-esteem (TeachingExpertise, 2009).
·
ICT helps to build children’s self-esteem
in a way that they are more confident on their answer given through research
first using computer. Whenever they wanted to answer their teacher or friend’s
question, they can always do research to double confirm their thoughts before
sharing them away. For example if the teacher ask, an empty bottle produces
louder sound or a filled bottle? Students can always search and answer
confidently. After sometime with searching for information, it will make the
students remember the right answer too.
3) ICTs
motivate students (InfoDev, 2011).
·
Using ICT tools to conduct a lesson will
help to motivate students to learn better. I believe that using ICT, it will
improve the children learning skills as ICT tools are more attractive than work
sheet based. Using ICT will motivate students to learn better as it is more
lively where the children can explore the ICT tools instead of just using
pencil and paper to pour out their thoughts.
Online Artefact for Teaching Science.
Lesson 1: Pin drop silent.
Firstly, students will be asked to keep quiet for
three minutes and listen if they can hear any sound when they were all quiet.
After that, teacher will ask questions like;
1) How is sound produced?
2) Do you hear any sound when everyone is quiet?
Each student will have to answer the question in
their mind then in a group of three and another
group of four, the students are
supposed to share their answer with their group members. After
sharing,
students will need to put in idea in PowerPoint form in a group.
Through this activity, children will have group work
skills and putting in their ideas in power point
form as creative as they can. Besides,
the children can also enhance their power point skills and build
their self-esteem
using power point after several try.
Lesson 2: Guess it right.
Video of animals will be showed using projector and
laptop to grab children’s attention and to refresh their memory of animals and
sound the animals produced.
And then, sound of three kinds of animals will be
played for several times and students will need to identify the animals from
the sound they heard from the radio.
After identifying the animals, children will need to
search for the animal’s pictures online and then combine it using PhotoScape
software which has been installed in the computer. Using their own creativity,
students can design and combine it creatively.
As it is free for students to design and combine the
picture of the animals, it will actually motivate the children wanting to learn
more about ICT.
Lesson 3: Playing with instruments.
Children will be given different kinds of instruments
tambourine, bell, maracas, guitar and drum.
In a group of three and another group of four,
students will be asked to create their own music using
the instruments given.
When one group is performing, the other group of
students will be video recording the music played
using instruments by their
friends.
Reference:
Future Lab. (2003). Primary Science and ICT. Retrieved on March 23, 2013 from
InfoDev. (2011). Impact
of ICTs on Learning & Achievement. Retrieved on March 23, 2013 from
TeachingExpertise. (2009). The benefits of introducing young children to ICT. Retrieved on
March 23,
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