Comm. Skills for Teachers: Reflections on the Communication Skills for Teachers’ course

     Education is related to different personality of person. After a few weeks of communication skill course, I feel that there are a lot of challenges to be face in my teaching life. Especially, consider first before speech and expressions.

  Be a teacher, I am not only to be responsibility to teach, also have to give a better and positive speech in the classroom. I have to be a model and try to calm down before scolding even though there have a lot of negative matter happened. If I have no solution for controlling my temper, I will search the resources from Communication Resources, Resources on giving feedback, and Resources on classroom communication which are provided by National Institute of Education.

  For the sake of parents, I have to play a good listener. First thing, I need to understand parents’ problem. Second step, keep smile to provide a suggestion with the word “may”. Third step, give a polite vocal, tone, pronunciation to parents when I willing to discuss in next consultation. That is important that a good communication will impact your relationship with parents. If I have to improve my technical on pronunciation, I can get these information from Pronunciation resources.

  There have a lot of chance for organizing activities for me in person. So I have to write a formal E-mail to everyone. Firstly, try to make a point to give explanation and justification for your choice of  words (strictly avoid “kindly”) , tone, effectiveness and appropriateness, among others. Second thing, give a complete and clear information to make my ideas flow. Third thing, treat my reader with understanding and respect for projecting the image that I want to project. After finishing a draft, it is necessary for checking the subject line, the opening paragraph, and the closing paragraph. If I have got the problem in writing E-mail, I could make it clear from Email writing resources.

  The art and technique of using words effectively and with grace in imparting one ' s ideas, especially for communication. I am so thankful to this course, it have changed my character which is easily impatient and given me a solution and reference for solving the trouble in communicate in the future.      

没有我们，建不成高楼！我是红头巾

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    我叫谢招弟，我的家乡在中国的三水县，那时候家乡常常发生水灾。因为没办法工作赚钱了，所以我坐船来到南洋讨生活，“水客” (带人下南洋的向导)把我接到牛车水跟其他的同乡姐妹一起住，我们几个人挤在一间房间，没钱买床只好睡地板。为了赶快赚到钱，同乡姐妹们都跑到工地上做泥水杂工、搓灰沙、挑砖块、搬木料，刚开始做的时候，身体都痛到不能睡。头包红巾、身穿蓝色粗布上衣、黑色粗布长裤，脚穿旧轮胎外皮裁的拖鞋，从清晨7点忙到傍晚5点，三餐吃得很简单，一块豆腐乳或两粒榄角配白饭或者咖啡捞饭（咖啡泡在饭中）。想回家乡，家人都不在了。现在老了还是要吃饭啊，就去捡别人不要的纸皮和罐子换些钱过生活。

自食其力的自梳女

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    我是朱大妹，从自梳仪式后，我的头发就扎起一条马尾长辫，这代表我决定终身不嫁。我穿着白衣黑裤，透过别人介绍在一位有钱人家中当女佣。每天清晨4点要起来做到晚上12点，刚开始工作很多，一直被侍女（最高级的女佣）欺负外，什么事情都要做，像是洗衣、煮饭、打扫、清理花园等等。后来好不容易受到主人注意了，以为可以拿到多一点薪水，没想到日军炸弹一来，主人搬回中国去了，我的工作也没有了。终于等到日军投降，我便在另一家有钱人家中当女佣，人家知道我有经验，所以给我的钱也多，主人也很信任我，要我亲自照顾少爷，我的日子总算变好了。看看现在的我老了病了，手都拿不好东西，还好有养子照顾我，不然不知道怎么办呢！

没有我们，家香不起来！

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       我叫张金水，刚从唐山来，想在南洋赚些钱回去盖房子。同乡们好心就介绍我去做挑粪工人，人家说我是“倒夜香”的。每天清晨，我要推着有三十二扇门的粪车，首先打开其中一扇门，拖出一个椭圆形的黑桶，再打开另一扇门，拖出另一个黑桶，我会用扁担挑起黑桶，往别人家后巷的厕所走去。在后巷拖出装满粪便的粪桶后，给粪桶盖上盖子，再把干净的黑桶推进厕所里。接着，挑起又重又臭的粪桶，倒入粪车里。虽然这个工作让我赚了许多钱，但是别人都嫌我臭，不敢靠近我。

BLOG 3: ESE and MOE MASTERPLAN

    Masterplan1, 2 & 3 has built a huge educational system for linking teachers, pupils and parent. When ESE, MOE Masterplan is disseminating in school. For example, information platform(LCD).
    When ESE, I always looked for the resource for my teaching, like edumall, lead.com, youtube into my Microsoft Power Point. I felt that my pupils love the class when using the ICT, that because Chinese language is not boring already, they were willing to learn and answer the question enthusiastically. Definitely, ICT makes the Chinese language learning different, be more interesting and quite lively.

    Masterplan1,I have seen teachers would digest from website and combine it with the topic, it is linkages between the school and the world around it. In the past , the traditional processes in education is learning then spelling, but now spelling can be changed different. Then , training the pupil have a creative thinking, lifelong learning and social responsibility, that means is not limited to textbook. Make the administrative and management be better in the education system.
    Masterplan2, our school IT HOD integrated the infrastructure requirements and digital resources, borrow it to teacher and pupil, encourage them do presentation on the assembly, then could be a story or experiences in their life which to ensure that all schools achieve a certain level of ICT use. Our Chinese language HOD will demand teacher guid and discuss with the pupils to do a assessment about extracurricular reading material in the ICT time which carried out with searching data from website.Then award the pupil who done it well. It can achieve higher levels of ICT use in education to teacher and pupils.

MasterPlan3 gives teachers a chance to trying to put away the text books, especially for out of class. Pupils are then asked to associate the Chinese character they have learned with real life.Using the Lead.com, pupils can post their pronunciation, photo, then share on the website, to hit the goal of self-directed learning. After that, pupils and teachers are hit the goal of collaborative learning through and through the community's interaction, these ideas are refined and developed fully.  

I think Masterplan 1,2 &3 has given a good benefits to school, teacher, pupils & parents but it also have to face the problem , like our school is not enough the time to push towards the goal as examination. 

BLOG 2: MOE Masterplan for ICT

    Definitely from 1997, Masterplan 1 has pushed Singapore forward to a new trend of education. In the period of first plan, teachers had basic knowledge of ICT integration competency what follows next MP2 and MP3 to be published and developed.

    We can say that MasterPlan has totally changed the traditional environment and habit of teaching and learning, Singapore teachers have competitive strength in worldwide, they able to integrate knowledges and computer tech on teaching. They need to know how to design a good lesson plan and assessment on computer for sharing to pupil, then make them get these knowledges in highly effective.

BLOG 1:ESE Preparatory task for ICT

Enhanced School Experience: Classroom Observations of ICT Use

(I)       Specific Observations

School Name:  Pei Hwa Presbyeterian Primary School

Class: Primary 3-3

Profile of the class: (For e.g., the students’ academic abilities,  stream and other characteristics) Pupils of  3-3 is a better class than the others. Their Chinese language’s ability and knowledge are quite good . Likely, teacher asks some questions after complete one topic, they can give the right answer.

Subject: Chinese Language

What ICT tools are used in the lesson? Windows Movie Maker; Power Point; Xuele; Youtube; Lead.com(http://www.lead.com.sg/LEAD/login/lms_login.aspx); HansWare.

Describe how ICT is used for teaching and learning in the lesson. ICT is not just a good tool but also is sufficient to help pupils learning. Especially for Chinese language. I think CL is a big problem to most of Singapore pupils, so the animation and video can increase their interested in learning. Before I started my new topic, I would find pictures and animation from Baidu ,or Youtube….. which is related to the topic, then insert to Power Point. First step, I play the animation then ask them some question. Second step, guide pupils understand the topic content and the pronounciation of a Chinese character through XUELE (www.xuele.edumall.sg) .After that, show the method of Chinese character’s writing on the HansWare . Third step, those of pupils separate few groups to settle the question of the LEAD.COM (http://www.lead.com.sg/LEAD/login/lms_login.aspx) for training them solving problem and critical thinking,. Last step, request pupils to review the topic with parent through the LEAD.COM which has prepared some related questions then parent  could know the ability of child immediately.    Definitely, ICT will be a good assistant to teacher but doesn’t mean it can replace teacher. I believe that ICT is a best link between teacher, pupil and parent for getting a high efficiency in teaching, learning  and guarding.

(II)    General Observation:

How do teachers in the school feel about the use of ICT for teaching and learning? (For this question, you may want to speak to the HOD/ICT and other teachers you know in the school.) 

Especially Chinese language, ICT is necessary to be used in teaching.  School of teachers felt that our pupils are happy to attending the class when we gave them a lot of animations and videos which found from website.I have to admit that animated thing has been distracted  anyone, it can be certified on Chinese language. Although school teachers have to follow the schedule of  teaching, and maybe delay the it, ICT would not be given up. It  has been a tool for assisting pupils to keep well in learning.