Today's blogosphere is as bustling and diverse as
ever. I came across a lot of blogs and the idea of blogging is still very new to me. Starting a blog can be an exciting,
educational, and potentially lucrative choice. This is my first blog entry. You may wonder, why I created this blog. The truth is, my beloved lecturer, Dr. Abu Bakar inspired me to create this educational blog. Furthermore, I would like to grab this opportunity to explore more about blogging and I believe that I can apply this in my teaching.Let me share a little bit about myself. My name is Bathuma Subramaniam. I am from Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. Currently I'm staying in Cheras with my beautiful sister. I have completed my Bachelor’s degree in Education (TESL) in Nov 2009. I have enjoyed meeting and working with many people in the teaching field for the past five years. I have a very good experience in teaching secondary school students. I started off by teaching in Beaconhouse Sri Murni (Cheras) for 3 years. After that, I was looking for more challenges in life so I moved to Stella Maris Secondary School (Pudu) and I am still teaching there. I am teaching Science and English for upper secondary students. I believe the important aspect of being a good teacher is having excellent communication and organization skills. In short, I can conclude that teaching is my passion!
The one thing that I learn from my years of teaching is that, as the years pass, technology seems to be playing a massive role in teaching and learning. Having said that, I would like to share my first experience with technology. Back in 1999, I was in Form One. The incident is still fresh in my mind. I followed some of my classmates to a nearby cybercafe and was amazed at how they were operating the "computer set". I was ashamed
as I watched them browse the Internet. My friends were computer literate as
they hailed from very rich background. Unlike me, I was from a very poor family
and had hardly seen any gadgets. Therefore, I stood there looking like an idiot at them. My
best friend, Geetha taught me how to switch on the computer. Since she is
extremely good with computers, she started chatting with people from all over the
world through mIRC chat space.I was
really excited about this chatting space as I was able to connect with new
people. One day, I went to that particular cybercafe on
my own without being accompanied by any of my friends. I bought a 30-minute ticket
as it was quite expensive those days. My problem started when I tried my
best to enter the ticket’s code. Try as I may, I was not able to log into the computer. Out of desperation, I called the cafe attendant to
assist me. He came over, he looked at me like I was the stupidest person on earth, pressed some keys on the
keyboard and walked away. I felt very embarrassed at that moment. I learnt a
lesson that day. It is not easy to operate the computers. As time flew by, I took the initiative to learn more about how computers work. The most important lesson I had learnt from that little incident is, nothing is
impossible.
Today's blogosphere is as bustling and diverse as ever. I came across a lot of blogs and the idea of blogging is still very new to me. Starting a blog can be an exciting, educational, and potentially lucrative choice. This is my first blog entry. You may wonder, why I created this blog. The truth is, my beloved lecturer, Dr. Abu Bakar inspired me to create this educational blog. Furthermore, I would like to grab this opportunity to explore more about blogging and I believe that I can apply this in my teaching.Let me share a little bit about myself. My name is Bathuma Subramaniam. I am from Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. Currently I'm staying in Cheras with my beautiful sister. I have completed my Bachelor’s degree in Education (TESL) in Nov 2009. I have enjoyed meeting and working with many people in the teaching field for the past five years. I have a very good experience in teaching secondary school students. I started off by teaching in Beaconhouse Sri Murni (Cheras) for 3 years. After that, I was looking for more challenges in life so I moved to Stella Maris Secondary School (Pudu) and I am still teaching there. I am teaching Science and English for upper secondary students. I believe the important aspect of being a good teacher is having excellent communication and organization skills. In short, I can conclude that teaching is my passion!
The one thing that I learn from my years of teaching is that, as the years pass, technology seems to be playing a massive role in teaching and learning. Having said that, I would like to share my first experience with technology. Back in 1999, I was in Form One. The incident is still fresh in my mind. I followed some of my classmates to a nearby cybercafe and was amazed at how they were operating the "computer set". I was ashamed as I watched them browse the Internet. My friends were computer literate as they hailed from very rich background. Unlike me, I was from a very poor family and had hardly seen any gadgets. Therefore, I stood there looking like an idiot at them. My best friend, Geetha taught me how to switch on the computer. Since she is extremely good with computers, she started chatting with people from all over the world through mIRC chat space.I was really excited about this chatting space as I was able to connect with new people. One day, I went to that particular cybercafe on my own without being accompanied by any of my friends. I bought a 30-minute ticket as it was quite expensive those days. My problem started when I tried my best to enter the ticket’s code. Try as I may, I was not able to log into the computer. Out of desperation, I called the cafe attendant to assist me. He came over, he looked at me like I was the stupidest person on earth, pressed some keys on the keyboard and walked away. I felt very embarrassed at that moment. I learnt a lesson that day. It is not easy to operate the computers. As time flew by, I took the initiative to learn more about how computers work. The most important lesson I had learnt from that little incident is, nothing is impossible.
Thanks for your blog entry, Bathuma. I appreciate the story that you wrote in this blog entry. I too was like you in that I come from a very modest family and we did not have money to buy a computer until much later on. I experienced learning about the computer from my friends and even then it was quite embarrassing because I was quite behind with the computer technology. That said, I am impressed with your courage to go to the cybercafe on your own and try to use the computer on your own. As a matter of fact, today, we learn more about using technology on our own. I am glad that you had this experience (even though it was not that pleasing) because this experience will make you stronger in learning about the technology either on your own or with your colleagues.
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