Reconstructing SmartBoard activities

After preparing hard on the SmartBoard activities, it was time for us to present them in front of Dr. Maznah, Ms Ng, Ms Chin, Mr Hafiz and other class members. My heart was galloping fast because afraid that Dr Maznah would call out my name to present my SmartBoard activities. Even though I had completed 90 % of the work, I was not actually satisfied with it. I know there was something lacking in my activities. Thus, I was not confident enough to present. During the three hours of PKEY3101 lesson, I really focused on the presentation of others. Some SmartBoard activities were designed to be simple and easy to handle. Whereas, some activities were created with quite attractive animations and videos. As for me, all were “PERFECT” and I was amazed with their exploration of SmartBoard software. However, after each presentation, we reviewed on it and figured out that almost all the activities presented had plus and minus. Dr Maznah as well as the students pointed on the good side and weaknesses of the activities so that they can mend the activities to be better and the rest can gain some ideas out of it. Prof Maznah highlighted on certain features that should be taken into consideration when constructing the SmartBoard activities. For instance, the font size must not be too small as the children at the back would be struggling and straining their eyes to see. Besides that, the background color of the activities and images can be used to attract the pupils. However, it should not distract the pupils from receiving input. In addition to that, the number of questions in a slide should be limited to one or two. I was very glad that Prof Maznah gave us the tips which were very useful to all of us. In order to avoid further mistakes, I showed my SmartBoard activities to Ms Chin and Ms Ng right after the presentation. They both patiently looked at mine and told the positive and negative effects if my activities are used in future with primary school children. At first, I was very sad and disappointed because I need to change the whole activities as Ms Ng said there is no connection between each task. However, I was relieved and thankful when Ms Ng said it is still early to do changes and she gave me some ideas. I began working with the SmartBoard activities that night and finally completed them. Now, I am very satisfied and confident with my activities.