Week four ~ Local links on ICT

            In week four, we have been introduced to local link on ICT. They are variety of online education that has been prepared by ministry of education like example, cikgu.net, eduwebtv, MOE, ETeMS, BTV and etc. These websites have different approach and each of them as their own specialities. However, the main purpose it is being constructed is because to help teachers in Malaysia to get information or anything about education field.

            For example, ETeMS website.

 

What is ETeMS?

ETeMS has been proposed as an urgent interim measure to ensure that teachers of mathematics and science (MST) will have basic capacity to use English as the medium of instruction. Bearing in mind the limited duration of interaction, ETeMS is not to be regarded as a complete language development course, but rather, one of several support mechanisms introduced by the Ministry of Education to encourage the MST to further develop their English language competence to a level that will engender optimal performance in and outside the classroom.

 

The overall aim of ETeMS...

To enhance the English language skills of Mathematics and Science teachers to enable them to reach effectively using English as the medium of instruction.

 

My mother is a Mathematics primary school teacher. She has attended this course. This is a beneficial course as my mother gets opportunity to improve her Englsih. I can see her improvements as  she is more confident to speak in English in her classroom. She has been taught Maths in malay for about more than 10 years. Imagine, how difficult to teach maths in English because the terms in maths are different now. But, by attending this course plus there is online link to ETeMS, it is a bonus for my mother to improve herself.

I think being a teacher is very lucky because the ministry of education has prepared many links for us. It is such a waste if these online links did not use wisely. As for myself, I will surf these links more often in order to equip myself with the latest and current information about teaching profession. This is important because we know what is happened outside there. Besides, the information is just on our finger tips as we just need to surf it in the net without go to the MOE in order to find the latest info.