Sunday, April 5, 2015
Saturday, April 4, 2015
The Magic Tricks
For the past 2 weeks, I have taught all my 6 groups of EWC661 - English for Report Writing classes 'The Magic Tricks' to assist them in completing their reports. As expected, nobody knew any of the 'secrets' in Microsoft Word that I've shared with them.
The content of my hands-on lecture includes the usage of these functions:
The content of my hands-on lecture includes the usage of these functions:
- Headings
- Page Break
- Page Number
- Multi-level Numbering
- Navigation Pane
- Review
- Spelling and Grammar
- Thesaurus
- New Comment
- Table of Contents
- Table of Figures
- Table of Illustrations
- Update Table of Contents
Everything was done in about 15 minutes towards the end of my lecture as a 'reward' to them.
So,my dear students,how have you enjoyed 'The Magic Tricks'?
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Spring-cleaning My Office
Last semester ended in a breeze.
It had been my busiest semester with 273 students from 11 different classes and 5 different subjects taught. Imagine the amount of evaluation and marking of tests,assignments,reports and final exam scripts that I had to mark. When all had been uploaded,the setting of examination questions followed. Well actually, even before the final examinations were not yet done,the task of setting exam questions were given. I had to set 2 codes and also had to vet them. Setting exam questions can be challenging as you need to follow the specified test specifications and find suitable articles that match the requirements.
I haven't had any 'real' break since September 2014 as one task leads to another.
March 2015 started and ended in a blink I would say.
My room was in a mess full of students' papers. I usually make preparation for the following week on Thursdays after my last class, but not today!
Today, it was the start of my 'spring-cleaning' session for my room. I must throw away all the unnecessary items in my room to make room for the next heaps and piles of reports and assignments coming in a few weeks time.
It had been my busiest semester with 273 students from 11 different classes and 5 different subjects taught. Imagine the amount of evaluation and marking of tests,assignments,reports and final exam scripts that I had to mark. When all had been uploaded,the setting of examination questions followed. Well actually, even before the final examinations were not yet done,the task of setting exam questions were given. I had to set 2 codes and also had to vet them. Setting exam questions can be challenging as you need to follow the specified test specifications and find suitable articles that match the requirements.
I haven't had any 'real' break since September 2014 as one task leads to another.
March 2015 started and ended in a blink I would say.
My room was in a mess full of students' papers. I usually make preparation for the following week on Thursdays after my last class, but not today!
Today, it was the start of my 'spring-cleaning' session for my room. I must throw away all the unnecessary items in my room to make room for the next heaps and piles of reports and assignments coming in a few weeks time.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Questionnaires and Interviews
This week I will look at the questionnaires and interview questions that each group has prepared based on the approved topics. I'm very excited to see the outcome as this semester I have assigned specific themes for them to practice their research skills and later their report writing skills.
Okay, that's all for today. My class today starts at 10:00am.
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