DiGi RAP 2009

DiGi Read Action Play 2009

What is DiGi R.A.P ? R.A.P. is a DiGi initiative to encourage proper English usage amongst primary school children. R.A.P. is targeted at encouraging students in Standard 4, 5, and 6 to read and express themselves in English through stage plays.

The popular R.A.P. programme is running for the third consecutive time and aims to equip children with the necessary skill sets to excel in life - self-confidence, teamwork, and exposure to new experiences. Students will get the opportunity to make new friends and have lots of fun while participating in R.A.P.!

Participating schools will have the full support of DiGi. We will be providing story books for the competition, travel and accommodation, subsidies for stage props and costumes, as well as conducting Regional Acting Workshops to improve students' English and acting skills.

R.A.P. - It's fun. It's educational. It's endorsed by the Ministry of Education.
You can check for latest info in DiGi website.

This Is Our School's Team In The DiGi RAP Competition. Please watch it with fun.







SK Cator Avenue won the Gold Medal and The Best Actor.

Teaching and Learning Activites

The New Teaching Activities For Teacher

Residents participate in discussions and other learning activities related to teaching skills, time management, and team-building exercises. Information Services offers a range of services to help teaching staff make best use of IT in teaching and to help them ensure that their students have the appropriate ICT skills required to support their learning and to prepare them for the work place. During my student teaching experience, I also learned many different ways to actively engage students in learning (from both my courses, my cooperating teacher, and from observing other professionals within their own classrooms). For instance, the students in my classroom really enjoyed, and actively participated in, hands-on learning experiences. Another key component of my teaching skills that I developed through student teaching was the ability to use motivational strategies to promote the learning of my students.

Teacher and teaching excellence begin with great teachers' people skills in human relations, motivational teaching skills. Teacher excellence, being a great teacher demands concern, empathy in teacher student relations. The professional development of teachers has been identified internationally as the primary factor in enabling the effective integration of ICT into schools. Developing an eLearning Plan for your SchoolThis new course for ICT Coordinating Teachers has been developed to provide them (or any teacher involved in ICT planning in the school) with the necessary information and tools to develop an eLearning plan. Truly great teachers' people skills can enable education reforms in educational history and social pride.

Say No To Deforestation

Environmental Issues 2009

Deforestation: How It Affects Us?

The Earth is dying in silence due to human activities. When the elimt is at the tipping point, we put the blame on the blogbal warming. How can we solve this matter? How can we reduce the increasing number of trees that we have cut down from day to day? Do you really know what is happening to the Earth? Come and lets explore the latest environmental issues.



Deforestation: Do You Care?

What is Deforestation? Deforestation is defined as the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. What are the consequences? Soil erosian, Greenhouse effect, Drought and higher climate.

What Can We Do About It?

1. Practise recycling habit.


2. Increases the number of tree plantations.


3. Enforcement of laws by governments for illegal loggers.


4. Creates an easier way to recycle papers.


5. Give supports and take part in awareness campaigns held by the government and global organizations.

Did You Know?

• An area of forest equal to 20 football or rugby fields is lost every minute.


• We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface. Now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years.


• One hectare (2.47 acres) may contain over 750 types of trees and 1500 species of higher plants.

"We determine the key of tomorrow for our future generation. Save the Earth, and start recycling.
Lets give a hand to preserve our Earth.

THINKING SKILLS IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

THE INCORPORATION OF THINKING SKILLS
IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

The focus of current classroom teaching in Malaysia is the utilization of metacognitive strategies especially thinking skills. In fact many educational psychologists argued that thinking skills are important aspects in education (Sternberg, 1990a, l990b). In Malaysia, it is realized that many teachers are not fully capable of incorporating thinking skills in their teaching strategies. Therefore it is the objectives of this study to find out how far students are inculcated with: a) critical thinking; b) creative thinking; and c) divergent/convergent thinking. A research survey was carried out on 387 secondary school students aged between 15–16 years. Results showed that teachers incorporated critical thinking skills, creative thinking skills as well as convergent/divergent thinking skills in their teaching of their subjects. Though this study showed that there is a new trend in teaching and learning where students are actively involved in the learning process, there is plenty of room for improvement in incorporating the thinking skills. The implications of this study on education and teacher training are discussed in this paper.

By:
Rahil Mahyuddin
Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie
Habibah Elias
Mohd Majid Konting
Faculty of Educational Studies
Universiti Putra Malaysia