Experiences;
This course has definitely been an eye opener for me with exposure to twitter,podcasting and blogs. I had always wanted a blog but was too busy to blog down anything and i find that i do not have the patience to blog so i forgot all about blogging.
This course made me realise that blogging IS a fun way to create a learning environment for students.
What did you learn?
I learn about teaching and learning in a new medium.
Using Wikis to share thoughts and ideas.
How delicious it can be to link video to your blog to spice things up!
How to use blogspot!
What did you find more interesting?
I find the podcast, delicious and wiki more interesting as i always hear about it but never really explored so this course creates a great opporunity for me to really check out the interesting stuff!!
What would you have liked to explore that we didn't cover?
Making our own website? ( i know its really ambitious :P)
If you were teaching this course, what would you do to improve it?
No comments here. I think it is a cool and interesting course and the tutor himself is very helpful and i get speedy email replies. In an online course, nothing matters more than a speedy response (emails and forums)as you know you can't see your tutor in person on a weekly basis. In a way it gives the students an assurance that the tutor is there to help if we are stuck anywhere!!
All in all, I had fun and learned alot throughout the course but it would have been more fun if i was not doing my masters assignment plus short semester in UCSI at the same time. Which explains why i am rushing all my work this weekend.
I enjoyed reading everyone's blogs and postings.
Thats all for now! Bye everyone!
Have a great holiday!
~Thank you George for all your help and advice throughout the course.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Podcast experiment
This is definitely a new experience for me. I am used to read scripts for cartoon characters and animations as well as recording voice over for slogans. This is indeed the first time for me to speak freely in front of the mic. I had to re-record this many times, much longer than i expect it to be. I realise it is NOT easy to speak without any script! After many tries, i decided to write out my script and it made things much smoother.
There goes;
http://saramusician.solidcasts.com/episode/1648/audio/4024/children_group_class.mp3
There goes;
http://saramusician.solidcasts.com/episode/1648/audio/4024/children_group_class.mp3
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
My 4 yr old student singing Tong Hua
Something for you to enjoy! Its a chinese song made popular by malaysian singer-songwriter Guang Liang ( Michael Wong )
Monday, November 10, 2008
My twitter account
This is my twitter account which links to my mobile.
http://twitter.com/sarangooi
Contact me for urgent matters.
http://twitter.com/sarangooi
Contact me for urgent matters.
Something about Sara
Sara Ngooi is a trained contemporary pianist, organist (electone), keyboardist, vocalist, producer, composer and arranger. She holds a Graduate Cert in Music Technology from the University of Newcastle(Australia) and a Bachelor of Music (honours) degree in Popular Music & Music Technology from the University of Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) and is currently working on her research Masters in Music Technology with the University of Newcastle(Australia).
Sara started her music teaching career in 2002 with experiences working with children of different age groups. Her vast experiences include working with the Wesley Methodist Children’s choir and the Ipoh Children’s Choir. She also coaches and arranges songs for high school choirs around Kuala Lumpur. She is also a visiting lecturer at the Yamaha Academy of Arts and Music.
As one of the lecturers at the UCSI University Music Faculty, Ms. Sara lectures on contemporary and creative base subjects such as Music Technology, Composing for Commercial Music, Ear Training and Theory. Besides that she also coaches in contemporary voice and piano at the University.
In addition to working with choral groups, Sara also a composer, producer , vocalist and voice over talent for animation companies as well as producing mobile contents for Maxis(Msia), Digi(Msia) and Singtel(sg). She also does recording for choirs and demo albums. Sara’s passion in life is to unleash the creativity in every individual. She believe that children, if trained in musicality and creativity, would reach potential heights discovering new and creative ways in music making and expressing themselves through music.
Sara started her music teaching career in 2002 with experiences working with children of different age groups. Her vast experiences include working with the Wesley Methodist Children’s choir and the Ipoh Children’s Choir. She also coaches and arranges songs for high school choirs around Kuala Lumpur. She is also a visiting lecturer at the Yamaha Academy of Arts and Music.
As one of the lecturers at the UCSI University Music Faculty, Ms. Sara lectures on contemporary and creative base subjects such as Music Technology, Composing for Commercial Music, Ear Training and Theory. Besides that she also coaches in contemporary voice and piano at the University.
In addition to working with choral groups, Sara also a composer, producer , vocalist and voice over talent for animation companies as well as producing mobile contents for Maxis(Msia), Digi(Msia) and Singtel(sg). She also does recording for choirs and demo albums. Sara’s passion in life is to unleash the creativity in every individual. She believe that children, if trained in musicality and creativity, would reach potential heights discovering new and creative ways in music making and expressing themselves through music.
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