March 2013

Sunday, 31 March 2013

Class Reflection = 25th March 2013


In this meeting, we watched some video again. The tittle of the first video is ‘Do You Believe?’ . ‘Wow’, that’s the word that i can say when watched this video. This video is really awesome. How can a child in that age make a speech that can inspire the other (at least me. I don't know whether all of you feel the inspiration inside the speech, but i totally fall for it).
The first sentence that got me touched is 'I Believe in Me'. 'Wow', again and again came out from my mouth. That boy is very confidence when he say "I Believe in Me" ( i wonder, where his confidence come from?). I can do anything because i believe in me, i can do anything because you believe in me, and everything can be happen when you believe. After hear that, i immediately sing a song from Mariah carrey ft Whitney Huston (Mr. Marsigit, I'm so sorry about this..  i didn't mean to do that, it just come spontaneously, even unconscious) 
There can be miracles, When you believe
Though hope is frail, It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles, You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will, You will when you believe
(When You Believe – Mariah Carey ft Whitney Huston)
That i get from this video are we are here cause we believe each other, i believe in you, you believe in me, we believe in them, and they believe in us. We believe so we need, it's not because we need someone so we believe them, but like what i already said, we believe someone so we need them. We need them to believe in us, i need you to believe in me, and you need me to believe in you. I personally feel that when there are someone that believe in me, that person are help me to get who i am today. Because when i believe (whether it to my self, my parents, my family, my friend, and whether to the person who believe in me), i'm sure i can reach a high potential. I know you feel it too, right?
Ok, goes to the second and third video. The title are inverse function and quadratic form. This video is not the type that can give innovation to the others like in the first video (yeah, at least that's in my opinion) . In this video, we talk about inverse function and quadratic forms of course. But that's not my concern, since now we are in english class, so of course we will talk about english that we use there (in the video).
I personally get new vocabulary from this video. Oh yeah  . Should i write down what new vocabulary that i get?  I think now. Not because of anything, but simply because i think if i write down it will be too much. the second video (inverse function) give me an answer about my confusion regarding intersection and interception.  Some people said that 'perpotongan' in english is intersection, but the other people said that 'perpotongan' is interception. I myself think that 'perpotongan' is intersection. And in this video i know that the truth is 'perpotongan' in english is intersection. Oh yeah, i got it right
Besides get a new vocabulary and an answer of my confusion, i also get a question in my mind when i watch the video. We know that both of while and when have the same meaning in indonesian that is 'saat',  but i wonder if in mathematics term / mathematics language is it the same between while and when? In example :
While x=0, then y=1
When x=0, then y=2
Is that two sentence has the same meaning? (is while and when in that case has the same meaning?). Somebody please help me, cause i get confused about this..hehe
Ok, i think that's all about my reflection in the 25th March 2013 meeting. Thank you very much and sorry if there are a mistake. See you 

IT Systems are Not a Trap


Mathematics and Language 10
By : Prof. Dr. Marsigit, MA
Reflection By : iLania Eka Andari

I think the statement that adults can only be a trap for the children is true, and it's also true that IT systems are produced by adults. But, it doesn't mean that IT systems can be a trap for the children too. Rather than be a trap, i prefer to say that IT systems is one of the teacher method in order to facilitate the children to learning more. Like what we doing now, it's a proof that IT system can make us (as the student) learn.
In my opinion, the statement that adults can only be a trap for the children mean the way/the method they (the adult) use in learning can be a trap for the student. Why? Because they tend to force their concept, their perspective, their way of understanding, to the children. This is what is meant by 'adults can only be a trap for the children' . Since the method like that just will only turn off the creativity of the students and make them only passively in learning (it is true that adults can only be a trap for the children, right?)

Develop the Teacher Method of Teaching


Mathematics and Language 9
By : Prof. Dr. Marsigit, MA
Reflection By : iLania Eka Andari

I totally agree with the statement that teacher should develop their way/their method of teaching. But i think they also need to think about the student's perspective in order to develop their method in a better way. The better way here, i mean the way that not force their own perspective but more facilitating the student to learn. When they (the teacher) also think about the student's perspective at the time when they develop their method, the teacher can understand what the student want.
Develop the teacher method with that way, can produce a result/ way of teaching that not giving the students a receipt or model but to facilitate them to construct their own math/model

Saturday, 30 March 2013

Communication is still number one - Iceberg concept


Mathematics and Language 8
By : Prof. Dr. Marsigit, MA
Reflection By : iLania Eka Andari

Yeah i'm agree that in mathematics there are two kind of mathematics, that are horizontal math and vertical math. We usually called this with iceberg concept.
The vertical math is the mathematic of the gods (gods here i mean someone who already very expert with math), and the horizontal math is the mathematics in daily life. Which one is children mathematics? Of course it's the horizontal one.
The language in vertical math and horizontal math is completely different. If we use the language of vertical math in horizontal math, it will become a big problem for the children (even it maybe can make the children going crazy). So, when we are have communication about math with children, we must use their language. We should approach them with mathematics of their world.
Once again, it's prove that communication has a very important role. It still number one :)

Communication is Number One


Mathematics and Language 7
By : Prof. Dr. Marsigit, MA
Reflection By : iLania Eka Andari

Yeah, like what i said in my comment in mathematics and language 6, we already talked about this (mathematics and language 7) in the english lecture last week. Extremely same :) . Now, i know that reading the article in this blog is very important, cause we can get a knowledge and can improve our english also.  Thank you for mr.marsigit who already facilitate us as your students, so we can improve our english and we can learning too.
I agree with mr.marsigit that marty's concept is not suitable if we apply that in the teaching learning method.. But as a person who also like programming world, i wanna say that marty's work is very incredible. Wow :) .
I think the reason why the concept is not suitable for teaching learning method is because it's use a programming concept. In programming, the concept is more mechanical and formal. Meanwhile the teaching learning method is need concept that more psychological, anthropological and philosophical.
Last but not least, i will say that i very agree with mr.marsigit that communication is the most important one.