No more bullet forms.

No more crowded words.

No more low quality pictures.

No more boring presentation using the so called POWERPOINT.

It is Slide:ology – the art and science creating great presentations.

Slideshare below an examples of slide presentation created by the winners of World’s Best Presentation Contest ’08 organized by slideshare.net. You can find more creative and beautiful presentation from http://www.slideshare.net/contest/results-2008.

Come on teachers! Are you still using an old method of powerpoint presentation to your students?

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I would like to share with you about Steve Job – Apple CEO personal story. A man who are instrumental to make an Apple gadgets from iPod to computer become one of the most successful product in the world.

This is a story told by Steve in front of Stanford University graduates ( June 13, 2005). Steve began by reminding graduates of dropping out of college and that Sunday’s ceremony was the closest he had ever gotten to a university graduation.

“It was impossible to connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life,” he commented. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice…Remembering you are going to die is the best way to avoid the fear that you have something to lose.”

It is an inspiring story. Why don’t you read it yourself and tell me you opinion. Download it from here or watch the clip below.

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It is a paper written by Eleonora Villegas Reimers – Teacher Professional Development: An International Review of the literature, published by UNESCO – International Institute for Educational Planning.

Your can also download the paper from our Shared Files Box.

 Salah satu pendekatan meningkatkan profesional keguruan ialah mendapatkan maklumat yang relevan dengan profesion berkenaan. Pengunjung laman web hanya perlu melakukan carian menggunakan perkataan yang sesuai – zappp! maklumat akan terpapar. Hanya perlu sedikit usaha dan kesabaran. Oleh itu saya secara sengaja memasukkan beberapa entry dalam blog ini dengan media tertentu dari sumber yang kaya dengan pengetahuan. Berikut tiga sumber yang biasa saya gunakan:

Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/

Scribd - http://www.scribd.com/

YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/

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Pelaksanaan pembangunan profesional guru berasaskan sekolah biasanya mengundang tiga isu berikut iaitu masa, kewangan dan pengiktirafan.

Masa - rungutan yang sering timbul di kalangan guru ialah mereka atau sekolah tidak mempunyai masa untuk melaksana pembangunan profesional. Kerja seharian sahaja sudah meletihkan, sudah tentu pembangunan profesional semakin terpinggir. Pada ketika ini pelaksanaan kad pelaporan untuk memenuhi keperluan latihan 7 hari setahun sedang berkuatkuasa – suatu permulaan yang baik tetapi jauh daripada mencukupi.

Kewangan – isu ini selalunya menjadi kekangan kepada pentadbir sekolah. Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia telah mula melaksanakan dasar pengagihan peruntukan kewangan yang memberikan nisbah yang lebih kepada sekolah-sekolah berbanding Pejabat Pelajaran Daerah dan Negeri. Mungkin sudah tiba masanya satu kepala khas “Pembangunan Profesional Staf” diwujudkan dalam peruntukan kewangan ke sekolah.

Pengiktirafan – Sejauh mana aktiviti-aktiviti pembangunan profesional guru di sekolah mendapat pengiktirafan atau mempunyai nilai tambah dalam perkhidmatan keguruan? Apa sumbangannya kepada Penilaian Tahap Kompetensi (PTK) guru?

Terima Kasih Cikgu!