# FIRST DAY Introduction to ICT course, IIUM

Our names are Walid, Shauqi, and Salma. We are students at International Islamic University Malaysia which is located at

Jalan Gombak, 53100, Selangor. We are doing Master degree in TESL which stands for (Teaching English as a Second Language).

This semester we are taught a subject that is called ICT. Namely, how to integrate ICT with teaching

as an effective tool for enhancing student's comprehension throughout the utilization of Multimedia. This course is also similar to another course I am taking this semester. The name of that course is Instructional Media in TESL. The main difference is that the latter has two assignments and a final exam, but for ICT course, it has a mid-term exam and five assignments in total.

Our instructor for ICT course is Dr. Mohaida. The same thing is applicable for Instructional Media in TESL course (i.e., same instructor). She has a Doctor of Philosophy in (TESL) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She spoke about the outline for this course. Frankly speaking, this course is heavy a bit due to many assignments that need to be done. With that said, we have to fasten our seatbelt cause this journey is not that easy, but if we organize our time, we can finish the assignment before the deadline.

Interestingly, Dr. Mohaida has shared with us Malaysia Educational Blueprint which speaks for the goals the Ministry of Education here in Malaysia wants to achieve. Notably, there are 11 shifts in that Blueprint. The most distinguished one was shift number 7. The usage of ICT to scale up educational quality in Malaysia is what shift number 7 speaks for. In other words, the whole course for this semester is based on that shift.

To sum, this course present the fruitful of integrating ICT with teaching. For, as observed above, Multimedia is becoming essential in our daily lives. Out of necessity, some teachers are using technology to make student more engaged (i.e., using videos, PowerPoint, and other authorizing systems). Further to this, some schools are furnishing their classrooms with the necessary tools and facilities to meaningfully aid the learning process and in order to make this comes true. WALID DAKHEL G1814575