E-BOOK

E-book? Another new knowledge that I will be learning in this course. Honestly, I did not really familiar with e-book before and I did not know how to do it.

What is e-book? That was the big question lingering in my mind before I entered the class that day. Well, "an e-book (for electronic book: also ebook: also ecobook) is the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book. Such documents are usually read on personal computers, or on dedicated hardware devices known as e-book readers or e-book devices." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book)

After I knew the meaning of e-book, I personally think that it might bring positive points in developing and using resources in primary classroom. It integrates with the use of technology, user-friendly, creative and practical to be used as teaching aids for teaching and learning in primary classroom.

Thank God Mdm Foziah had shown us some examples of e-book that her students did for their assignments because I did not manage to find examples of e-book from the internet. At first, I thought it was very complicated to design or create an e-book. However, after viewing examples of e-book shown by the lecturer, I found that it was actually not that difficult to create an e-book. They only used Microsoft Power Point to design their e-book. So simple. In my opinion, their e-books are very practical and suitable to be used in primary classrooms. We need to consider some factors in designing an e-book. For example, use colourful pictures to attract pupils’ attention, use simple language that suits pupils’ level of proficiency, repetition as the reinforcement of learning to pupils and fun.

However, I was wondering how far it can help pupils in their learning? Is it an effective tool in teaching and learning after all? And how can a teacher ensure that?