English reflection

Reflection to Ms- Zin's question

My feeling in WH are various in every day in my student life. Firstly, I am happy when I am clear on my lesson and complete my home work with well comprehension. And another things is, if we could do in groups work very well. Oppositely, I feel sad in my mind when I see our friends can go to visit their parents around Mae Sot area because I don't see my parent for six years since I left Burma but I am not lonely as I have friends and lovely/ kind teachers in Wide Horizon school. I feel satisfied my self I have I chance to study in WH because the kindness of WH's staffs or teachers. So, I am really appreciate their kindness. Sometimes, I am bored when the weather is very hot during our class time. It is very difficult to concentrate on lessons but it's better if we have activity. Thus, there will be several feeling in my student life in Wide Horizon.

Reflection on Tuesday class (August 25,2009)

Reflection on Tuesday's class (August 25, 2009)

I had learned two activities that vice versa analyzed our monthly project proposal by three divided groups which provides me for benefit of evaluated on our strength & weakness, enjoying, useful activity and how to do differently in the future. Firstly, I got benefit in the first activity by observing my colleague's presentation of measuring with five processes mind map to their proposal writing. In addition, I was satisfied in second activity: feedback from our classmate on our weakness in proposal which was not clear on writing session of "Aim" and "participation". So we could see our weakness on our writing and also they pointed our strengths on the session of brief description on the fist page and blue print at the end of the page in our proposal. Therefore it gave me a good benefit to our writing. Secondly, I was enjoying to move around by listening and learning from our classmates and we asked our teacher when we had no idea to deal on our activities. Fourthly, it was useful for me when I write the next proposal by using feedback of these activities. In fact, I will be clear for writing our Aim and participation's session. Fifthly, I will act in activities to be more active in the future and would like to do it again after writing our project proposal. In concluded, these two activities are very valuable for me to learn effectively.

Reflection on focus group for (August 17, 2009)

Reflection on focus group as a facilitator in a refugee camp
Acting a facilitator in a focus group activity in the class made me to feel in a practical way. Firstly, my weakness is, I could not act in a good way because I was very frustrated with the refugee's questions that was unconcerned with what we wanted to explain even I have prepared several questions in my note book. Therefore, I have no idea to explain for our matter except questioning to our teacher. After advising of our teacher, I was able to explain them what we are coming to the camp. At that time, they are becoming silence and ask questions in the frame of my topic. So, I learned how to tell them to get information among refugee such we have to follow their question and try to persuade them to our topic. In fact of this activity was provided in a good teaching from our teacher, I liked and enjoyed it very much but we have to do it in a deep thinking like a real life. In order, for the next activity, I have an idea to do in different way that firstly approaching to a leader of the camp or a respectful person in their community to organize them before we start our research. Then we can continue our explanation of how we want to help their needs. In reality, I have to use this tool/activity for my community or stake holders in everywhere I involve with. In concluding, my reflection on that activity has assessed me how to do in a real life perfectly.

Reflection on focus group for (August 17, 2009)

Reflection on focus group as a facilitator in a refugee camp
Acting a facilitator in a focus group activity in the class made me to feel in a practical way. Firstly, my weakness is, I could not act in a good way because I was very frustrated with the refugee's questions that was unconcerned with what we wanted to explain even I have prepared several questions in my note book. Therefore, I have no idea to explain for our matter except questioning to our teacher. After advising of our teacher, I was able to explain them what we are coming to the camp. At that time, they are becoming silence and ask questions in the frame of my topic. So, I learned how to tell them to get information among refugee such we have to follow their question and try to persuade them to our topic. In fact of this activity was provided in a good teaching from our teacher, I liked and enjoyed it very much but we have to do it in a deep thinking like a real life. In order, for the next activity, I have an idea to do in different way that firstly approaching to a leader of the camp or a respectful person in their community to organize them before we start our research. Then we can continue our explanation of how we want to help their needs. In reality, I have to use this tool/activity for my community or stake holders in everywhere I involve with. In concluding, my reflection on that activity has assessed me how to do in a real life perfectly.

Thursday ’s class reflection(August 20, 2009)

Thursday ’s class reflection(August 20, 2009)
Reflection for today would be evaluated my weakness, strength and learned for future. To clarify, I worked well in my group work with my partners for making Refection questions. Also, I have learned how to write reflection, it is good to remind or remember, to test comprehension, self improvement, looking for weakness and strength of my learning. These are useful by doing regularly for the future in our organization and even our basic needs of our life. But I have to change my weakness that I had a little frustrated in my learning. Actually, I was not clear what teacher gave us to do in activity, I woke up my mind when we really would do, I need to ask teacher again. Due to the fact of that I need to take more attention carefully while teacher was giving lecture. In brief, my weakness, strength and learning were evaluated by reflection for using in the future.

English reflection (Mr Myo Taw Question)

Reflection in three tenses in WH

My study in Wide Horizon was reflected prior, current time and future. Firstly, before I came to Wide Horizons school, I was not so sure listening, speaking, reading and writing. Also, it was my ethnic had met mostly every single day but rarely with foreigners who were visitors to the camp. Currently, I am absorbing almost hours in every day, with very perfect teaching method from our teachers that specific explanations of them make me comprehension. In fact, now one of examples I am clear is, using transition word in writing. In other one, project management guide me with it's several tools. Comparably, I am very different for now and before by staying different ethnic especially, commercing in English speaking with our peers and, Native and active teachers . In order, I have a plan to use these skills to share to my community by teaching. And also I will continue to apply these skills in my real life. Concluding, I am reflecting my study three part time in Wide Horizon.

Reflection (English)

Having super power

Super power is several of thinking and experiences of people. In imagination, when I have super power, I will able to do everything in my life but I have to be in the right way that usually people are abusing while they have very powerful. On the other hand, we could save the power by practicing our mind to be one mentally and physically that people’s mind is changing many things in a second by describing in Buddhism method. Also I believe that if we have wisdom by learning from school or practical way, that could be one power we can solve our obstacles what we encountered. Knowledge and experiences are also super power for solving the troubles by reflection or evaluation and then advance to them. In addition, knowing English is super power in the current time in the world because people are using it every where in the world. For example if we have English skill, we can easily communicate to the world. In concluded, it is depending on considering and what we have faced, are super power s for the people.

Reflection (August 10 to 14, 2009)

Reflection of the week lessons

(August 10 to 14, 2009)

In this week lessons in project management class have been enthusiastic to me by effecting and struggling. Firstly, needs assessment is useful by using in our project such as identifying the problem, cause of problem, Extend or size of problem and identifying the affected population. In addition, Data collection and data analysis are two types of data. Moreover, quantitative and qualitative are needed to use in real life when I will be a manager in the future. Questionnaires are, in kind of multiply choice, scale, rank and opened-ended question that practically, face to face asking or paper questioning to people those who are affected by the project. Thoughtfully, it must be anonymous for stake holders but no more 15 minutes timing with native language. Besides, questionnaire needs enough time of preparation such as write down questions based on the result of the actual condition to be optimal condition, those are very useful for us before we start our project. Again, questionnaires asking, is getting quantitative data from the question types of multi choice, rank and scale that easy to analyze and give specific data, open-ended is giving qualitative data which is a big picture of the situation. Surely, those are valuable in making survey for our project. Further, interviewing is using in unavoidable things for us to get other’s opinion, experience, feelings, events knowledge and real or actual information. In the same way researcher, journalists/reporter, writer, supervisors/managers, NGO staff, police, lawyers, political leader are doing interviewing very often that based on the reasons of opinion, political, history and event. Secondly, It was Interesting on the comparison of photo friends and Project management which is need to add some tools in either side by discussion in four groups switching three people each time to get innovative ideas. Mostly we could add to versa side of them such as camera from photo friend to proposal writing in project management. Also questionnaires should be in photo friend that it needs to interview with open-ended questions and voice recorder is useful in project management too when we are doing interview for our project. Stories from photo friend are also helpful when we propose in our proposal writing to prove why we need to solve the problem. Indeed, those are interesting to learn and think. Thirdly it was enjoying presenting our presentation of gap analysis. We did gate project while our classmates were presenting projects of library, volley ball boy dorm and girl dorm. I am also enjoyable obstacles of being facilitator when researching in the dim communities such refugee camps which we concern in Focus group. Instantly, we have to follow up coming week with our home work (10) questions. Fourthly, It was challenging in thinking to build questions for questionnaire and question for we are being as facilitator in refugee communities. Finally, by thinking deeply for our needs assessments, I am becoming habit whatever I plan to do or imagine. So I am sure that it is beneficial for me surely. In concluding, I was inquiring learning with some challenging but they were enjoying lessons.

Survey for Library project (August, 2009)

Dear our all class mates

We have questionnaires to take our colleagues' time to answer for our August project survey. Please kindly response below multiple choice, rank, scale and open and ended questions by your brilliant comment.

Thank a lot your time and pleasure

Sincerely

Project team

1. Sai Oo
2. Thiha
3. Marco
4. Nasa
5. Hsapaw
6. Kyinno
7. Tapali Paw
8. Nu Hlaing

Questionnaires of repairing library project

Please our classmates, kindly answer our Questionnaires to survey for repairing library in the comment box.

For example (No 1. 1. (a) 10. (a) My opinion is ……….. )

1. Our group project is repairing our library, how do you think?

(a) Strongly agree (b) agree (c) disagree (d) strongly agree

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2. Our goal for our library project is, to cover noisy and keep book safely, to prevent entering of dust, bird or dog to make dirty. How do you think?

(a) Strongly like

(b) Like

(c) Okay

(d) Dislike

(e) strongly dislike

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3. Our current library is getting noisy and dust, bird or dog are entering and making dirty?

Yes

No

OR anything else

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4. When our group will repair library, which one is the most important?

(a) Cover the half of wall

(b) Change Zinc for rain drop from the roof

(c) Make new two book shelves

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5. If we repair the roof in the library, we will use Zinc or plastic panel which one is most suitable.

(a) Zinc

(b) Plastic panel

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6. IF we cover the half of the wall of library, which material would you like to use?

(a) Poster board

(b) concrete

(c) plastic

(d) ply wood

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7. If we cover the half wall of library, it is safe for noisy and bad smell with below materials: on scale safely

(a) Poster board

Low safe 1---------2---------3---------4-----------5 high safe

(b) Concrete

Low safe 1---------2---------3---------4-----------5 high safe

(c) Ply wood

Low safe 1---------2---------3---------4-----------5 high safe

(d) Plastic

Low safe 1---------2---------3---------4-----------5 high safe

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8. On a scale, what construction skills do you have and help the project of library?

Cement construction skill

less 1---------2---------3---------4-----------5 expert

Wood construction skill

less 1---------2---------3---------4-----------5 expert

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9. After repairing the library, it will effect to people more interesting to access?

less 1---------2---------3---------4-----------5 more

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10. Please give (3) things of opinion for our repairing library project.

(a)

(b)

(c)

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11. After finishing our library project, who will take responsibility to take library?

(a) teacher

(b) Coordinator

(c) 23 students

(d) Project manager

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12. How do you feel, if you use the library?

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13. Will our project help library to be more perfect? Why?/why not?

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14. In a normal library, what are the things do us to keep in there?

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15. ANY comment

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Reflection of management in the week (August 4th to 7th, 2009)

Reflection of management in this week is concerning on my learning and applying to my real life. It was interesting to study different meaning of the “want and need”: want is from wish and need is real necessity in our life. I was curious to learn actual & optimal which means thinking the best possible situation by the word of “optimal” and “actual” means seeing or hearing the real situations. We all student wore white, black and red hats for observing our compound with actual & optimal tool with group. The gap between them will be thought and discussed on this weekend. The tool of Questionnaires provoked me to study in four kinds of multiple, rank, scale and open-end question. I was also interested in teacher Salai’s rope games that showing us how is different working in group. The useful tool “project cycle” guides us to get our goal without obstacles. Vocabulary quiz stimulated me to study the words that similar meaning but different use. Writing proposal is useful for me that we need to use every starting project, especially we practice the real life for our school facilities like toilets and library. I was challenging to study similar meaning with different use on three vocabularies of assessment, evaluation and reflection. I am a little challenging to give opinions for proposal writing in August because it is the first time of learning in the school. But I have idea to think the real need of our school when we choose to write proposal. It’s good to get experience writing proposal to work with a group as usually it is difficult to work with a team. In concluding, the tool of reflection makes me able to apply after acquiring and understanding in this week.

Prior approaching to Wide Horizon

Prior reaching to Wide Horizon was provoking me to continue my education. It was brilliant information from educational relevance, especially, former students who used to be my student and a friend. I was a teacher of Basic English and computer in my community that name Happy Hill along Thai- Burma border which was victim of tension in our native land. As possible as I can help for our people, especially young children in such area of inside or outside the village. Therefore, I am eager to be an implementation for my community but I, myself should be able to hand on appropriate education to share. In meanwhile, I also am just shooting in the dark with my skill that I had to manage a small project of orphanages in our village. I realized when I handles my staffs and working with them as a team work. Fortunately, former student told me about his valuable studying at Wide Horizon program that running on another Thai-Burma boarder. During my responsibility period, I had a chance to contact with one of teacher in that program to open entrance exam in our village. It was exiting in the exam and after it, waiting my result. We two people were lucky for exam, one is my student and me. I was very content to travel across many obstacles on the way to Mae Sot that waiting in Chiang Mai a couple week because of strict situation along the border for migrant people like us. Finally, I can be in my expected place.