The Lilypad - Issue #3

THE

Lilypad

E D U CAT E . I N S P I R E . L E A R N . D I S C OV E R .

Parents as partners in learning Pg.6 Featuring SJK(C) Sam Tet, Ipoh

A passion for change: World-record athlete Julia Immonen shares her heart Pg.6

Shoutouts to

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SMK Seri Pekan, SK Taman Putra Perdana and more! Pg.19

FEBRUARY 2015

T H E L I LY PA D # 3

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CONTENTS

3 A note from the Director

Dear FrogAsia…

We love hearing from you!

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Dream it, Do it: A chat with Julia Immonen

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Splash: Student’s Pullout

Parents as Partners in Learning: What happens when parents team with teachers?

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A Career from English?

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Teh Tarik

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Chinese New Year Arts & Craft

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Froggy Word Seach Puzzle

Masa

A Shout out to Superstars

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Digital Citizenship: Digital Etiquette

T ime!

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Get your Frog questions answered here!

Extra Coolriculum: Your scoop on what’s happening in the education sphere

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Tools and Tips for building relationships with parents

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CREDITS Editorial

Crystal Cha | Joseph Wong | Sarah Lim | Victor Lau | Zafrin Nordin

Cover Photo

Sarah Lim

Design And Art

Nor Zamillia Zainal | Vinnie Chan | Kelvin Ng | Aamyra Amin

Featured

Julia Immonen | Loke Yuen Choong | Cheong Qwee Ling

Director’s Note

“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.” These were the words of Jane D.Hull, an American governor who was once an elementary school teacher.

We know that students may spend most of their waking hours at school, but a student’s biggest, most persistent life-long influencers are still their parents. Parents are both guardian and teacher to your child. We believe it’s therefore a shared interest for parents and teachers to work together to ensure that a student is performing both at home and in class. A student’s education is both the responsibility of the teacher and the parent.

As an education company, we want to see students excel in all they do. We believe that technology can help create lines of communication between both parents and teachers. Information schools need to give parents can be easily disseminated, and with the tools available on Frog like the School Address Book and email, parents and teachers can easily communicate and build a relationship centred around the child.

This month, we introduce our PIBG Site on the FrogStore, which has been designed to facilitate information circulation and accountability between schools and parents. We also feature in this issue an interview with Mr. Loke and Ms.Cheong, both teacher and parent of SJK(C) Sam Tet, that demonstrates how teachers and parents can work together and how that will benefit students in a class.

Cooperation is also crucial when it comes to a student’s use of technology. Students need to be monitored and taught responsible use of technology by both their teachers and parents. Our Digital Citizenship Site on the FrogStore has activities and lessons tailored to the Malaysian ICT Syllabus and would definitely help in this endeavour. As adults, we often tell children that it’s important to work as a team in order to achieve something greater. We hope in this issue to help you work as a parent-teacher team in your schools to help your students succeed.

Last but not least, we also introduce this month a student’s pull-out, The Lilypad Splash. Students, this is for you, so let us know what you think and write to us to tell us what more you’d like to see!

Happy Reading!

God bless,

Lou Yeoh Executive Director

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Dear FrogAsia...

We love getting e-mails and feedback from you! If you would like your suggestions and letters to be featured, write to us at hello@frogasia.com, Tweet us at @FrogAsia, or drop us a message on Facebook!

OTHER COMMENTS WE’VE HEARD...

In Our Mailbox FrogAsia gives me a platform to shine Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell my story through the Frog Teacher Awards! It encourages me to keep going! I must give credit to FrogAsia’s team for your great support and guidance. We are currently running “Teach Together” online programme with schools from different states. In the last session we had, we saw more than 25 teachers joining us from seven states. This is a bi-weekly meet up, with teachers teaching each other (peer-to-peer learning). I hope this concept works and creates momentum for the subject teachers! I’m glad to have such a platform for us to work as a team! // Ms. Tan Shin Yee, Frog Teacher Award winner

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connected classrooms Parent and student from SJK(C) Choong Wen reap benefits of virtual field trips I’m waking up excited everyday looking forward to the new global experience our teachers have planned for the day. // Karlson, Student Karlson comes home everyday telling me new stories of a virtual field trip to a factory, a historical place, a coding competition with students in the UK, a cultural talk with Europe and Japan, an environmental programme with students in New Zealand, a maths marathon with Hong Kong and the list goes on. I wish I was a student again! // Cecillia, Karlson’s Mother

Becoming the “Ustaz Word Mania” After #Leaps13, I was so excited about the Frog VLE and what FrogAsia is doing. Since my students have access to Face book, I created a Facebook page titled WORD MANIA GAMERS and invited everyone in my Friends list to the page! This is so that I can spread the news about Word Mania and also motivate my students to hop in and enjoy playing the exciting spelling challenge online! I encouraged them to try and win the 1st prize, a Samsung 4G Chromebook and other prize s offered by FrogAsia as part of this competition and I'm so glad to be able to inspire them to learn through this game. My students have now given me a new nickname, "Ustaz Word Mania". I can’t wait for Word Mania 2015! // En. Hanif bin Zaimar MALAYSIA

FROGASIA TRAINING WORKSHOPS A win-win for all To be able to allow my students to try a new dimension of using the Chromebook and its wonders makes teaching and learning fun and knowledgeable. A win-win situation. // Umarani, teacher who attended a Frog training workshop

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To all ICT teachers!

WE HAVE GO OD NEWS FOR YOU !

Are you having trouble writing lesson plans for your ICT classes?

Our Digital Citizenship lesson in our Tech Starters Site was designed to help you teach and plan lessons based on the Malaysian school ICT syllabus. It focuses on Digital Etiquette, one of the nine components of the Digital Citizenship concept.

DIGITAL ETIQUETTE Digital Etiquette complements the Malaysian ICT Syllabus - 1.2 Computer Ethics and Legal Issues In Digital Etiquette, student learn:

Computer Ethics and Legal Issues Syllabus: 1.2.1.1

What is good and what is not when online

Definition of Computer Ethics, Code of Ethics, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Computer Crime and Cyber Law

How to act or react when someone is rude or making you uncomfortable

1.2.1.2

To evaluate anything and everything they post online

1.2.2.1

Not to give away identity or access inappropriate websites

Try Our 30

MINUTE

LESSONS

Differentiate between ethics and law List ways to protect privacy

1.2.3

Controversial Contents and Control

Enhance your ICT lessons with our Digital Citizenship and Power Researching lesson plans.

Search for “Tech Starters” on the FrogStore to download it today.

Check out our

webinars!

Watch our short webinars on how to use the Tech Starter Site for your ICT lessons!

CLICK HERE >

to watch!

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A chat with

Julia Immonen

WORLD-

RECORD ATHLETE And Founder Of

SPORT FOR

FREEDOM On seeing things from a bigger perspective, the importance of teachers, and dreaming with purpose

Interview by Crystal Cha

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Seven years ago, Julia Immonen was your average city girl in high heels, carrying designer bags and climbing the corporate ladder at Sky Sports News.

That all changed when she watched a movie about two American teenage girls being kidnapped and sold into prostitution. After more research, she realised for the first time the scale of human trafficking activity that’s taking place worldwide.

Moved to action, she launched Row for Freedom, a record- and back-breaking 40-day row across the Atlantic Ocean to raise awareness and funds to combat human trafficking. She now has two world records, a book under her belt, and travels often to speak and raise awareness for human trafficking.

Julia was a guest speaker at our Leaps of Knowledge Talks in Penang and Kuala Lumpur last June, and was recently back again at our Conference last December to challenge and inspire schools to do what they can to make a difference. I had the privilege of catching up with this amazing lady and digging deeper into her life and passions.

It’s good to see you again, Julia! For readers who may not know you yet, how would you describe yourself?

Miss Chatterbox! Some of my friends call me Mother Teresa in sneakers. I’m a visionary and a big picture thinker but also particular about detail. I love the glam things in life but I would also happily go camping and eat worms!

What drives you?

Considering I used to be a girl who cared more about shoes and handbags than other things, it’s taken everyone by surprise, including myself, that I’ve become so passionate about something – and that is fighting slavery. Being able to do things with purpose, knowing that there is a bigger picture you are working towards is so fulfilling and rewarding.

On some days, the administrative side of things can bog you down, but when you see things from a bigger perspective, it makes you realise that the mundane days build into a passion for change.

…when you see

things from a Bigger

Perspective, it

makes you realise that the mundane days build into a Passion For

Change.

I’ve learned to embrace the ordinary days as much as the fun, exciting ones. Just seeing freedom happen in people’s lives – that’s what drives me, knowing that every day works towards someone’s freedom.

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Your motto is ‘Dream It, Do It’. What is the importance of dreaming big and having a vision beyond the immediate?

Dreaming is easy – the doing part is nothing other than grit. A “Whatever it takes” attitude and sheer hard work is what will get you there. I often describe the row and the work with Sport for Freedom as some of the hardest but best things I’ve done.

What we sow, we will reap. Sometimes it takes years to bear fruit, but it will. Our emotions will keep changing, but one of the things I’ve learned through the row is not to trust my feelings. Perseverance and resilience and fortitude is what will get us through.

Our failures are as important as our victories, and the character that is formed in us would not have happened if things were easy.

What sort of ‘big dreams’ would you like to see more people having for education?

Being from Finland, where education is hugely valued and honoured, I’ve noticed a sort of decline in other parts of the world on the value placed on teachers today. Teachers aren’t held in as high a regard as they should be. If we are entrusting our children to them, teachers should be championed, encouraged, and empowered.

“If we are entrusting our children to them,

Teachers

should be CHAMPIONED, ENCOURAGED, and EMPOWERED.” In an ideal world, teachers should have more freedom and flexibility in how they invest in children and draw out their potential. I would love to see teachers become more like mentors who believe in the children at a practical but also personal level.

Do all dreams have to be big? What if I have a small dream?

Everybody’s “Atlantic” is different. For me, it was 3,000 miles; for you, it might be 3 miles. I think that’s okay.

As long as we’re pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone, I think that’s progress. If you’re a shy person, you just need to step out of your comfort zone.

Often, we can look at other people’s lives and see the best of them. We see our lives behind the scenes and we see the worst of ourselves. I think we just should run our own races and do what we’re called to do.

Don’t compare your dreams with other people’s.

What is your personal dream?

I want to be a wife and a mum (giggles). Can I actually say that? Everyone keeps asking me – what’s next? The last five years have been the hardest but the best years. It’s been five years of sacrifice, in relationships, and friendships and it’s good to know when it’s time for a season of rest. I’m really looking forward to spending more time investing in family and my personal life.

You mentioned having different seasons in life.

What season are you in right now?

I’m now in this season of rest – I can’t even think about dreaming again until I’m recharged. I think our dreams have to come out of a place of rest and clarity. I don’t think there’s ever a perfect time to step out and do things, sometimes we need to just do it, but I do think it needs to come from a place of rest. That’s because the doing part is hard, and you’re going to need stamina and energy.

…OUR Dreams HAVE TO COME OUT OF A PLACE OF REST AND CLARITY.

Speaking of mentors, who was your favourite teacher or mentor who has left a mark on your life?

What are you hoping to have more of for 2015?

In my primary school, there was a lady called Miss Reeve. She spoke my language, which was sport, and she drew out of me my best in sports. Year after year, I would win the title of Sports Day girls’ champion.

She taught me the importance of having someone older and wiser to challenge you and bring out the best in you. My older mentors invested in me and believed in me when I didn’t.

Rest. Balance. Progressing and developing myself, and taking the time to explore what that looks like. I think at this point in time, I’m looking forward to more sleep, more family time, and more reading. And more dreaming, eventually. I don’t want to live an ordinary life. Whatever season I’m in, I hope to be giving well.

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STAR T

Use what you have

DO // ARTHUR ASHE

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A chat with a fantastic

Parent-Teacher Team

from SJK(C) Sam Tet

PARENTS PARTNERS IN LEARNING AS

Interview by Sarah Lim

We first heard about Mr. Loke Yuen Choong when a parent nominated him as the ‘Most

Inspiring Teacher’ of the FrogTeacher Awards 2014. He would inspire his students at SJK(C) Sam Tet, Ipoh to learn with Frog and worked closely with parents to bring out the best in each student. “He has really boosted my son’s self-confidence,” Ms. Cheong Qwee Ling wrote. “It’s a joy to see my son learning and look forward to going to school.”

Mr. Loke later won that award (one of two) and told us that it was a huge encouragement for him. We absolutely loved their example of excellent ‘parent - teacher support’ and just had to make the trip to Ipoh to meet them!

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Ms. Cheong with her son,

Ho Hoong Khuan

Ms. Cheong, we’re thrilled to finally meet you! What makes Mr Loke the Most Inspiring Teacher and what can others learn from him?

C: Mr. Loke always creates new ways for students to learn. He got his students to upload photos of their Rekabentuk project to show off their hard work on a Frog site - it really boosted their confidence! He’s also super dedicated - giving work to students even on Teacher’s Day when he really deserved to rest.

Even though he’s not my son’s class teacher this year, he still texts me to ask me to use Frog. He communicates with us parents very often. Being a young teacher, he’s got a great passion to learn and to impart learning and I think it’s something that many senior teachers can learn from.

How important is it for parents and teachers to be supporting each other and why?

Very Important! It gives both parties the opportunity to express what they feel to ensure that the child gets the best. We tend to worry because we don’t know what’s happening and we’re sometimes too shy to constantly ask teachers for updates.

Updating a parent on a child’s progress is the best thing that a teacher can do, and they should be honest with parents. If there is a problem, let us know! We parents should also be willing to accept the truth. Good communication between parents and teachers eliminates unnecessary problems and helps the child to grow up in the right way.

Based on your experience, how can parents and teachers support each other?

It helps when PARENTS sit together with TEACHERS to discuss a

Solution

Parents can support teachers through whatever means they can, especially if they are IT savvy. For example, my son’s Rekabentuk project involved basket weaving. As the pioneer group to embark on a new project, both teachers and students found it challenging. So we parents searched the Internet for videos on the best ways to weave baskets and sent them to Mr. Loke so that he could upload them to the Frog VLE. It’s just a small effort from everyone in the team and our children were able to benefit from it. It always helps when parents sit together with teachers to discuss a solution to any problem.

to any problem.

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Mr. Loke Yuen Choong SJK(C) Sam Tet, Ipoh

I always

Communicate

with PARENTS through Whatsapp and other convenient chat apps. Find ways to do so through TECHNOLOGY!

Does the support of parents help you be a better teacher? How? Yes, because I can communicate with parents. They tell me their opinions on what is best for their child and we discuss it together.

Mr Loke, congratulations on your recent win!

Please tell us more about yourself.

What are some other ways in which parents

L: Thank you. I’m a Primary 6 class teacher and also the Frog Admin in this school. I also teach Chinese, Bahasa Malaysia, Kajian Tempatan, and Pendidikan Kesihatan. Actually, I have a background in computer science but always wanted to teach because I simply like teaching. I like to discover different personalities of my students and help them where needed.

and teachers can support each other?

Wow. That’s a lot to teach! How do you inspire your students to love learning?

I’ve been using the Frog VLE for teaching and learning.

I often ask my students to search for information to understand a lesson. They really enjoy learning with Frog because it’s much easier! Before we had Frog, students had to hand copy their homework questions in class and then answer them at home. Now, they just do everything on a Frog Site from home so we can use class time to discuss the lesson instead.

What about the role of a teacher beyond just teaching lessons?

To be a good teacher, you must have good communication skills. You also need to have a heart for students. Be their friend, listen to what they are trying to say, care about their feelings don’t just rush to complete work. Students can tell that you actually care. You do need to be strict when teaching but after the lesson you can treat your students as friends. This helps them accept you better.

Parents need to support what teachers do for their children and help observe them after school hours so that teachers can know more about their children.

This helps teachers build good relationships with students. Teachers must also try to communicate with parents. I always communicate with parents through Whatsapp and other convenient chat apps.

Find ways to do so through technology!

What is the most encouraging thing you’ve heard from a parent?

The parents I know are always supportive of all that I do. But I guess it was when the school management started to arrange classes based on student results.

Parents actually said they hope that I will be their child’s class teacher. They said that I’m able to guide their children to be more independent because I always tell children to be responsible for their own education and not just depend on their parents.

What is your hope for teachers and parents in Malaysian education?

I hope that more parents will believe in teachers and support them in teaching their children - not just in academics but also in other areas like their attitude and interests. The gap between teachers and parents will then be less, and they can be friends, just like Ms. Cheong and I.

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THE

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Splash S tu d e n t s ’ P u l l -o u t

When I grow up...

Cool careers to explore if you love English! pg.15

Froggy Word Search Puzzle Pg.16

Students!

CRAFT FUN!

D-I-Y Chinese Angpau Seashell Pg.14

We want your ideas for SPLASH! Share them with us at hello@frogasia.com

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How to make a

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from a Chinese Angpau Red Angpau or packets are commonly given in Chinese celebrations with cash inside. If you've got a few extra red packets around, you can make a seashell from the square ones that can be placed anywhere for decoration during Chinese New Year or just to add a unique touch to any room.

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English is the

3rd most spoken language in the world...

Journalist

Famous Person: Xandra Ooi A journalist doesn’t just write newspaper articles. They talk to lots of people and travel to many places to find their stories! If you love to write, are extremely curious and like to be on your feet a lot, this is a great job for you! Xandra Ooi is an outstanding Malaysian journalist that has written for The Star’s BRATs Programme. She’s held the role of a TV host, a radio DJ, a newspaper columnist and a book author! This shows that a journalist will also have many other opportunities to pursue!

...with Mandarin being the first and Spanish the second. Besides being a widely used language, English is also an important requirement for several meaningful and fulfilling jobs. Below are examples of such careers and famous individuals associated with each of them!

Novelist

Famous Person: J.K. Rowling

Teaching English is not easy! To become an English teacher, you need to study for at least 3-4 years and know the language like the back of your hand. You need to be very patient, persistent, and passionate in what you do.

Writer

Image source: http://beyondbooks.org.uk/

English Teacher

A novelist loves telling stories. They love imagining fantastic settings and building the lives and the relationships of their characters on the pages of a book! J.K. Rowling, who created the Harry Potter novels, took seven years to write and perfect her first novel!. Clearly a good command of English is not enough - to be a novelist, you’ll need lots of patience and commitment as well!

Famous Person: Your English Teacher!

That’s why English teachers are one of the everyday superheroes in your school. It is a noble job, filled with meaning and purpose!

These are just some of many jobs you can pursue with a great command of English. Other jobs include becoming a translator, columnist, editor, copywriter, scriptwriter and more! Try finding out more about these jobs online!

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Famous Person: Dina Zaman A writer is a person that simply loves the act of writing and dabbles in all its forms poetry, stories, novels, autobiographies and so on. Dina Zaman, a Malaysian writer, is such a person. She has written about her kampung in Terengganu, her journey exploring her faith, and was compiled life stories of different Malaysians.

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Word Search PUZZLE Are you good at spotting things? Hidden in this table of letters are the names of things that can be found, downloaded, or bought through the FrogStore! Search horizontally, vertically and diagonally for all 10 words and put your skills to the test!

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Periodic Games

Zoom

An App that helps you learn and master the periodic table!

A large modem that allows YES 4G Internet connectivity.

British Council

The Lilypad

Check out the British Council channel in FrogStore for exciting English educational videos.

FrogAsia’s magazine for teachers, parents and students!

Cha-Ching

These sets of questions will help you test your knowledge on a wide range of subjects.

Sing along with your Cha-Ching friends and learn about how to earn, save, spend and donate through informative videos!

Dongle A USB modem device that allows YES 4G connectivity for personal use. Plug it into your computer and you’ll be able to access the internet!

Question Banks

e-Books Find storybooks, textbooks, audiobooks and more in the FrogStore!

Themes Make your Frog VLE dashboard look the way you want it to look with different themes.

FrogRevise Get help in revising for your exams with the FrogRevise collection.

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Stay strong

#pantaitimur.

To the families, schools and communities affected by the floods, our thoughts and prayers are with you. You are not alone in these trying times as Malaysians from all walks of life stand behind you, helping in every way they can.

As the flood waters recede, we pray that hope for the future will rise. We pray that families will have a home to return to, communities and neighbourhoods will be rebuilt and that children can play and learn again.

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A SHOUT OUT TO

SUPERSTARS

Recognising changemakers in schools and beyond

The greatest things often start with small beginnings and we know a few schools who are definitely on the right track. Here are our shout outs to some amazing people who are making a real difference for schools in Malaysia!

SJK(T) Ladang Glenealy, SJK(T) Ladang Sg Muar and SJK(T) Ladang Mount Austin

SMK Seri Pekan, Pahang and SK Taman Putra Perdana In efforts to support the use of Frog in their schools, both schools have painted amazing murals on their school walls!

For participating in an Interschool Storytelling and Poem Recital competition on Google Hangouts! We’d like to especially congratulate Sharmini A/P Ravi from SJK(T) Ladang Glenealy, Perak for winning the Poem Recital competition and Tamilarasi from SJK(T) Sg Muar, Johor for winning the Storytelling competition. Thank you for being one of the first few schools to involve students in learning with technology. We hope more schools will follow your example!

En Hanif Zaimar Sk BANDAR RINCHING, selangor

Recently appointed to be a Frog Admin for his school after a year of supporting the use of the Frog VLE on his own initiative, En. Hanif who is also the school’s Ustaz, has taken the Frog Transformation Programme to the next level! Check out the handmade table signages he placed around the school canteen to teach almost 1000 students in this school about the benefits of Frog!

SK Taman Putra Perdana’s Head teacher Pn Rohaidah Ali, has shown constant support of Frog in her school. Check out their beautiful artwork!

Ustaz Abu Hassan and 35 students from SMK Seri Pekan filled their ICT room walls with Frog VLErelated drawings. Despite most students being from low income families, the school aims for be the leading school in Pekan, Pahang for using the Frog VLE. Talk about having a spirit of excellence!

If you know a school or teacher who has done amazing things to help improve teaching and learning using technology,

write to us at hello@frogasia.com or use the hashtag #frogsuperstars on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and we just might feature them in our magazine!

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Masa Sesi Soal-Jawab FROG! Get your Frog Questions Answered!

Teh Tarik T ime!

Dongle sekolah saya gagal digunakan untuk menyambung ke internet. Apakah yang perlu saya lakukan?

Hai Cikgu, masalah yang cikgu hadapi mungkin berpunca dari kata laluan yang digunakan.

Biasanya, penukaran kata laluan dongle dapat menyelesaikan masalah seperti ini. Namun begitu, proses menukar kata laluan dongle hanya boleh dilakukan oleh Pentadbir Frog sekolah sahaja. Untuk melakukannya, sila ikuti panduan yang kami sediakan di dalam Learn Centre kami DI SINI. Jika kata laluan dongle telah ditukar tetapi masalah sambungan ke internet masih berlaku, sila hubungi Pasukan Sokongan kami untuk bantuan lanjut.

Saya telah membenam blog sekolah ke dalam Frog VLE dengan menggunakan widget Embed Website tetapi ia gagal dipaparkan. Pelayar yang saya gunakan ialah Google Chrome.

Adakah masalah ini berlaku disebabkan oleh pelayar tersebut?

Cikgu, terima kasih di atas soalan yang diberikan. Berhubung masalah yang dihadapi, kami percaya pelayar Google Chrome bukanlah penyebabnya. Tetapi ia disebabkan oleh skrip keselamatan yang belum disahkan.

Untuk mengesahkan skrip tersebut, sila klik ikon perisai [ ] yang terdapat di sebelah kanan, di bahagian atas bar pelayar cikgu.

Setelah itu, klik “Load Unsafe Script�. Laman akan dimuat naik semula secara automatik dan blog sekolah cikgu akan dipaparkan!

Saya adalah ibu bapa pelajar. Saya dapati akaun My Child anak saya tidak terdapat di dalam laman FrogAcademy. Apakah yang boleh saya lakukan?

Akaun pelajar biasanya dipautkan terus dengan akaun ibu bapa mereka di dalam laman FrogAcademy. Bagaimanapun, kadang-kala masalah seperti ini akan berlaku. Untuk mengatasinya, ibu bapa dikehendaki memautkan sendiri akaun anak mereka ke dalam akaun ibu bapa secara manual. Sila sediakan nombor Sijil Kelahiran atau nombor Kad Pengenalan / Pasport anak, 1BestariNet Yes ID serta nombor telefon untuk digunakan di dalam proses ini.

Untuk mengikuti maklumat lanjut tentang FrogAcademy, layari Learn Centre kami DI SINI.

Sebagai Pentadbir Frog, sekolah saya meletakkan sasaran untuk mencapai 100% log masuk pengguna dalam tempoh terdekat ini.

Bagaimanapun, saya tidak tahu cara mendapatkan kesemua butiran 1BestariNet Yes ID dan kata laluan pengguna untuk tujuan pengagihan, melalui aplikasi Frog. Tolong bantu saya.

Cikgu, kami gembira mendengar hasrat sekolah cikgu untuk mencapai 100% log masuk pengguna. Baiklah, di sini kami akan terangkan bagaimana cikgu boleh mendapatkan kesemua 1BestariNet Yes ID dan kata laluan tersebut melalui Frog.Sebenarnya, apa yang cikgu perlu lakukan ialah mengeksport Data Pengguna yang mengandungi kesemua butiran log masuk guru, pelajar dan ibu bapa dari Frog VLE sekolah. Ia akan dieksport dalam bentuk fail Excel. Sila ikuti langkah-langkah yang berikut: Log masuk sebagai Pentadbir (Admin) > Klik FrogDrive > Klik Applications > Klik Users > Klik Students > Klik butang Export.

Untuk panduan lanjut, sila layari Learn Centre kami DI SINI. Saya adalah seorang pelajar dan saya dapati nama kelas saya di dalam Frog VLE berbeza dengan nama kelas saya di sekolah. Mengapakah perkara ini berlaku?

Sebarang maklumat tentang sekolah termasuk nama kelas yang dipaparkan di dalam Frog VLE adalah berdasarkan kepada maklumat yang dimasukkan oleh pihak sekolah adik ke dalam Aplikasi Pangkalan Data Murid (APDM).

Masalah ini mungkin berlaku disebabkan APDM sekolah masih belum dikemas kini atau berlaku kesilapan pada maklumat yang dikemas kini di dalam APDM. Kami menyarankan agar adik menghubungi Pentadbir Frog sekolah untuk mendapatkan gambaran yang sebenar.

Jika anda ingin mendapatkan maklumat atau panduan lanjut tentang Frog, sila layari Learn Centre kami DI SINI.

Anda ada soalan untuk kami?

Hantarkan e-mel ke hello@frogasia.com atau hubungi kami melalui Facebook.

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BY JOSEPH WONG Teachers and parents play the biggest role in shaping a child during his or her formative years.

It’s no wonder that a strong relationship between teachers and parents leads to better academic performance and improved behaviour among students.

Here are some ways teachers can strengthen these relationships with their students’ parents.

Start a Facebook Page for parents Facebook is a quick way to get information out to parents! With Malaysia being one of the most connected countries in the world on Facebook, it’s a great way to make announcements, post up exam dates, and send out field trip reminders!

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Create parent surveys using Google Forms Understanding students’ behaviour at home helps teachers teach better. However, in a class of 30 to 60 students, its difficult to sit down with every parent for an in-depth discussion about their children. A Google Form shared with parents, allows teachers to gather information about their students This is a great way for teachers and what parents’ main to build a relationship with parents concerns are. while preparing a welcoming environ-

Decorate Classroom

ment for the students! Designate a special day for this and get parents to contribute by bringing curtains, pasting murals on walls and leaving notes for their children.

PIBG Package 2015 Get more tools and tips like this by downloading the PIBG Package from the FrogStore! It contains great resources that teachers can use in PIBG meetings, including videos that explain the 1BestariNet project and who FrogAsia is.

Meet and Greet Often, the best way to build trust with parents is the tried-and-tested method of simply sitting down over a meal. Parents often feel more comfortable when they get to meet their child’s teacher in a more informal setting. Parents are also more likely to support a school’s projects if they’re convinced that teachers have their child’s interests at heart.

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