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Finally, we are already in the third quarter of the school year. I have waited this to come because I was not very confident of the previous TLE Exploratory Courses to my Grade 8 students. I am talking about Animal Production and Nail Care Services. Now that it is already Quarter 3, I am more confident of the lesson or topic because it is now Electrical Installation and Maintenance. This is one of my major subjects during college.
I know teachers like me would agree that you will really feel awkward if you are teaching a subject that isn't your major. Although, the two mentioned subjects are part of the TLE subject, I only majored Industrial Technology which only includes Technical Drafting, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Electronics, Electrical Installation and Maintenance, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, and Automotive Servicing.
But since we are thought of being flexible and multi-disciplinary, we teach different subject in the school. I remember my first few years in DepEd where I was assigned to teach Araling Panlipunan, MAPEH, and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao. These are totally different learning areas, but I still did my best to teach my students. It was a burden.
Anyway, the video is about my students doing wire splices. The goal is for the students to utilize the use of basic electrical tools such as the pliers and at least make basic and common wire splices. I am not expecting a perfect wire splice because I know that they are still very young. However, I still get very good outputs from some of the groups. And that made me very happy.
I intentionally made this task a group activity so that they can divide the expenses to buy the materials (stranded and solid wires), divide the task of bringing the needed tools, and at least prepare and practice only one splice at home. I also told them to video their processes because I know I cannot see how they used the tools all at once since there are more than ten groups to facilitate. Prior to the activity proper, I reminded them the importance of safety and cleanliness. My exact words were, "Ang masamad, minus 50. Ug ang hugaw nga lugar, minus 100". I believe that that was very effective because nobody was wounded and no working area was dirty before, during, and after the activity. By the way, the students just squatted and performed the tasks in the classroom and the lobby because we do not have TLE laboratories. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this post. Cheers!
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