a successful FISH!

Prof Maznah was holding a plastic toy fish. then she started to to threw it to the audience (us). there are many of them. she threw it one by one. then she asked those who hold the fish to throw to one another. Suddenly, "Dush!" followed by "Ouch!" i cried- the plastic toy fish was thrown to me. everyone enjoyed it. we are awake. the laughs stopped. the serious took place. Prof introduced us to FISH! Philosophy. it sounds weird. obviously, it has nothing to do with the plastic toy fish. :) it was my first time to hear it. the definition of FISH! philosophy can be described as a skill that provides the process, tools, language to generate the skills necessary to design a workplace full of inspiration, creativity and innovation. only 4 simple practices- Be there, Play, Make Their Day and Chose Your Attitude. Your day will be boost out of fun and enjoy atmosphere!

FISH! philosophy also invites us to re-awaken our self-trusting and creative spirit within each of us. This is essential for us who work in the same field and face the same audience each day. from FISH!, we can build a very strong character building and the element of creative should be cultivated in within as we deal with same phases of children and the progression of these 21st children each day is unpredictable. it can be slow or tremendous fast. so we as teachers have to be creative and innovative in our teaching and learning strategies rather than using the same strategy everyday. we can make the difference if we want an active learners compare to passive objects. i assume, many people will think that technology can do a magic on children's learning and make them successful learners. yet, they are not successful if we teachers behaving like stone. For instance, smartboard or iwb. it is an astute board. but it is not astute if we teachers, or the engineer did not utilize it to the maximum. children nowadays are media aware and the teaching and learning lesson will be a no no if we teachers do not be creative and innovative!

The FISH! philosophy doesn't have a fixed time of duration. no datelines as well. it's an on-going process or continuous journey. everyday it inspires you to start a new conversations about what is possible and to develop a new attitudes about how you show up in your community both at home and it the work place. to us, the future teachers, we have to have the passion to our job and keep updated ourselves with the latest change in the education world. the keyword is determination. we are the anchor, who determines the path of the ship to the final destination. if we let our children to play the same records everyday, they will be not be productive and our learning objectives could not be achieved. i hope all teachers in this world are exposed to this ultimate FISH! and create a new metamorphosis in the world of education.
Dear all teachers, be brave to make a change, don't spoil the future.

*p/s: the FISH! philosophy also came out in many versions and the latest books that closely related to education is Schools of FISH! Check this out for further information: http://www.charthouse.com/content.aspx?nodeid=1066