REFLECTION ON YOU

YAY to my classmates.. it was tough but they did amazingly well.. I think it won't be fair to really review and critize their efforts, because everyone has their own techinique and style when it comes to teaching, the behaviors were nuts... I WAS THE ONE WITH THE BOMB of course.. but it was a lesson well learned and we should all be great for the expereince. =]
We should have been more prepared for the behaviors like some students were, and detentions, and had more interactive material for students to be involved in.

I don't like the taking of cell phone ideas, Its not BAD idea, but it can cause a lawsuit well maybe not that drastic but it will cause problems. Its all going to be the teachers realiablity, because students are in no way trust worthy. And it will take valuable time away from class just to collect phones.

Games are a very good idea, and so is technology. But now I know that I can use techinology and learned that I have a calling in YOUTUBE video making lol. 0_O

Completing A Lesson and a Misson

O boy was this whole lesson one BIG MISSON.
From the first lesson we submitted to the revised lesson I think it became a little more controlable. The first one was dragged out and alot of work and interaction was involved in it. With the way the STUDENTS were acting it would have been hard to keep up regardless. It was difficult finding time to actually talk with each partner. Everyone was always busy with school, work, or such other. But finally we just all stuck it out and at laast minutes.. ALTHOUGH NEVER good. We decided how to compute the lesson. So though Facebook and text messages we finally were able to prepare somewhat everything that we wanted to accomplish for a good grade. The objective for us was to get through the lesson and try not to be overtaken by the students behaviors. THEY WENT NUTS, but its funnny, and fun. "Especially when Stephine hit the students, by accident and he landed on the floor." I couldnt even hold back my laughter at that. The quiz and asking students whether or not they understood the material was informal assessment. I think the whole thing was excuted to the best of our knowledge. I don't believe there was a set rule on we are going to do this and this. As we went along we improvised with each other VERY WELL I MIGHT ADD. But with the time permitted it wouldnt be easy to cover the whole lesson, because by the last 15minutes OMGGGGG there was so much drama going on and so much disruption.

OVERALL, I think the lesson went really nicely. The youtube video I created was a very nice and easy opening, and the powerpoint was a nice one as well. I learned that OMGGG I am in troube. Even in the first lesson I was gettting nervous because they were going crazy. I think we would create a better behavioral system, but no one really expects students to go FULL BLOWN NUTS in a classroom. It is a possiblity, but even when I was in high school it never really happened. So I think they taught us that we deffinitly need a behvioral plan to have less disruptions. As much as I loved the powerpoint, we could have made it a little bit shorter and added a little bit more students discussion into it. I think it would have made them less nuts and a little more into the lesson in general, but the lesson was not a bad lesson at all. The writing the names on the board lmfao.. that deffinitly didn't work, and I mentioned if they are going to act like they are in 1st grade they are going to get there name on the board like first graders. Still they didnt care. I did noticed, I WAS GETTING LOUD, at first the looked at me in shock like omggg she mad. But what caught me by suprise was that they actually calmed down for a few moments, but over using the LOUDNESS will lose its effectiveness as well. I think that if we had more time to come up with a behavioral plan and maybe lessoned the power point. That they would really be more into what's going on.

POD CAST REFLECTION

We planned to use the podcast as it was used, to demonstrate the poem. The Youtube video I came up with actually the night before. It was simple and easy to put together. I <3 doing things like that, and it was reallly well and really effective for the lesson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YztTNXDg6IQ

It was effective because it was somewhat new to the students, and although they were students for the day. As college students and Education students they were interested and looked at it like. WOW. I think it went well. The podcast in general volume was really low, but it was funny to listen to it and actually share it with everyone. I think making the podcast a youtube video was very GREAT idea, and for other lessons it would be great to do it the same way, maybe not with text, but with pictures, and have students create things like this too for projects. It really gets you motivated.. ESPCIALLLLLLY WHEN EVERYONE LIKES ITS AND IS IMPRESSED WITH IT =]


REFLECTION ON CLASSMATES LESSONS TO COME ..............................

Leaving the Island

Don't ask me why, I have Lost and Survior on my mind. But today was a good day, what I need to do now is get a mic so that I can finish with the basic infromation of Frost life on podcast. I was listening to myself and I sound like a freaking news person on tv. But the whole lesson is coming together great, we plan on talking about how we will handle the classroom disruptions. We might have to take turns with the presenting, and with patroling the classroom. But I think that we will have a good time working on this, and I had a great time working with Stephanie and Hanifah. This lesson is going to be a great lesson, and its going to help others reflect on themselves. I believe I have a nice opening set idea, but I think Iwouldhave to go over it because I think it might be a little inappropirate, I might have to reword or rethink it.

Finally Day On The Island...

Today is the finally day in the computer lab. Today we will finish up our podcast, and prepare for our lessons. I totally have this whole idea of a lesson on internal and external conflict. I have a neat powerpoint that will go nicely with our lesson as well. Questions to be thought about for our lesson.


What is conflict, and is conflict a motivation or a demotivation?
What types of conflict are there?
In Home Burial what is the conflicts in this poem?
Do you see these conflicts ever being solved?
Who would you relate to more, the husband or the wife?
Do you think there marriage is going to last?
Is the husband really offending is wife?
Why do you think the husband is being so calm about the death of his child?


There are actuall more questions that can be asked, but we are trying to stick within the limits of conflict for this poem.

Snow Snow Snow Snow go away,

Dear Snow,
I hate you so much. You just have to ruin my day. Your ugly, wet, and miserable. If you keep ruining my days. I am going to be outside with a blowdryer and heater and I am going to show you whose boss got it?!!!!

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I really hate the snow, I even had to work in the snow because everyone else called out before me. You would think since the last snow storm the job was completely empty, but no there 2time more snow everyone thinks lets go torcher these pooor girls at work. This snow just makes it more difficult to complete an assingnment as well. I missed one day then had a snow day, its like missing one day of work and your pay check is missing 50.00 lol... its incredible hard to make up.

HOPEFULLY the snow queen got that message and it wont snow no more.. ugggggg
until Tuesday then.

Blogging from Home

I am acutally [sad to say] my mom has had the stomach flu all week, and now she gave it to me. So I am blogging from home. I feel bad, because my partners use my pod.o.matic for this project, but if they text me or facebook me I can give them the password, so that they can continue. I am really really really really really sorry =[. I wasn't expecting to become this sick, or to leave anyone hanging. But I know that my partners are a little left behind with the blog and technology, but I'm sure Prof. Luongo will help you guys out to get it like a pro.


Lol at least ill get a grade for acutally bloggging today hehe =].... i should get some credit hehe i hear i was a nice topic for discussion =]

End of day 2 on the Island

Stephine, Hanifah, and myself after long researching and thinking have finally decided to do."Home Burial," by Robert Frost. Since we have 3 members of our group and there are 3 parts of the poem, we think that this would truly benefit us in completing this project and getting those A's lol. I didn't write a lot because these comptuer are still really slow as anything. Thats what you get for being in this lil island of a Computer lab in pope 215.. uggggers =]

Shift of the Island

"HOME BURIAL" BY ROBERT FROST>>>> WE FINALLLY DECIDED YAYNESSSSSS

Stuck on the Island Part 2

Last time we were in class, we learned to link other peoples names to our blog accounts, and how to make a pod cast. If you ask me how to do it, I would not be able to tell you but, I would be able to show you. I am just weird like that. But today we are going to be enduring day to of the pod casting, and I have no idea whats going on at this moment. I know the poem that I have found interest in, but the point is to get others interested in it also. I don't want people only doing it because I suggested it I want them to have a little more enthusiasm.[jump and say yay]...
The picture is of Robert Browning, the author of the poem "Porphoia's Lover." Though you can refrence him in the Victorian age of poetry, most of the Victorian age poems and stories have gothic tales on them. Like that of Browning, and Oscar Wildes. Durning this time Even the Brontee sisters were considered gothic. So we will see how far this goes. =]

Let's Party

Tomorrow's Class is CANCLED.... Usually I wouldnt mind, but I look forward to my Tuesday's. [ it's my only class on this day and my day off work]... Well, to recant my previous blog... Nifah is my partner, kinda exciting, since we work pretty well together, and we both want an A+++++++ =]. So I kind love the Poem by Browning, "Puphoria's Lover." It's creepy, and interesting, and Gothicy. But we'll see what happens.

My SOS!!!!!!

OMgggggg this is my 2nd attemp at this blog... the computers in this lab are kicking me off the interent ever chance i get.. uggggg

Today was interesting and fun and exciting, and my partner and I have alot of fun trying to figure out wat to say... We still don't know what we are doing.

There is not alot here, because my very nice and interesting blog got kicked off doing to the computers being slow and miserable today lol =]


http://lelemack.podomatic.com/entry/2010-02-12T07_21_49-08_00 My First Pod Cast with Nifah......

Stuck on The Island Day 1 lol jk....

Today is the first day of Pod Casting, in Computer lab when we get to "dilly dally" with some new technology. To me it's new, because I never really pod casted before. I have listened to audio stories before on cds. I have no idea what I am in for. I am curious anxious and nervous about it all in general. There are so many ideas in my head. Apprently there is still confusion about partners, and not keeping in contact with each other during the week, and that is MY FEAR. That I might be alone in this.. Although Hanifah and I have been keeping in touch through facebook as well as in class. I have plans to either do "Romeo and Juliet", or somthing interesting like a poem called "Purphyria's Lover." I think doing either would be interesting enough, but the poem is more interesting to me..... =] What do you think????

Let's get ready to poddddddcastttttttttttttt!

I know I posting lateeee!!!! =[ This HoRRRRRiBLE SNOW STorM

[ notice at this time there is not snow or flurry on the ground]
But because of this {supposed} storm, work made me stay later then I had too.

Anywho, as of today its offically Me and Stephanie, and [Mike] working on the pod cast. We were discussing something along the lines of a Shakespear Soliloquy, possible Hamlet, Macbeth, or Romeo and Juliet scene, but its in the brain~storming period. Hopefully, it will turn out to be pretty awesome. I am very nervous about the podcasting and how its going to work, but I am also very excited about it. =] [<----- see my excitment!]

First Post!!! =]

Heyllo there WORLD... First Blog, First Day of Class... Let's see where life is going to lead us shall we..........