Found A Partner: Podcasting Today

So this morning Elizabeth and I will be reading a book called Are you my Mother? By P.D. Eastman. I am very excited about reading this over my new podcast. We are trying to figure a way to read the book, whether we read it together or I read 5 pages, she reads 5 pages. I am not sure yet but I was thinking about adding sound effects and music in the background. I think this would definitely grab the attention of the listener and make them a lot more relax while Elizabeth and I read. I am really happy about having a partner and not working alone. She and I will have a great time doing this.... Elizabeth and I will be breaking the book up into different sections. I will be reading 10 pages, we'll read 10 pages together and then Elizabeth will read 10 pages and the rest of the book we'll read together.
Elizabeth will be looking for this story on lime wire so we can incorporate sound effects into the reading of this story.

My Cool Lesson Plan

I just spent about 4hrs doing a lesson plan for one of my classes. After reading the lesson plan over to myself, I was very proud of my work and my time and effort was well worth it.
Although the fear of God is put into me every time I think about doing lesson plans, I have faith that I will be successful in every endeavour I come across. I found these really helpful websites that allowed for me to come up with my very own great ideas. As a student, you don't fully understand the pressure a teacher is under and how much responsibility falls on them. Now that graduation is approaching and I am facing the "real world", I am more sympathetic of the troubles my teachers have gone through.
I finally understand just how much effort gets put into a lesson plan for students. The rubrics, test and quizzes, homework and classroom activities that fall into play when doing a lesson in the classroom.
Teachers have a harder job than what I thought. I am completely up for the challenge...

Stay Tuned for my next posting guys!!!!

Working alone is SAD!!!!

Although, it was my idea to work alone, I am so sad about it. There is no one to go to and ask if what you are saying makes sense or if what you are attempting to do would get your point across. There are some advantages for working alone but there aren't may. Aside from being in this extremely hot classroom that has a bad odor, I am starving as well. This is an exciting experience and I have so much to say. I hope that I don't over talk.

I am coming up with some great ideas that will work for the book that I will be posting up on my podcast. I hope everyone enjoys what I have in store for them....

My feelings...

I am setting up everything for my first podcast. I am trying to be open minded about this but I cant help but wonder how many people are going to be able to access everything I have to say. I am having a great time working with this and I hope that everyone enjoys listening to what I have to say. I am feeling a little weird, everyone has a partner but me....

This is my podcast address http://cristina01486.podomatic.com/entry/2009-09-18T07_26_48-07_00

Come listen to what I have to say guys. It is going to be an interesting semester. I will be reading different books and basically this will be a form of training for me. I want to be the best that I can be and I will try and find new ways to grab the attention of my readers and listeners.

I hope you guys come visit my podcast and have fun with me!!!
This will be a shared experience.

How am I feeling???

At this present moment my classroom is going to be working with our podcast right now. I am feeling a little under pressure right now. I think its because I am someone that when having to learn something I dont know how to do, I feel stressed because I dont want to make a mistake.
This classroom is TOO HOT!!!! They need to have some AC in this room.

What is Podcasting???

What is Podcasting?
Honestly speaking, I have almost no clue what it is. We are in a day and age where technology is used in everyday life. Children as young as 2 years old, are using the internet and ipods. I am interested in knowing what it is and what its used for but I do have to do some research.....

After reading a bit on what a podcast is and what its used for, I have concluded that a podcast is a group of digital files that are downloaded through the internet. Also, this I didnt know, the most common form of podcast is the MP3. I was amazed by this, only because those are the files you (I) use to download music. This made me feel like I was not as technologically challanged as I thought.

I would like to become even more familiar with podcasting. I would like to be able to incorporate technology in my lessons as a teacher, especially since children know so much about technology. I want to be able to grasp the attention of my students by using other methods of teaching.
I want to know what else you might be able to do with podcasting, other than downloading music and media files.

I dont want to be negative but I do feel that using such advanced technology in the classroom might take away from beneficial "old school" methods. I may or may not be wrong. But I feel that it might take too much time away from learning other materials because you as a teacher are spending so much time trying to find a way to incorporate this into your lesson.

In any event, I am very excited about working with podcast systems in my college class.

Here's a thought

So, i haven't really told you guys anything about me...

My name is Cristina Alicia Rivera. I am 23yrs old born in Jersey City. And I am one of 4 children. 1 older brother, Edgar and 2 younger sisters, Stephanie and Paige.
I live with my boyfriend, George.
I have wanted to be a teacher since I was young enough to go to school. I always knew that i was someone who had a passion to have a demanding career, such as teaching, and take it to the next level.
At first I wanted to teach High School, than I thought that it would probably be better to build up my courage with a less intimidating crowd. This lead me to want to teach 1-5th grade.
Lately, I have been wondering about what else I would like to do with my love of teaching and my desire to become a principal one day.
I thought for a while than decided that i really really would love to write a children's book. I have so many ideas and thoughts about what my different books would be about, how I would attract my readers and further more, how I can incorporate everyday life to a book that is read by a 7yr old.
I guess by applying myself and believing in myself, anything can come true.