Final Thoughts

I like the way that my portion of the story came out. I'm really glad
that I finally got to finish podcasting it. Both Sharnae and I have a
great flow of the story - and my portion of the story sounds extremley
convincing! I'm positive about this podcast of Potato: A tale of the
Great Depression. There was only one problem today, whih was that
my microphone was not working so then I had to record it onto Sharnaes
podomatic. Even though I did record it, it did not come out in her RSS
feed or as a new epidsode like it should have. But it is there, and created.
I'm positive about the outcome that podcasting can make on the
classroom, when all the technology kinks are worked out!

Podcasting Plans...

Well today is the last day in the podcasting lab. I hope today to have
a full story podcast at the end of this class. Already my effective questions
are done, now its time to finish the podcast of my story that I share with
Sharnae. Since it is the last day, I hope to accomplish a good podcast with
words that are clearly articulated and a story that will grab my students'
attention. I'm going to say that I want this podcast to be perfect but I
know that perfect is a stretch. I just want a good educational podcast that
I can use in my classroom teaching that will benefit the students.

Podcasting II:

Well.. podcasting today did not go as well as I wished it would.
Sharnae and I did not finish our blog because we forgot the book, but
we made a plan to finish it during Monday and Tuesday. Instead of
finishing our blog we did search for lesson plans to see the aray of
possibilites that come out of choosing a Great Depression book. I
did choose though, that my upcoming lesson that is due on October 9th
will be a History centered lesson including Language Arts. So yeah,
i was a little frustrated that I could not finish my lesson plan like
everyone around me was doing in the computer lab, and I could not
have as much fun as they were when they were reading their stories.
But i used my time wisely and planned the learning schedule I needed
by using this book, i.e preparing a lesson plan, effective questioning, and
to seeing the other learning objectives I can use with the a book that is
about the great depression. So in the end, i'm not mad because I actually
used my time wisely, even though I didn't podcast, I still got work done!!

Effective Questioning..

　

Questions correspoding to the story:

"Potato: The story of the Great Depression"

1.) Who are the characters in the story?

2.) What happened to Clarence?

3.) How did Clarence solve his familys problems?

4.) What did the family do to get food during the night?

5.) The family had leftover potatos, what did they do with them?

Current Thoughts...

My current state of mind is making me feel that podcasting
today will be different that others. I feel more determined in the
fact that I want to get this done correctly and efficently. I'm
positive about the outlook of the finished product, and I know
that i can't wait to use this story in my elementary school classroom.
Also, i am a little nervous because I know that technology does
not always run as smoothly as one would hope. And that i do not
feel my voice is as well as others because of the way that I say
certain words. I know i can get past this though, and I will. But alas,
I know that i need to be optimistic in order to finish this podcast. So
far podcasting has been fun, i really like it and I want to
explore it more especially educationally.

Mishaps..

Today I really noticed how hard it is to blog. Not because we
are bloggingin a group, but i'm having a problem with my voice.
Everytime it comes to saying POTATO i come out with POTATA...
its annoying.. I try to say it right but everytime it comes out wrong
and it is rather frustrating!! Come Friday i'm going to have this fixed
and be able to go threw my 14 pages by saying Potato correctly. Also,
today was good we got to experience reading the book and how we
sounded. Podcasting is great for educators because it allows us to hear
what we have to work on when it comes to Language Arts and Reading
especially because we donot want our students to pick up our bad habits.
GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE!!

Going into Recording

Sharnae and I came up with a plan to each read one page by
ourselves, then read one page together to bring both voices
together. Hopefully this will allow us to bring across the
depressing point of the potato famine, and explain the
struggle that was their lives in this point in time.

So, today Sharnae and hi are going to be recording our story on
Pod-o-matic. I'm actually extremley nervous but i'm optimistic
about the end result. I feel that we might have to go through a
couple tries to get it the best, but practice makes perfect! Once
this is done it will be a great resource in the classroom, especially
if we use tactics to get the children interested in the story of
Potato: A tale from the great depression. =] Stayed tuned for
details, please give me feedback on the finished product!!

Posting today.. I find it interesting and frustating at the same time.
There are pros and cons to podcasting. Pros are that your students
will be able to hear your voice and follow along with the story, when
you incorporate it into a lesson. But also, if students learned to podcast,
they would be able to hear themselves speak and be able to assess their
reading. Teachers could then keep the students podcast on a disk and
show to parents as a timeline of their child's assessment. The cons are
that technology does not always work properly and as a teacher you
would have to find other learning possibilities due to these problems.

Here is the link to my new podcast, ENJOY!!

http://lilcielo.podomatic.com/entry/2009-09-18T07_27_11-07_00

Podcasting

Hey guys, i'm back!! Well my Teaching Language Arts class
is supposed to start podcasting tomorrow. And i'm the most
nervous person ever. Not only am i nervous about the
podcasting and the sound of my voice being taken in my a
microphone. BUT, how am i supposed to use this in my lesson
or even my classroom. I'm scared, but im determined to challenge
myself to learn new things that will better teaching skills and
my classroom. I feel that podcasting will allow more versatile
classroom by reading the book, using the podcast and having them
read it themselves. This would reinforce the fact of the podcasting and
the skills of reading that the children in my classroom need to achieve.
I'm scared about tomorrow but i feel that i will get it over with in good fashion.
STAY TUNED FOR DETAiLS =]