I was watching novelas which are Mexican soap opras about love and tragedy. My mother always watches them with me and she always says how do they do that? I thought maybe rather than reading their scrip over and over again they would act it out. Duhhhhhhhh I thought to myself. I thought more about the actors in movies who are not familiar with the character they get chosen for. For example, if I wanted to be in a karate movie I would definitely take karate lessons and actually do it. To better understand the character and the story, acting it out would for sure give you a better perspective of whats going on. I think it's the same for students who are reading plays. I remember reading plays like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Brutus and Cesar. Every single one of them we acted out except a few and I saw that acting it out helped me better understand the story. Acting is fun anyway and makes me even more interested in the play.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Connection #7 3.14.10
I was watching novelas which are Mexican soap opras about love and tragedy. My mother always watches them with me and she always says how do they do that? I thought maybe rather than reading their scrip over and over again they would act it out. Duhhhhhhhh I thought to myself. I thought more about the actors in movies who are not familiar with the character they get chosen for. For example, if I wanted to be in a karate movie I would definitely take karate lessons and actually do it. To better understand the character and the story, acting it out would for sure give you a better perspective of whats going on. I think it's the same for students who are reading plays. I remember reading plays like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Brutus and Cesar. Every single one of them we acted out except a few and I saw that acting it out helped me better understand the story. Acting is fun anyway and makes me even more interested in the play.
Field Trip #7 4.14.10
Thursday I went to visit Ms. Carney and for today's lesson was acting out a skit. The skit was called "More than a Game" which was about a basket ball player and his friends assisting him in his success. Mostly every student had a part. Ms. Carney advised me to push a button on the smartboard that would pick the student who would have a role. I thought it was a great idea to act like the character so that the student can better understand the skit. Acting it out makes it fun for the child and catches their attention. A little basketball hoop was added to our skit as a prop. I was the one holding it and I could see that the student shooting it liked it. I had to leave early as usual which really sucks because I enjoy observing how the children react to the things their being taught. Nasir is a student who I love to observe, he always seems to make me smile. His hand is usually the first hand up and I love his enthusiasm in his voice. Every student in the class is a wonderful student that to me are very respectful and nice. I can not wait to see them again.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Love IS ALL I NEEd. : )
I never thought I was loved so much. At times I feel alone but I've always had someone hold my hand through everything. It's weird that my life has never really been bad to the point where it ruins my life. There are moments when I wish I could just disappear, but now I see I was exaggerating because everything I've gone through was never really horrible. My life is good and I should not whine at all. My mom loves me and so do many other people. Love is something I know I will always and forever have no matter what. I love everyone and everything in my life. I'm grateful for this marvelous life. Something I should do is keep my cool and keep going. No whining or crying over stupid nonsense that can be fixed. As long as I'm loved and supported I feel as though I have nothing to worry about.
CONNECtION 6 3.25.10
Friday, Mr. Maggi showed us a video on YouTube that really opened my eyes to my research paper. The video I think was called "A Vision of K-12 Students Today" which was trying to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. I thought it was awesome. Mr. Maggi was also talking about how in the old days to look for a book people had to pull out a catalogue that was about 5 feet long. I never really noticed the changes or how much learning had actually changed until I started researching and wondering about it. Today I read an article on how students at a young age are not told about intelligence and the meaning of it. They just learn and feel as though their pace and amount of knowledge is through age and can not develop or grow. Therefore, they do not improve in grades because they are convinced that they can not get smarter or develop new skills. My psychology class has definitely helped me better understand the mind since right now were learning about intelligence. I mostly like this class because I can relate it to my life and other things that I want to know more about.
Field Trip # 6 3.25.10
Today was a busy day and it stayed that way until the end of the day. I arrived late to my sponsor's but I had already advised her that I would be late today. Like usual Ms. Carney had her students working and today they were working on computers. I asked Ms. Carney if she lets the students use computers often and she replied that she tries to as much as she can. She had asked me if it was easier reading from a website on a computer or reading from a book. I replied that I liked reading from a website but the sides always have something to distract you. I had also mentioned to her that I was doing my research paper on technology with education. She had mentioned that she only had a little bit of training with the technology they presented to her in the classroom. I was glad that she knew that technology is very important to incorporate in her teaching. In my mind when I walked in the class I felt like my research paper was just as I was describing and picturing when I was writing it. I had proven my research paper to myself through Ms. Carney's answers to my questions and just the mere sight of all the students typing, browsing, searching, and clicking. They were reading articles off of websites and making power points. It was quite odd that Ms. Carney saw the importance of technology when not all teachers could see the great and wonderful use of technology. Ms. Carney asked the whole class if it's harder to work on computers and programs rather than worksheets and books. Only 4 raised their hands out of 16 kids that it was harder to use computers. I was impressed by how many students thought computers were better and easier to understand. It sucked that I had to leave early because of softball practice but I really liked today, because I felt what I was trying to prove was right in front of my face.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
LONg Lost SONG. 3.17.10
For so long I had been searching for " Los Inovidables" which are fantastic Dominican singers. I love each and everyone of their songs. My favorite song of all is " Quiero estar a tu lado" this means I want to be by your side. All of their songs are about love and sadness. Most of their voices are soft and passionate. They are very creative in their songs and have much symbolism with the words they choose to use. For example, in " Quiero estar a tu lado" a flower represents a heart that has love growing in each and every petal and his love for her only gets bigger and bigger. Another song that I absolutely adore is " No quiero berte llorar" which is a song that explains that he no longer loves his girlfriend and wants to let her know. Although he no longer loves her, he still cares about her. He does not want to see her cry so her tells the truth that he loves someone else, but then he realizes that he still loves her, but now he's in a new relationship with the other girl he thought he loved. It's a complicated song but very interesting. Their way of using words and the tones they use to express themselves capture my ears. I like that they use different instruments like the piano, guitar, drums to make their music. I love "Los Inovidables".
Connection SOFtBAll NUMBER 5 3.17.10
On Monday I started softball and I had no idea what I was doing or any of the positions of softball. I've seen people play the sport but I never really understood it. It was pretty hard knowing where to go or what to say, but not impossible. I was pretty proud of myself that I went through the whole practice without stopping or thinking about quitting. I realized today at practice that I needed to pay more attention and see if I was doing the right thing. Therefore, I asked Ms. Jones to tell me when I'm doing something incorrect because if she does not tell me I will never better myself. Just like checking your grades. You need to know what type of grade you have in each class to know where to improve. Being unaware of yourself in any type of thing like sports, school, or even your job is very bad. If no one tells you your doing something incorrect then how will you ever improve? Moreover, students although they're doing the homework or taking the test, you have no idea if it's an A or an F. Just like softball you might be doing all the stretches, and warm ups but you have no idea if you suck at this sport and need improvement.
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