C4T Assignment

 I had the pleasure in reading Eva Buyuksimkesyan's blog was called "Becoming a Teacher". She talks about some things that up and coming; new teachers may go through or come across when entering the teaching field for the first time. Things such as wanting praise from the principal of the school and support from fellow co-workers. She explains that sometimes as new teacher we expect the principal and the other teachers to support, praise and lend a helping hand. Sometimes you will not receive that; principal may ignore you and fellow teacher may not help you. As a teacher, we have to be life-long learners and self-motivators. She tells new teachers to always find online courses and seminars to stay knowledgeable. She talks about how we should not give up on the slow learners because they need a little more help, it is easy to teach the smart children but it takes a good teacher to teach the not so smart children. Also, get feedback from your students to see what are ways you can improve. I suggest that all up and coming; or new teachers read this blog.

I commented on her blog thanking her for that blog and how I had heard bad things about teaching, it made me a little nervous. She motivated me to continue on my journey in becoming a teacher and to motivate myself.

Post #2
The second blog I read by Eva Buyuksimkesyan's was "24th Edition of EEL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival". The theme of the carnival was "Warmers, Fillers, and 1st week activities". In this blog, she included blog from other teachers. I view the other teacher blog and they had some really great ideas on things to do with students during the first week of school. There was also a link inside her blog were you could download the carnival and you can look at what the teachers put together.

I commented on her blog stating that her and the rest of the teachers had some really great activities to use inside the classroom. I also told her that it was a really great idea for her to put the carnival inside her post so others can view it and use some of these ideas in the classroom. I thanked her and left my twitter name.

Blog Assignment #1

About Me
Hi my name is LaVenia Curtis, I am 23 years old and I have a 6 month old son. I currently live a home with my parents,and my sister and brother, hopefully not for long.  I live here in Mobile,AL. I just transferred to USA from Auburn University Montgomery, where I studied Elementary Education. The curriculum has just changed in the spring semester, so a lot of my classes that I took I can't use so I'm having to re-take a lot of classes. It is a little furstrating that I have to start over but I know that everything happens for a reason. My hobbies or interests are raising my my son, shopping, and having fun.

My passion is children and I love children. I believe that every child should have a great foundation in learning, this foundation are important keys to succeed. I want to be a part of this success. I know the pay isn't going to be all that great but I'm not in this profession for the money, I'm in it for the children. I hope to begin working in an elementary school as soon as I graduate from USA.
Time Management
Watching Randy Pausch's video on time management, I learned that you should always have a plan. You can plan each day, week or even semester. Break your plans into small steps and do the biggest thing first. Procrastination is a bad thing to do because it will cause you to get behind and mess things up.If you do not plan you can become stressed and things can fall apart. Its ok if the plan changes but at least you have a plan.

Practice Blog

This class is very confusing.....