Susan+Roebel

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My name is Susie Roebel. I am a Secondary English Education major. This is my third year at the University of Cincinnati. I am from Cincinnati and I went to Purcell Marian High School in East Walnut Hills. I graduated from Purcell Marian in 2008. I have one brother named Denny who graduated from UC in 2009. I have a Yorkshire Terrier named Toby. I work at the Cincinnati Reds and at Bath and Body works in Kenwood Mall. I think that I have enough knowledge of technology to get me through things or to be able to figure things out, but I would not say that I am a genius at it.I haven't too much experience with technology in the classroom. My school was a one computer a classroom type of school until the year after I graduated where they received computers in all of the classrooms. We did not have Smartboards or anything like that so I am pretty new to all of that technology. In my free time I like to hang out with my friends and family and go to new and interesting places. I chose teaching as a profession because ever since I was a little girl I would make my brother play school with me. As I got older, I still loved the profession but was not sure if it was what I really wanted to do until my uncle who was a teacher at Roger Bacon High School passed away. I saw all the former and current students that came to the funeral and I realized how many lives he touched and I thought to myself that if I could touch half as many lives that he did my job would be done. I am glad that I have made the decision to be a teacher because I love working with students.


 * Contact Info**: roebelsm@mail.uc.edu

[|Here is a link to my Lesson Plan…]

[|Here is a link to my Rubric…]


 * Title:** Teacher Vision
 * URL**: []
 * Summary:** This website has many sample lesson plans on it for every grade level and subject area.
 * Student's Name**: Susie Roebel


 * Name of Technology Tool:** Teacher Tube
 * URL Location of Tool: []**
 * Is there a video or tutorial to learn how to use the tool?** No
 * Is the tool free?** Yes **Can I pay to upgrade for more options?** No
 * Would you, as a teacher, use this tool?** Yes
 * Who uses this tool? P**robably mostly teachers since it has all educational videos and resources on it. Students could use it as well when looking for videos for different presentations they may have to do.
 * What does one use this tool for?** it is a source of educational videos and resources for teachers and students
 * What is the educational value of this tool?** this website is full of all differnt kinds of videos that teachers or students can use free of charge when trying to add some form of technology in theri lessons and/or presentations.
 * Student's Name:** Susie Roebel

**Student's Name**: Susie Roebel **Title of Lesson Plan**: Romeo and Juliet- Alternative Endings **Grade Level**: 9-12 **Subject**: Language Arts/Literature **Standard, Benchmark, and Indicator**: Write narratives that:a. sustain reader interest by pacing action and developing an engaging plot (e.g., tension and suspense);b. use a range of strategies and literary devices including figurative language and specific narration; andc. include an organized, well-developed structure. Brief description of lesson plan: Students will read the play, Romeo and Juliet. Students will then compare the ending to the ending in the modern movie of Romeo and Juliet (with Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes). The students then have to brainstorm another ending to the play and write it out using dialogue. **Website**: []        <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**<span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',serif; font-size: 13pt; padding-right: 10px;">ISTE Standards: **__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">**1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity** Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers: <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> As a teacher today, one has to realize that the students are from the digital age and that they use technology with pretty much everything that they do. Whether it is texting someone on their cell phone or surfing the internet on their iPod touch, students today are always connected. So how can teachers use that to their advantage? One lesson plan that I found that used technology is called Romeo and Juliet- Alternative Endings (here is a link to the website: <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; color: black;">[] ). The lesson allows the students to both read the play and then watching the movie. One could even add in reading something on the internet or watching a YouTube video on the play to add more technology into the lesson. After reading and watching, the students then have to use their creativity to think of an alternate ending to the play. This lesson uses both the “new” way of teaching with the use of technology and the “older” way by making the students be creative. I think that this lesson is a great one because it has something for everyone. For those that like to use technology there can be added activities with it and those that like to write creatively or think creatively are also challenged when asked to write an alternate ending to the play. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments** Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers: <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Students today always want the newest technologies and want to be the first to get them. Teachers need to be able to realize this and be the first of their peers to somehow incorporate these new technologies into their lessons. A way of doing this is my group’s lesson plan that we presented. Here is a link to the [|Lesson Plan] of what we presented. In this lesson, we had the students create Facebook pages for the characters in //Romeo and Juliet//. What was so unique about this lesson is the fact that it took something that is seen as old and boring and made it new and interesting for the students. This lesson incorporated digital tools (computers and Facebook) into a lesson that promoted student learning and creativity. I have never heard of a teacher using Facebook in his/her curriculum, but it is a great example of authentic learning. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * Student's Name**: Susie Roebel <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title of Lesson Plan**: Mad Libs <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Grade Level**: 9, 10 <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Subject**: Language Arts/Grammar <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Brief description of lesson plan**: First, give students the sheet that contains only the words on it; allow them to fill in the blanks. Once students have finished filling in the blanks, hand them the story sheet and have them place the word that they put in the blank with the corresponding part of speech in the story. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Website**: <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * Student's Name**: Susie Roebel <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Title of Lesson Plan**: Painless Poetry <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Grade Level**: 9-12 <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Subject**: Language Arts/Poetry <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Brief description of lesson plan**: Copy a few pages from a novel and give to students. Tell them to underline phrases or words that stick out to them. When finished with that, have students write underlined passages on strips of paper and them put them together as a poem. Have students glue poem to a piece of construction paper and hang around room. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Website**: <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * //c.// || //promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.// ||
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;">a. || design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. ||

**3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning** Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;">d. || model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning. ||

It can be hard to keep students on task and paying attention in classrooms today especially when they would rather be hanging out with their friends or talking on their phones. So what is a teacher supposed to do? One solution is the use of different videos in their lessons and a good source for educational video is [|TeacherTube]. TeacherTube is just like YouTube in that you can search for any kind of video, but TeacherTube is solely educational videos. The use of this digital tool not only keeps the students entertained, but it also can support your teaching and the students’ learning. It is a way to show the students something interesting, as well as visual, about the topic you may be covering that day. TeacherTube can be used by any content area, grade level, and experience level. It is s tool that every teacher should know about. TeacherTube is a great way for the teacher to give his/her students the chance to use technology in the classroom since in today’s society it is seen everywhere.

**4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility** Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:
 * a. || advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. ||

It is so easy to find a research paper online and to just copy and paste everything into your paper and turn it in for a grade. There are even sites where you can pay for a paper that is completely written for you. For many people, this way of “writing papers” has become normal for them and teachers should be able to recognize when someone is academically false. The teacher should be able to spot work that is not the student’s as well as promote that the act of copying work from somewhere and not citing where it is from is an act of plagiarism. The University of Cincinnati has a student [|Code of Conduct] where it goes over all of the consequences of plagiarism. Teachers also have things like [|SafeAssign] that is run through Blackboard where students can submit their work and it checks websites and other students’ work to make sure what they submitted is theirs. Yes, using the internet for sources is a faster way than going to a library and looking through all the books and articles they have, but if not citing properly students can run into a lot of trouble.

**5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership** Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
 * a. || participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. ||

With today’s ever changing society, teachers need to be open to the fact that they will have to constantly changing their teaching style as well. Something that worked five years ago for one class will not be as interesting or as effective for your class today. Changing lesson plans not only keeps it interesting for the students, but it also keeps it interesting for the teacher so he/she is not doing the same thing every year. Teachers always need to be on the lookout for new, exciting ideas to bring to their classroom and websites like [|Microsoft for Teachers] and [|Google for Educators] are just two of the places teachers could go to see what is new in the education world. When teachers actively try to improve student leaning and understanding, they are making themselves better teachers because they are in turn improving themselves by advancing their spectrum of knowledge and lesson plans.

Through this class, I learned a lot about many different sites that are available for teachers. Two sites that I found very helpful were the [|Rubric Maker] and [|The Lesson Plan Builder] sites. They are very helpful to teachers because all one has to do is insert the information and the websites do all the annoying work like putting the rubric in a chart or creating titles for all the subsections of the lesson plan. Most of the presentations that were done on the websites were things I had never heard of before. I also enjoyed going to Hughes High School and seeing how they are using technology in their classrooms. It was very interesting to compare Hughes’ technology to the technology I had in high school which was only three years ago. A lot can change in three years and Hughes is a great example of that. One last thing that I learned was that technology is not something that can be avoided. Students today are used to being online and using their phones for everything. This showed me that I need to learn about technology as much as I can because it is not going away. The “traditional” chalk and chalkboard classroom really does not exist today. It is being replaced with Smartboards and computers. A new teacher needs to always be thinking outside of the box and coming up with new and interesting ways to engage their students.
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