Tyler+Crockett

**Tyler Crockett ** **Introduction: **My name is Tyler Crockett. I am the youngest of four brothers and I am from Lebanon, Ohio. I am 22 years old. **Education:** I am a senior in history and a junior in secondary education right now. I certainly love and enjoy college. I did two years at Ohio University and moved back to this area to get more involved in personal training and massage therapy. I also coach football at Lebanon High School by Kings Island. I also work security and check id's at a lounge downtown called FB's. I also have given motivational and nutritional seminars in the area. I plan on coaching football and teaching in the Cincinnati area or down in Tennessee. I take a lot of pride in my school work and plan on graduating Deans List so feel free to ask for any help. **I got into teaching for several reasons**. My grandfather coached and taught for 30 years at Mt. Healthy and we are best friends so it was an easy decision. I have always had a nac for wanting to help inspire anyone I can and there is no better opportunity then in teaching. I don’t know how many teachers I have met who influenced me. It truly is inspiring. **My technology experience** was very minimal going into this class, but I can honestly say this class has totally took me to a whole new level. It is amazing how technology can improve a classroom. It has been a blessing to have the opportunity to enhance my ability as a teacher through the tools of technology. I remember when I was in school, at times the lesson would be boring and unappealing. But if my teacher were to insert things such as power points on prezis, or podcasts, and blogs into their curriculum then I would have been more interested. I refuse to be that teacher who does not appeal to the class. With the technology I've learned from this class I can be on the level of a teacher like Robin Williams in "Dead Poet Society." I'm going to include my **artifacts in my standards.** I will now get into the **ISTE standards with my artifacts included.**

 [|Standard 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. **//b //**//. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. // **Artifact and Reflection: **It is very important teachers are using their knowledge to not only teach their students, but make them smarter. That means being creative and finding ways to enhance their learning while keeping them interested. For example, last spring I took a Political Science class. It was amazing. Dr. Birdsong did a great job making the class interesting. What we had to do was find a current world problem that related to our curriculum and then post the article on our blog and write about it.**: []**

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 **//b//**//. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.// **//Artifact and reflection: //** Our entire CI class has been revolved around a digital age learning experiment for us. Professor Penetecost has reflected our entire grade around being able to adapt to this new age in learning. For example, the tech-tool presentation Professor Pentecost made us do. I had to use Prezi and show how it works and what not. Prezi is like the new hip way to do presentations. My big thing is, say you have a document saved that won’t work a Mac or Pc. Now you can create a website on the internet and give a presentation from there. It is a great way to keep the kids interesting in learning through a web based technology that is my appealing to them. http://prezi.com/kh8oftmvbuxk/seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world/
 * [|Standard 2] : Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments **

[|Standard 3]: Model Digital-Age Work and Learning: //**c. **//// communicates relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats. // //**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Artifact and Reflection: **////<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;">This resembles what we did with our Wiki Spaces. It is a direct reflection our classroom. This entire class is a model digital age based classed. But its primary focus is on work and learning while still being able to communicate the relevant information needed in this class. Smart boards are a great example of this standard. //<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> [|SMART Boards]. It is a direct correlation for standard 3. [|Standard 4]: Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility **//<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a. //**//<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, // //<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. // **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Artifact and reflection: **<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Standard four is crucial to be successful in college. To many times students get mixed up in not citing sources properly and etc.. As a teacher it is important we don’t infringe on others work either without properly citing it. Here is an amazing example of an easy way for a student or teacher to get in trouble citing. Wikipedia is a great example. But the thing is if properly trained students and teachers will know wikipedia cites everything at the bottom of each page for the sources used. [|www.wikipedia.com]. Here is another artifact I used that was web based for my final project. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">@http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lesson17.htm.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|Standard 5]: Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership **//<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">b. //**//<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, // //<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">and developing the leadership and technology skills of others. // **//<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Reflection and Artifact: //**<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This standard is crucial to being successful. When I think of word leadership and growth I think of team work and ambition. If your are ambition in the classroom then you will grow inside and outside of it. It is important that students can implement what they learned in class and infuse it in another way. For example here is an artifact I used in one of our lessons that allows the student to take what was learned in a classroom and use a web based source to study and prepare for an exam or just study. [|www.quizlet.com]. This standard reflects our professor for the course. She is always learning while teaching. She continues to enrich the class with now technological ideas and creates ways to infuse technology into her lesson plans. It is very cool. She made us find a site the students could use to infuse their classroom learning and I used quizlet because I have had much success with it.


 * Final** **Reflection:** I have only taken three classes in my college career that I can truly say was life changing for my career. I took a philosophy class at Ohio University with a gentleman named Dr. Al Lent. He truly had a major impact on me, I was the only student to get an A in his class, it was just un-explainable. I am now enrolled in two classes this quarter which are difference makers. My Special Education class truly has had an impact on me. I feel blessed to be in the position I am in when so many others have such hard obstacles to overcome. My special education class did that for me. Then I have this technology class with Professor Pentecost. I know I will be such a better teacher learning what I have learned in this class. The classroom does not have to be basic and boring. It can be expanded, exciting, and interesting with all the technology out there. Before this class I would have been a boring power point teacher, not going to sugar coat myself. But now I am well rounded. I would love if Professor Pentecost would give everyone a copy of her outline so if we forget we have something to look back to. But I had zero knowledge of any teaching standards until this CI class. Only words to explain this is amazing. There were times when I was frustrated like tonight though. I feel like I had everything done and then looked back and realized I was missing two assignments. Which is fine, for being such a stickler on grades I was not responsible. But the cool thing about this class is everything is on Wiki which is like a class syllabus almost so it was easy to figure out. But for most part, this class was a Home Run.
 * Class Documents:**
 * 1. Lesson plans: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[[file:english 3 with standards.docx]][[file:english lesson plan.docx]][[file:english 2.docx]] **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Test: [] **