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=**Crystal Bronte Tech Portfolio: Fall 2011** =



** __Words I love__: loquacious, illuminate, magnificent, voluminous, obsequious, multitude, logic, anomaly, quintessential, misanthrope **
**__What lead me to teaching:__ In High School, I developed a strong passion for reading and discussing texts. College only reaffirmed my passion for the discipline and fostered a growing desire to teach. As I got experience in graduate school teaching freshman English, I began to understand what a big impact one teacher can make. How to read, write, and think critically are vital tools in the 21st Century; without these tools, it is difficult to be an engaged and active citizen. Although I enjoyed teaching at the college level, I felt that something was missing. I wanted to teach in my discipline AND help students during adolescence - a very important and highly developmental time. I want to be a teacher because I want to be part of the process of helping students be critical, engaged, and active thinkers. I want to help students learn about accountability and responsibility and how empowering that can be. Yay, teaching! - Crystal**



__Tech Tool Investigations__:

 * **Tech Tool 1: Docucams** **
 * **Tech Tool 2: Social Networking Sites (Diversity Resource)** **
 * **Tech Tool 3: Skype** **
 * **Public Speaking Video Project** **