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My Life Story

Below please find my curriculum vitae, updated in April of 2008.
EDUCATION

B.A., Spanish; Minor in Criminal Justice (2004)
University of South Carolina

M.Ed., Educational Technology (in progress)
University of South Carolina

 

Ph.D., Educational Psychology & Research (in progress)
University of South Carolina

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Johnson, E., Craft, C., Smith, J., Habing, B. (2008, March). The impact of personal response systems in introductory statistics classes with large and small enrollments. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, New York.

Craft, C.M. (2007) Don't read to me, a presentation on presentations. Presented as a guest lecture for EDUC 330. College of William & Mary. Virginia Beach, VA: February, 2007

Craft, C.M. (2007). Blogging and podcasting in the foreign language classroom. Presented at the South Carolina Foreign Language Teacher’s Association Annual Conference. Columbia, South Carolina: February, 2007.

Craft, C.M. (2007) Blogging, podcasting and wikis. Presented at the South Carolina Educational Television Technology Workshop. Columbia, South Carolina: March, 2007

Craft, C.M. (2007) Open source blogging solutions for publishing student writing. Presented at the National Educational Computing Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: June, 2007

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

Technology Innovation Program (TIP) Award ‚ South Carolina Association for Educational Technology‚ Awarded at 2007 conference, Myrtle Beach, SC

Invited to attend Discovery Educator Network's National Leadership Conference. Silver Spring, MD: July, 2006

Featured in October 2006 issue of EdCompass newsletter published by SMART® Technologies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005-present: Spanish and Latin Teacher, CrossRoads Middle School, Irmo, South Carolina

- Focus on digital storytelling, with students collectively creating more than 100 stories each year. In 2007 I began a project involving over twenty schools from around the world.

2000-2005: Corporal Paramedic, Richland County Emergency Services, Columbia, South Carolina

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Society for Technology in Education
American Educational Research Association

OTHER SKILLS

Fluent in Spanish