About+Me

Brandi Caldwell
Having taught for ten years, I have had the priviledge to work in three different schools. Each school had its own technology issues. I have reformatted computers, created my own "Frankenstein" computer lab and network, and pioneered various technologies in schools. I have done presentations and professional development workshops regarding technology in the classroom. Last year I moved to a new school that is blessed with lots of technological resources and provided me connections to apply for the Alabama Best Practices Center's 21st Century Learning Fellowship. Through this work, I have had the opportunity to take big ideas and turn them into realities using blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other Web 2.0 tools. I am an avid blogger and feel it has changed my classroom forever. I am married with one child and another on the way, so just call me Supermomwifeteacherblogger!

Here are the specifics of my life as a teacher:

NBCT ‘02
12th GRADE ENGLISH & DEBATE/FORENSICS TEACHER Mountain Brook High School Mountain Brook, AL 2005-Present


 * __Education__**

MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION, School of Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Professional specialization: Secondary Grades Education with a specialty in English. August, 1997.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION, Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education, Samford University, Birmingham, AL. Major: Secondary Grades Education with a specialty in Language Arts. December 1995.


 * __Honors and Awards__**

Alabama Best Practices Center 21st Century Technology Fellow, 2006

Mountain Brook Schools Foundation Grant Winner, 2006

Jefferson County Foundation Grant Winner, 2005

Who’s Who Among American High School Teachers, 1999, 2002, & 2004.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification, AYA/ELA, 2002.

Birmingham Post Herald Outstanding Teacher Nominee, 2003.

Pinson Valley High School Second-Mile Teacher Winner, 2001.


 * __Presentations__**

Caldwell, B. & Smith, A. (June 2006) Blogging 101: Using Blogs in the Classroom. Hour Concurrent Session presented at the Alabama Educators Technology Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.

Caldwell, B. & Talton, J. (June 2005) Weird Science: Using Co-Teaching and Cross-Curricular Methods to teach Frankenstein. Hour Concurrent Session presented at the Alabama Educators Technology Conference (AETC), Birmingham, AL.

Caldwell, B. & Stanley, B. (June 2005) Trash to Treasure: Turning the One-Computer Classroom into a Lab. Hour Concurrent Session presented at the AETC, Birmingham, AL.

Caldwell, B. & Mardis, K. (June 2004) Online Tools to De-Stress the Classroom Teacher. Hour Concurrent Session presented at the AETC, Birmingham, AL.

Caldwell, B. & Mardis, K. (July 2003) Using Technology in the Classroom: Holt Online Essay Scoring and Turnitin.com. Teacher summer workshop presented to the English teachers of Jefferson County Schools, Birmingham, AL.

Caldwell, B. (June 2001) Edutainment: Using the Fine Arts to Entice the Reluctant Reader. Teacher summer workshop presented to the English teachers of Jefferson County Schools, Birmingham, AL.