TaylorCreative
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Navasota, Texas, United States
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Mark Taylor is a professional writer, a TEA-certified teacher of grades EC-12, a college professor, a graphic designer, a composer, and an historian all rolled up into one guy! Before becoming an educator, Mark spent 20 years running his own marketing company, TaylorCreative. As a teacher of both elementary and middle school students and college undergraduates, Mark put his talents to work to make learning a little more hands-on to increase active cognitive engagement.
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Design Basics (Exam)
High or college students will have an opportunity to demonstrate mastery of basic design concepts. Academic content assessed includes:
-composition
-balance
-symmetry/asymmetry
-didactic design theory
-rhetoric in design
-positive/negative space
-semiotics/symbolism
-roughs/thumbnails/storyboards
-keyboard shortcuts (basic)
An answer key is included.
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Computer Science - Technology, Graphic Arts, Instructional Technology
Empresarios & Texas Colonization (Illustration activity)
4th grade students will learn about the Austin Colony by illustrating it and creating details, captions, etc. using facts. Students will have to find text evidence and include the things they find in their illustration. Includes a student-friendly rubric so they can monitor their own progress.
4th
Graphic Arts, Other (Social Studies), Social Studies
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Experience
Mark Taylor is a professional writer, a TEA-certified teacher of grades EC-12, a college professor, a graphic designer, a composer, and an historian all rolled up into one guy! Before becoming an educator, Mark spent 20 years running his own marketing company, TaylorCreative. As a teacher of both elementary and middle school students and college undergraduates, Mark put his talents to work to make learning a little more hands-on to increase active cognitive engagement.
Teaching style
Hands-on; active; lots of student collaboration
Awards & shining teacher moments
Numerous awards from the International Association of Business Communicators, Communicator Awards, Telly Awards, Silver Quill Awards and more.
My own education history
B.S. in Ag Journalism, Texas A&M University
M.S. in Ag Education/Adult Education, Texas A&M University
Doctoral Studies in Educational Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University
Additional graduate studies in literature, Texas A&M University
Additional graduate studies in music, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Additional biographical information
Mark Taylor grew up on a farm in the small, farming community of Webberville, Texas, on the outskirts of Austin. After graduating from Texas A&M University, Mark work in radio for five years as a station manager for KAGC radio in Bryan, Texas and as a reporter/studio engineer for the USA Radio Network in Carrollton, Texas. His marketing background includes marketing director positions for two manufacturers, communications director for a school district, and his own experience as a self-employed marketing consultant and free lance writer. He lives in College Station, Texas with his wife, Beverly, who is also a career educator. He currently teaches Texas History for Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. He is also a part-time instructor for Blinn College.
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