Mentoring – online March 3, 2007
Posted by Joseph Papaleo in General, classroom.trackback
Last year, I “met” Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach through my invovlement in the K12 Online Conference. Sheryl was one of the organisers of the conference and led an international discussion using Elluminate that I participated in. It was a thrill to have a real-time discussion with many “big names” in the education blogosphere.
Recently, Sheryl got in touch and asked me if I would like to join her class of pre-service teachers and participate as one of many “online-mentors” from around the world. I was intrigued and agreed.
Sheryl as it turns out is a lecturer/professor at The College of William and Mary and has two classes of pre-service teachers. Using tapped-In, a global, on-line classroom has been established where Sheryl and her students pose various questions or seek assistance as they develop new units of work for their subjects or teaching rounds. As a result of the questions students have posed, I have been challenged several times in the last few weeks to refocus on my own teaching style . Thinking through their questions and my practices and then reading responses from other mentors has allowed me to become a better teacher.
Anyone can see this group and request to join it.
Thank you to both Sheryl and all of her students for this great collaborative project that has truly enriched me (and it has only been going for about month) .
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