21st Century Collaborative

Tech Enhanced Learning Anne Davis is an amazing teacher and woman. Yesterday my students had the priviledge of spending 50 minutes with her chatting as though we were having tea around the kitchen table. Anne style is so natural and relaxed that she makes you feel like all of this is really doable. The students [...]

"When connections are weak…not more research, but better connections are needed," according to George Siemens.  I teach a variety of ICT courses to preservice teachers at The College of William and Mary. One of the common projects I have included in each course I have taught for the last three years is an electronic mentorship. [...]

One of my preservice teachers posted this today… One of our assignments throughout the semester has been to maintain a blog about our pre-service teaching experiences. Prof. Nussbaum-Beach has also encouraged us to get our students blogging. Thus far, I have been somewhat skeptical on the idea, as it seems logistically challenging to implement. However, [...]

Emergence and empowerment are the most spectacular aspects of this stage of the journey on which I find myself. It is a dual occurrence, where as I help others blossom, I find myself learning, growing and empowered in equal proportion. I have the honor and privilege of teaching preservice teachers at the College of William [...]

I have been writing lately; a literature review and project description for a collaborative study I helped to design and implement around electronic mentorship. I dont think I have ever really described the project here so I thought I would share. We recently finished year one of the project and have finished our content analysis. [...]