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George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
2000 Implementation Grant
Annual Education Degrees Awarded: 455
PT3 abstract - Project website
Project Contact:
(703) 993-2069
GMU's "High Touch Mentoring for High Tech Integration" is using mentoring as a model for working with School of Education faculty. The program pairs a K-12 teacher from three partner school districts with a graduate school of education faculty member in their discipline to work on finding ways to integrate technology into the faculty members' courses. The K-12 mentor-teachers are chosen based upon their effective use of technology to support their students' learning.
In the first year of the program, 16 faculty members were paired with K-12 teacher-mentors for a one-year period. The faculty member spends time observing the mentor-teacher's integration of technology in his or her own classroom and working with preservice teachers during their field experiences. "This grant has given me the opportunity to rethink course content and truly integrate versus using technology in isolation," said one faculty participant. "Planning up front has been key to this being a positive and successful experience."
Over 80 percent of the mentoring teams formed a close relationship that resulted in an increased use, understanding and infusion of technology by the faculty. Faculty partners reported increasing their technology skills and level of comfort whether they were a novice or advanced technology user prior to joining a mentoring team.
December 2001
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