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Document Type
Book Chapter
Department/Program
Education
Publication Date
2011
Book Title
Telementoring in the K-12 Classroom: Online Communication Technologies for Learning
Publisher
IGI Global
City
Hershey
First Page
1
Last Page
14
Abstract
Telementoring for K-12 students is done primarily outside of school, typically addressing topics that are extrinsic to school curricula. As beneficial as extracurricular telementoring can be, bringing mentors virtually into classrooms to interact with students and teachers over time holds great potential—and considerable challenge—for both. How can telementoring be integrated effectively into content-based curricula taught in face-to-face educational contexts like classrooms? What is key to the success of this type of curriculum-based telementoring? Answers to these questions appear below, illustrated by examples from an informal taxonomy of curriculum-based telementoring projects that were facilitated by the Electronic Emissary (http://Emissary.wm.edu/), the longest-running formal telementoring program for K-12 students and their teachers.
ISBN
9781615208616
Recommended Citation
Harris, H. (2011). Designs for curriculum-based telementoring. In Scigliano, D.A. (Ed.). Telementoring in the K-12 classroom: Online communication technologies for learning (pp. 1-14). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
