Chapter Title

Facilitated Telementoring for K-12 Students and Teachers

Authors

Judi Harris, College of William and Mary

Files

Document Type

Book

Department/Program

Education

Publication Date

2010

Book Title

Cases on Online Tutoring, Mentoring and Educational Services: Practices and Applications

Publisher

IGI Global

City

Hershey

First Page

1

Last Page

11

Abstract

The Electronic Emissary is a Web-based service and resource center that helps teachers and students with Internet access locate mentors who are experts in various disciplines, then plan and engage in curriculum-based learning.. In this way, the interaction that occurs among teachers and students face-to-face in the classroom is supplemented and extended by electronic mail, Web forum, chat, and audio/videoconferencing exchanges that occur among participating teachers, students, and volunteer mentors. These project-based online conversations typically range in length from 6 weeks to a full academic year, as students’ needs and interests dictate. When the issues being explored are multi-disciplinary, technically and conceptually sophisticated, or dependent upon current and highly specialized research and theory, additional expertise must be made directly available to students and teachers longitudinally, and on an as-needed basis. This is what telementoring offers to learners and educators today, and what the Electronic Emissary brings to students and teachers worldwide.

Recommended Citation

Harris, J. (2010). Facilitated telementoring for K-12 students and teachers. In Berg, G.A. (Ed.). Cases on online tutoring, mentoring and educational services: Practices and applications (pp. 1-11). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.