TeachAde

cmeyer

I feel the best way to share anything is to share your own excitement. When others see how excited you are about learning, they become excited to try it themselves. I encourage others to explore technology and ask questions when they get stuck. I will always help when I can. Through this mentor program, I now have more connections and more people to ask when I get in "over my head" on a technology project.

mmeyerswenninger

My favorite strategie is to have a plan in mind, but you must be flexable at all times when mentoring. I have mentored new teachers in the district and on almost every occasion concepts that I have planned get shot out the door, but this is a great thing! I feel letting the mentee take the led in what he or she needs help with really make the mentor-mentee relationship strong. The mentor really needs to be available for their mentee whenever they need them and I really feel that it takes a special person to be a mentor.

elee

To drop in occasionally without invitation to check progress is fun. I also like to offer unsolicited advice. All of this must be done in good humor and with the understanding that I am in no way being judgmental. The trick is also to be available frequently enough to help with each issue as it arises, but not to become a bother.

awinkel

Good morning!
When mentoring a colleague, I found that it works best to communicate at all times. Even if your chats are brief, touching base with one another keeps the mentor well informed of what the mentees needs are. Mentoring to me is an awesome way to spend time with colleagues sharing and supporting one another whether it is in the area of technology or not. This commitment guarantees TIME for teachers to share and discuss things with each other.

lwilterdink

I will begin my first official mentoring experience tomorrow, so I'll be discovering soon what works best and and what doesn't. The Technology Mentoring class has been an awesome strategy to get teachers involved in the mentoring process. The teacher I chose to mentor in instructional technology has said, "I hate computers." I hope that she will walk away with some valuable knowledge and skills that she will be excited to use in her classroom. Without the mentoring course, she would probably go on hating computers forever. I believe a good menter obtains the qualities we look for in a good teacher - competent, compassionate, patient, nonjudgmental, flexible, available, etc.

George Warriner

You all have some great ideas! Let's keep the ideas going and see how much we can share! I hear there were great movies today! I can't wait to see them! If you feel like it - make one small enough and add it as a resource (file) - If you dare!!