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How much time will I have to invest as an eMentor?
The amount of time you put into communicating via
the Blackboard eDiary discussion board is up to you
and your mentee. (Obviously, the more time you put
in the more students will benefit.) However,
the minimum requirement for eMentoring is responding
to mentees' questions and posted documents twice each
week (approximately 30 minutes) during January, February,
and March, 2006. View a student eDiary
How will I know how to assist my mentees?
The Program Director (sfleischer@wbais.org)
will contact eMentors via email and provide a brief bio
of their assigned students and their tentative science
fair projects. A hyperlink to
the team's Blackboard space will direct eMentors to
login and view a short video clip posted by the mentees
introducing themselves and describing their proposed
research project. eMentors may then start a new thread
of discussion in the student eDiary section and introduce
themselves, offer encouragement, and support the mentees'
research proposal with useful Internet and/or print
resources.
Remember, these are middle school
children ranging in ages from eleven to fourteen. Be
patient and assume they need more help than they
ask for.
There is a chance that your mentee may want to speak
with you on the phone, email you from their private
or school email, set up a chat, add you to their MSN
or ICQ. Within the framework of this project, we do
not encourage you to "meet" with your mentee
in any other venue than through the research ediary
within BlackBoard.
If you have any questions or problems, please contact
the Program Director immediately (sfleischer@wbais.org).
For security and privacy reasons, there are
some things you should never share with
your mentee, and that the student(s) should never share
with you: • a private e-mail address • a
postal mailing address • a private phone number • aliases
used in an online discussion group. |
No press/media outlet will be notified
about your participation or your activities in this program
without your express approval.
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