Part B - Application of TPACK

This project focuses mainly on online collaboration with student and mentor.  There can be face to face if the parties choose to meet face to face for onsite learning, or on the job experience.  With EduGuide, the student and mentor can create a profile and work together to creating an environment where the student feels comfortable discussing future goals and plans.  The mentor is there to assist, offer advice, and answer any questions about their field of study to see if the student would be interested in pursuing that path as a career of study throughout there college career.  This will definitely be a team effort and the student as well as the mentor has to be open to help each other and make sure it is a comfortable environment to discuss work, school, career aspirations, etc.

Using Eduguide students and mentors can set up timelines of success where ever there’s an internet connection.  There is no pressure when communicating to set up timelines from high school graduation to college entrance. If the student feels they still need a mentor, they can go as far as setting up goals for each academic school year. Students will also have the opportunity to intern if a position is available at their mentor’s site in order to get real life experience on the job. Through Eduguide the student and mentor can go to the online library to look for resources, and if there is a question the mentor can’t answer there is an advice section where the question can be posted for other mentors. This gives the student the opportunity to obtain clarity about a subject and gain feedback from others. You can also create a team of experts in your field of endeavor to serve as a guide in assisting you in your knowledge base of your career path.  Lastly the number one thing before making all this happen on EduGuide is setting a goal!!!  What do you want achieve?

The student benefits from this mentor program because it will give him/her a good ideal upon entering college what he/she should choose as his major. Students will have the opportunity to choose a major (i.e.  Communications, Telecommunications, Film & Media), this will narrow down choices and give the student more confidence in questions to ask their advisor when picking classes. The mentor will have the opportunity to help the student select the best elective classes to assist with the major of their choosing.