“This Is So Powerful”: Reflecting with an Exemplary Technology-Using
Teacher Educator
Abstract: This case study reports on a one-on-one faculty technology
mentoring program and its impact on a teacher educator's role and use
of technology over time. The faculty member studied tells the story of
an eight-year journey into technology integration. This study
describes the stages experienced by an exemplary technology-using
teacher educator who moved from limited knowledge and use of
technology to learning to apply basic applications in the classroom
and to integrating innovative technology. Researchers also investigate
the roles of technology, the technology mentoring program, and the
community of learners in changing this educator’s pedagogical beliefs
to be more constructivist in nature. This paper exemplifies the
complex and multi- faceted change possible in professional practice
and illustrates what this change is like for a faculty member involved
over time in a faculty technology mentoring program.