IT Links Student Teacher to Butler
In her first solo teaching, Kathryn Kmak knew she could turn to her Butler instructors for suggestions, even though they were 8,000 miles away.
Via instant messaging, emails, and laptop computers with built-in cameras, faculty from Jordan College of Fine Arts and the College of Education guided Kmak through eight weeks of teaching at the Hong Kong International School. A senior from Naperville, Ill., Kmak taught music to some 300 students each week during her January–March assignment on the Chinese island.
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