For Teaching with Technology (ENGL 505T) Mentoring:

“Ehren is friendly, knowledgeable and extremely helpful. When leading a tutorial on software, he goes through each step clearly and is always patient with the newbies (like me). The PowerPoints are also put together well and have been a useful source for the ENG 106 classroom.”

“The tech mentoring sessions Ehren offered were extremely helpful for those of us who did not have a lot of technical know-how of the topic at hand. Ehren was also very thoughtful in providing entertaining challenges/options for those who were more technically proficient, and thus didn’t need basic instruction.”

“As someone completely unsure of how to use technology in a composition classroom, I found myself deeply reassured by Ehren’s friendliness, competence and non-judgmental attitude. I took away many ideas and techniques for my teaching and found his workshops informative and easy to follow.”

“Ehren is not only dedicated but also sensitive and very approachable. He has the great talent of making difficult materials accessible and understandable. I enjoyed his class and learned a great deal.”

“One (very good) thing that sticks out was that you didn’t stick to a single script, walking us step-by-step through a demonstration of how to compress a .jpg or whatever. Instead, you were able to pick up on the fact that my cohort was already familiar with the basics of whatever software we were using, and you began to pre-empt some more advanced concerns. I definitely remember being impressed by that. It was very helpful and it also made me feel respected (which is a big deal, since it’s very easy for tech demonstrations to become patronizing).”

“I appreciated and benefited from Ehren’s instruction not only because he effectively introduced me to several programs I now use consistently in the classroom but also because his teaching method served as an excellent model to which I still refer when planning lessons.”