Posts by Erin Hone | Today at Elon | 消消犯 /u/news Thu, 28 May 2026 15:14:21 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Elon offers a taste of college life to local eighth-grade students /u/news/2024/01/23/elon-offers-a-takes-of-college-life-to-local-eighth-grade-students/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:16:40 +0000 /u/news/?p=969049 消消犯 hosted a field trip for eighth-grade students from Eastern Guilford Middle School on Jan. 17 to familiarize students with college life and broaden their horizons. Nearly 300 students braved frigid temperatures to explore Elon’s campus. Despite the close proximity of Eastern Guilford to Elon, many students had not yet visited the campus, making this excursion a valuable experience.

Eighth-grade students from Eastern Guilford Middle School participating in a team activity during their visit to Elon.

The field trip was planned and facilitated by Senior Lecturer Erin Hone in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education with 19 Elon student volunteers serving as guides. These student leaders, predominantly majoring in education or minoring in outdoor leadership education, welcomed individual groups of eighth-graders, each consisting of approximately 20-25 students.

Under the coordination of Hone and the Elon student leaders, rotation schedules were planned for each group. The schedules featured a campus tour, providing insights into key locations and aspects of college life. 消消犯 also engaged in a team-building activity, fostering collaboration and problem-solving skills. The day concluded with lunch in Lakeside and McEwen dining halls, creating opportunities for the eighth-graders to further interact with various facets of college life.

This inaugural immersive experience aimed to inspire curiosity and excitement about the college journey, potentially influencing the future paths of these soon-to-be high school students. The experience was partially funded by the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, Admissions and the Presidents Office.

Elon student leaders who helped guide students during their visit to campus.
]]> School of Education faculty and students present at N.C. Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators Fall Forum /u/news/2019/10/07/school-of-education-faculty-and-student-present-at-n-c-association-of-colleges-and-teacher-educators-fall-forum/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 15:47:21 +0000 /u/news/?p=755388 The work of five Elon faculty members from the School of Education and three students was presented at the annual Fall Forum of the N.C. Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators held Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, 2019 in Raleigh.

Assistant Professor Katie Baker and Lecturer Erin Hone were among the faculty members who presented at the Fall Forum.

Assistant Professor Katie Baker and Lecturer Erin Hone presented their program-level work around edTPA, the teacher performance assessment seniors complete as a licensure requirement. The presentation was titled Unpacking Programmatic edTPA Feedback for Integration in Methods Coursework.

Madeline Craft 20 and Michalene Lee 20, and Jeffrey Carpenter, associate professor and director of the Elon Teaching Fellows program, presented Exploring How and Why Educators Use Instagram, a project to which Scott Morrison, associate professor, also contributed. Craft and Lee contributed to the research project as part of their involvement in the Teaching Fellows program.

Carpenter also gave a second presentation titled Teacher Educators Perceptions of the Teacher Education Technology Competencies.

Associate Professor Stephen Byrd gave a presentation titled Compassion Fatigue and Special Education.

]]> Education faculty, senior education majors present at state math conference /u/news/2015/11/05/education-faculty-senior-education-majors-present-at-state-math-conference/ Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:10:00 +0000 /u/news/2015/11/05/education-faculty-senior-education-majors-present-at-state-math-conference/ Erin Hone, a lecturer in the School of Education, presented to math leaders and educators from around the state on what parents and guardians need to know about the recent transition in math skills and content, and how to cultivate a growth mindset in children. 

Local school partner, Karen Allen, a third-grade math teacher at Hillcrest Elementary, shared ways she uses technology to communicate with her students’ families.

Katie Hugus, Grace McDavid, and Allie Roteman, senior elementary education majors also presented on how they have been using Facebook to communicate what’s happening in the math classroom with families of their students as part of their senior leadership project.  Their presentation was titled, “Getting Parents on Board with Math: Building Math Sense and a Growth Mindset with Your 消消犯’ Families.”

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