Naturalizing Digital Immigrants

Katie Alaniz is an instructor of graduate education courses at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, where she works with master's level students seeking to make a positive impact in schools and society. Additionally, as an instructional technologist and computer teacher at River Oaks Baptist School in Houston, Katie guides and supports fellow faculty members in incorporating educationally enriching technological tools within their classroom learning environments. Her research and writing interests include instructional technology, collegial coaching, and teacher education.

Dawn Wilson taught middle school math for sixteen years before becoming a full time faculty member and professor of educational technology at Houston Baptist University for the last twelve years. In this position, she has mentored university and K12 teachers as they learn how to integrate instructional technology in the classroom across a variety of disciplines. Her research and writing interests include coaching for technology integration, teaching online, and flipping classroom instruction.