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There is a vital need for all teachers to provide students with an equitable opportunity to access 21st century skills within their everyday school life, and academia is seeing an increase of non-traditional students entering college classrooms (Forlin, 2011). Since the majority of non-traditional students enrolling in teacher education programs are female (Forlin, 2011), this study focuses on female non-traditional pre-service teachers (FNTPST). It is imperative that FNTPST feel comfortable with technology and debunk the stereotypical prophecy of their expected technological incompetence.

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I am a Curriculum and Instruction PhD graduate of New Mexico State University, and I specialize in Education Learning Technologies with a minor in Rhetoric and Professional Communication. I have both BA and MA degrees in English from Pennsylvania State University and Kutztown University respectively. I also am a certified TESOL/TEFL specialist.

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