Mary Ellen Nevins is an experienced teacher of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and a former Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders and Deafness at Kean University in New Jersey. Mary Ellen is recognized as a national expert on the educational issues facing children with hearing loss especially those using cochlear implants and travels extensively to present continuing education workshops and in-services for school professionals. Mary Ellen has created the PPCI community site as an innovative, groundbreaking use of collaborative technologies for supporting professional education and mentoring augmenting in-service training programs.