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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

How Goanimate can be used to facilitate instruction and promote learning in the classroom




When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will continue our discussion on how Goanimate, a web-based animation tool can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and for the mentoring and staff development of Judaic educators.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers as well.
NoteIt is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators.
Note: Goanimate can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Goanimate?
Goanimate is a free web-based animation  that allows one to create personalized speaking avatars or characters that can be used for Judaic instruction or teacher training.

Where is Goanimate located on the internet?


On the next post we will share a tutorial I made using Goanimate.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Introduction to Goanimate, a web-based animation tool for both the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and for the mentoring and staff development of teachers


When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will begin our discussion on how Goanimate, a web-based animation tool can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and for the mentoring and staff development of Judaic educators.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers as well.
NoteIt is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators.
Note: Goanimate can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Goanimate?
Goanimate is a free web-based animation  that allows one to create personalized speaking avatars or characters that can be used for Judaic instruction or teacher training.

Where is Goanimate located on the internet?

Click here and watch a tutorial on how to use Goanimate for making an animation on the web.

On the next post we will share how Goanimate can be used to facilitate instruction and promote learning in the classroom.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Demonstration of a Voki I made introducing myself. This Voki can be used for Judaic instruction and teacher training


When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will continue our discussion on how  Voki, a web-based animation tool can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and for the mentoring and staff development of Judaic educators.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers as well.
NoteIt is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators.
Note: Voki can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Voki?
Voki is a free web-based animation  that allows one to create a  personalized speaking avatar or character that can be used for Judaic instruction or teacher training.

Where is Voki located on the internet?
Click here to view the Voki I created to introduce myself. It is also embedded below. Click on the forward arrow to hear my Voki speak.



On the next post we will share another web-based animation tool, Goanimate.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

How Voki can used to facilitate learning in the classroom





When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will continue our discussion on how  Voki, a web-based animation tool can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and the mentoring and staff development of Judaic educators.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers as well.
Note: It is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators.
Note: Voki can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Voki?
Voki is a free web-based animation  that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars or characters and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.

Where is Voki located on the internet?
Below are several sites describing how Voki can be used in the classroom to facilitate learning.


On the next post we will share a Voki I made introducing myself.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Introduction to Voki, a web-based animation tool for both the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and for the mentoring and staff development of teachers


When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will begin our discussion on how  Voki, a web-based animation tool can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and the mentoring and staff development of Judaic educators.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers as well.
NoteIt is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators.
Note: Voki can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Voki?
Voki is a free web-based animation  tool that allows one to create a  personalized speaking avatar or character that can be for Judaic instruction or teacher training.
Where is Voki located on the internet?
Click here to learn how to make a Voki, a web 2.0 animation tool. 
On the next post we will share how Voki can be used to facilitate learning in the classroom.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Listing of other web-based audio tools that can be used in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom and for the mentoring and training of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators





When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will list a number of   web-based audio or voice recording tools can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and the mentoring and staff development of Judaic educators.


Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers as well.


Note: It is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators.


Note: The  audio tools listed below  can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.


Here is a listing of additional audio tools that can be used in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom and for the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators:


Audio Flash for the PC:  To see a  tutorial on Audio Flash click here




Garageband for the Mac:  To see a tutorial on Garageband click here


Aviary Audio Editor (also called Myna): To see a tutorial on how to use Myna to make audio files or podcasts click here


To watch a tutorial on how to use PodOmatic click here



See this listing of additional free audio tools in Wikipedia by clicking here


See this listing of audio recording tools listed on Wikispaces by clicking here.




On the next post we will begin our discussion of  web-based animation tools. The first one we will exlore is Voki.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Tutorial I made on how to use Vocaroo for Judiac Studies instruction, and the mentoring of students and teachers


When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will discuss and demonstrate on how  Vocaroo, a web-based audio or voice recording tool can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, and the mentoring and staff development of Judaic educators.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers as well.
NoteIt is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators.
Note: Vocaroo can also be used as a face to face classroom learning activity without adding the online component.

What is Vocaroo?
Vocaroo is a free and easy to use voice recording web-based tool for sending voice messages to others on the internet.

Click here to see and hear a tutorial I made on how to use Vocaroo for Judaic Studies  instruction and the mentoring of students and teachers.
Click on the two links below and hear two tutorials on how to use Vocaroo.





Click here and listen to  my Vocaroo sound recording: 

On the next post we will share a listing of other web-based audio tools you and your students can use in your Judaic Studies instruction and for pre-service and in-service training of Judaic educators.



Here is my vocoroo sound recording: http://vocaroo.com/?media=vqDc4zSf8KlGXg2mH

On the next post we will share a listing of other web-based audio tools you and your students can use in your Judaic Studies classroom or pre-service and in-service training of Judaic educators.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

How audio files or podcasts can be used for Judaic Studies instruction and teacher training




When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will discuss how audio files or podcasts can be used for the mentoring or teacher training of Judaic educators.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers as well.
Note: It is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators.
Note: Audio files or podcasts can also be used as a face to face classroom learning activity without adding the online component.

Click here and listen to the 60 podcasts that Mark Smilowitz created  for teacher training and staff development through the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education. http://www.lookstein.org/podcasts/
Here are the tags for Mark's podcasts:


On the next post we will share how to make an audio or voice recording by using the web-based tool, Vocaroo.

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