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 (i.e. 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 students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use Easy Test Maker to create their own books or stories.
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 or Ipads. Given parental and school approval, and the development of specific guidelines, smartphones can be used to enhance instruction as well.
Note: Although Easy Test Maker can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, it can be also be used for training pre-service and in-service Jewish educators for professional or staff development. 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. For example, here is a CoP you might want to join.
Note: Easy Test Maker can be used in both a physical and virtual Judaic Studies classroom.
What is a Quiz or Text Web Tool?
Online quiz or test tools enable you, your teachers and your students to create multiple choice, matching, short answer, and other question formats for students to assess their own abilities to master the information or for you to see what students have learned and what needs to be reviewed and taught in a different way.
What is Easy Test Maker?
Easy Test Maker is an online quiz or text web application.
Where is Easy Test Maker located on the web?
Example of how Easy Test Maker can be used in a Judaic Studies physical and virtual classroom
Click here to see an example of how Easy Test Maker can be used in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom.
Note: You will need to register or have an Easy Test Maker account and log in to see this assessment instrument.
On the next post we will share another web-based quiz or text tool, ProProfs.
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