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 Photo Book 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 Photo Book 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: Photo Book can be used in both a physical and virtual classroom.
What is Photo Book?
Photo Book is a web-based book or story creation internet application.
Where is Photo Book located on the web?
How Photo Book can be used to facilitate learning in the physical and virtual Judaic Studies classroom
Click on the links below to find resources on how Photo Book can be used to promote learning in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom:
- http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/interests/reading-treasures-in-the-language-classroom-2058
- http://kyzi.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/creating-a-photo-book-online/
- http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/friends/2009-2010-third-grade-class-4634907
- http://nodinsnest.blogspot.com/2008/05/photo-book-tutorial.html
- http://www.ehow.com/how_7244591_photo-book-tutorial.html
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIbi8PJG7fY
On the next post we will share a demonstration of how Photo Book can be used in a physical or virtual Judaic Studies classroom.
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