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 discuss how the website, PrimaryGames.com is an excellent resource for Jewish educational games and puzzles.
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 PrimaryGames.coms educational games 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.
What is the web address of PrimaryGames.com educational games?
What are the educational games and puzzles produced by PrimaryGames.com that are available online ?
Click on the words below and link to the various Jewish educational games and puzzles that PrimaryGames.com produces online:
- Chanukah Game
- Hanukkah Word Jumble
- Hanukkah Word Search
- Hanukkah Drag & Drop Puzzle
- Hanukkah Jigsaw Puzzle
- Hanukkah Match Game
- Dreidel Slide Puzzle
- Menorah Slide Puzzle
- Star of David Slide Puzzle
On the next post we will discuss the Jewish educational games that Akhlah.com produces online.
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