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 teachers and students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use Tek Mom’s Search Tools for Students problem based learning including Problem Based Jewish Learning .
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 Tek Mom’s Search Tools for Students 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: Tek Mom’s Search Tools for Students can be used in both a physical and virtual Judaic Studies classroom.
What is Tek Mom’s Search Tools for Students?
Tek Mom’s Search Tools for Students is an online set of web research tools and for problem based learning including Problem-Based Jewish Learning.
Where is Tek Mom’s Search Tools for Students located on the web?
What kind of problem based learning research tools can Tek Mom’s Search Tools for Students provide the student who is engaged in problem based learning?
See the list of research tools provided by Tek Mom below:
 Search Engines Just for Kids | ||
Top-notch collection of educational sites. Identified by grade level. Enter keyword(s). | ||
Kids' sites from the Ramapo Catskill Libraries. Identified by reading level. Enter keywords(s). | ||
For students age 7-12. Formerly Yahooligans. Enter keyword(s). | ||
A natural-language search engine. Enter a question or keyword(s). | ||
 General Search Engines | ||
500,000+ sites chosen for students and educators. Enter keyword(s). | ||
 Science Search Engines | ||
Search 100's of articles about "the science behind the news" from the Univ. of Wisc.-Madison Enter keyword(s). | ||
Text and pictures. Enter keyword(s). | ||
 History Search Engines | ||
American History Collection, Library of Congress. Enter keyword(s) or phrase. | ||
For students ages 7-12. Enter keyword(s). | ||
The online version of A&E's History Channel. Enter keyword(s) or phrase. | ||
 Image Search Engines | ||
Copyright-friendly images for education. Enter keyword (or phrase in quotes). | ||
American History Collection, Library of Congress. Enter keyword(s) or phrase. | ||
 Encyclopedias | ||
Click on a title to see the entire article. Enter keyword, phrase or question. | ||
The Columbia Encyclopedia. Enter keyword(s) or phrase. | ||
 Dictionaries and Thesauruses | ||
(Press Return/Enter) | The trusted source. Enter a word. | |
Formerly the Semantic Rhyming Dictionary. Enter a word. Click the popup box to select an option. | ||
 Biographies, Authors | ||
Over 25,000 biographies; many with picture. Enter full name or last name. | ||
Over 300 authors. Enter full name, first name or last name. | ||
Directory. Browse to locate author. | ||
 Maps | |
Easy-to-use atlas of countries and states. Click a pop-up box and select a map. | |
Includes black & white maps made especially for printing (use landscape mode). Click on the map or click the pop-up box to select a map. | |
Physical and political regional maps of the world. | |
Super maps, but complicated to use. To find a specific place, type it into the "Find a Place" box. | |
On the next post we will share student research tools for problem based learning provided by the ARE Search Guide.
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