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 of how the online cognitive
tool, Seeing Reason, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning
classroom.
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 the Seeing Reason cognitive tool 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: The Seeing Reason cognitive tool can be used in
a face to face and virtual classroom.
In previous blog posts we have defined thinking skills and processes, creative thinking, critical thinking and Benjamin Blooms taxonomy of educational objectives. We have also shared creative and critical thinking tools developed by Dr. Donald J. Treffinger.
What is the Seeing
Reason online thinking tool?
According to the Intel website, the Seeing Reason
thinking skills tool is one that empowers students to “create visual maps of
the factors and relationships in a cause-and-effect investigation. These maps
make thinking visible and promote collaboration as students work together to
refine their understanding. “
How does Seeing Reason
empower students to investigate the causal relationship among ideas being
investigated?
Kindly click on the two links below to learn how the Seeing Reason thinking web tool enables students to see cause and effect relationships among ideas:
For additional resources
on Seeing Reason refer to the sources listed below:
- http://tinyurl.com/9vjtwuf
- http://tinyurl.com/8t2y4wp
- http://teach20cc.wikispaces.com/Seeing+Reason
- http://mdmc2009.wikispaces.com/Intel's+Seeing+Reason+Tool
- http://talkingtechwithrobin.blogspot.com/2011/03/intel-seeing-reason-tool.html
- http://www.schooltube.com/video/d958633af719d04b2f61/
- http://tinyurl.com/98o2vz9
Below please find an
example of the web-based Seeing Reason tool on the topic of what causes traffic
accidents[1]
[1] Taken from this website: http://educate.intel.com/workspace/tryit/SRTryIt.aspx?LID=en
How the web-based thinking tool, Seeing Reason, can be
used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom
Click on the links below
to find explanations on how the online thinking tool, Seeing Reason, can be
used to promote learning in the traditional and virtual classroom:
- http://www.libwit.com/lesson-plans/?p=357
- http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingReason/ProjectExamples/
- http://schoolnet.org.za/twt/07/M7_Extension.htm
- http://www.globaldreamers.org/awards/intel/intel.html (used in an Israeli classroom)
- http://www.schooltube.com/video/cf9bf138d21e9d242a3a/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCND2JqSNhY
On the next
post we will discuss how the online thinking skills tool, Seeing Reason, can be
used to promote learning in the Judaic Studies classroom and to mentor and
train Jewish educators.
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