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 begin our
discussion of the online tool, Showing Evidence,
can be used to promote skillful, creative and critical thinking in the Judaic
Studies classroom.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has an 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 Showing Evidence 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 Showing Evidence 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 Showing
Evidence online thinking tool?
According to the Intel
website, the Showing Evidence thinking skills tool provides
students with “a visual framework to make claims, identify evidence, evaluate
the quality of that evidence, explain how the evidence supports or weakens
claims, and reach conclusions based on the evidence. This thinking tool
supports activities where students debate differences, make and defend
decisions, and analyze conflicting information. The tool and related
resources are available for free, from any computer that is connected to the
Internet. Students may work on their claims and evidence at home or at school,
and can be paired with another team to review their ideas”.
For additional details
explaining the Showing Evidence click here
For additional resources
on Showing Evidence refer to the sources listed below:
Below please find an
example of the web-based Showing Evidence tool[1]
on the following question: Was Jack a hero in the story, Jack and the Bean
Stalk?
[1] Taken from this website: http://www97.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence/ProjectExamples/UnitPlans/JackBeanstalk/SE_UP1.htm
; retrievedon October 11, 2012.
.aspx?LID=en
On the
next post we will discuss how the web-based thinking tool, Showing
Evidence, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning
classroom.
[1] Taken from this Intel website, http://www97.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence/ProjectExamples/UnitPlans/JackBeanstalk/SE_UP1.htm
; retrieved on October 11, 2012.
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