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 web-based file converter tool, Online-convert.com, can be used to
promote instruction in the blended learning 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 Online-convert.com 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: Online-convert.com can be used in a face to face and virtual
classroom.
What is Online-convert.com?
Online-convert.com is a
file converter web tool.
What is a file converter
web tool?
A file converter web
tool is one that changes a file, for example, a document file such as .doc or
.docx to another document file format such as a PDF or RTF.
There are many differt
kinds of file formats. To see a list of different file formats for documents,
images, movies, audio and others click onto this link: http://www.fileinfo.com
.
Why would a user want to
change one file format to another?
- Some file formats are so large in size (e.g. doc files) that they cannot be easily transmitted by email.
- Some file formats (e.g. doc files) take longer to download.
- Some file formats are incompatible with the software on a computer and thus the file cannot be shared.
- More users have access to conventional file formats like JPEG (an image file format), PDF (a document file format), MP3 (an audio file format) and MP4 files (a movie file format).
Where is Online-convert.com located on the internet?
How the web-based file converter
tool, Online-convert.com, can be used to promote instruction in the
blended learning classroom
Click on the links below to find web resources explaining how the web-based
file converter tool, Online-convert.com, can be used to promote instruction in
the face to face and virtual classroom:
- http://deawc.blogspot.com/2012/08/online-convertcom.html
- http://www.scoop.it/t/web-tools-for-your-e-classroom/p/1480092403/online-convert-com
- https://sites.google.com/site/digitalcurriclumhelpdesk/
On the
next post we will discuss how the web-based file converter
tool, Online-convert.com, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to
mentor/train Jewish educators.
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