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 on how the web-based multi-media presentation tool
or platform, Checkthis.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 Checkthis.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: Checkthis.com can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Checkthis.com?
Checkthis.com is a a
multi-media presentation tool and platform which shares web-based knowledge
products (i.e. documents, movies, audios, etc).
Where is Checkthis.com located on the internet?
How the web-based multi-media presentation tool
and platform, Checkthis.com, can be used to promote instruction in the
blended learning classroom
Click on the links below to find resources explaining how Checklist.com can
be used to promote learning in the face to face and virtual classroom:
- http://mdhodges.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/qr-codes-and-www-checkthis-com-practical-use-in-the-classroom/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-aDLxMBQc
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPv6qXpNFs8
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEGi_1aJeGc
On the next post we will discuss how the web-based multi-media
presentation tool and platform, Checkthis.com, can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to train/mentor Jewish educators.
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