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
Do.com, a web-based learning management system that facilitates collaboration
among students. For more information on learning management systems click here.
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 Do.com can be applied in the Judaic Studies
blended learning classroom, they 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: Do.com can be used in a face to face and virtual
classroom.
What is Do.com?
Do.com is a web-based learning management system.
Where is Do.com
located on the internet?
Where can I find
tutorials demonstrating how to use Do.com?
To
find many tutorials on using Do.com click on the link below: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=do.com+tutorial&oq=do.com&gs_l=youtube.1.1.0l8.11054.22672.0.25473.22.13.7.2.2.0.163.1092.11j2.13.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.dyD7LP88C3c
On the next post we will discuss how the web-based LMS, Do.com, can be used to
promote instruction in the blended learning classroom.
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