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 Core Planner, a web tool for
lesson planning can be used for Judaic instruction and the mentoring/teaching
of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators.
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 Planboard 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: Core Planner can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Core Planner?
Planboard is a web tool
for lesson planning.
Where is Core Planner located on the internet?
How the web-based tool, Core Planner, can be used
for lesson planning in both the secular and Judaic Studies blended learning
classroom
Click on the links below to find resources explaining how Core Planner can be used for instruction in the face to face and virtual secular and Judaic Studies blended learning classroom:
- http://www.manateelearn.com/mod/url/view.php?id=1061
- http://storage.digitalmedianet.com/article/CorePlanner-Helps-Teachers-Transition-to-New-Common-Core-Standards--1792962
- http://www.schooltube.com/video/035e4fe48e354b34b581/Common%20Core%20Planner%20-%20Greenbush
- http://www.scoop.it/t/tech-for-the-everyday-classroom/p/2452201848/coreplanner-common-core-standards-lesson-planning-teaching-software
On the
next post we will begin our discussion of another web tool for lesson planning, Plan
Book Edu .
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