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 multi-media presentation
tool, platform and blog, Tumblr.com, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train 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 Tumblr.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: Tumblr.com can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Tumblr.com?
Tumblr.com is a
web-based multi-media presentation tool, platform and blog.
Where is Tumblr.com located on the internet?
How the web-based multi-media presentation tool,
platform and blog, Tumblr.com, can be used to promote Judaic instruction
and mentor/train Jewish educators
Click on the links below to find
resources explaining how Tumblr.com can be used to promote Judaic instruction
and train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:
On the next post we will introduce Learni.st, another web-based multi-media
presentation tool or platform for sharing documents, videos, audio files and
other objects and links.
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