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
on Debategraph,
a web-based collaboration tool that 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 Debategraph 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: Debategraph can be used in a face to face and
virtual classroom.
What is Debategraph?
Debategraph is a web-based collaborative tool.
Where is
Debategraph located on the internet?
How the web-based
collaborative tool, Debategraph, can be used to promote instruction in the
blended learning classroom
Click on the links below
to find resources explaining how Debategraph can be used to promote instruction
in the face to face and virtual classroom:
- http://www.debategraph.com/details.aspx?nid=85093&lan=DE
- http://www.scoop.it/t/integrating-classroom-technologywhat-are-the-obstacles/p/3510215172/debategraph
- http://worcunidebategraph.wordpress.com/about/
- http://www.tech4classrooms.com/collaboration-tools.html
- http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/TGH3dvrX8Too/Web-20-and-the-Social-Studies-Classroom#5
- http://350.org/en/about/blogs/how-visualize-climate-change-idea-4379-debategraph
- http://www.debategraph.com/details.aspx?nid=85093&lan=DE
On the next post we will discuss how the web-based collaborative tool, Debategraph,
can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators.
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