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 Bookemon.com , a web-based book
creating tool, 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 Bookemon.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: Bookemon.com can be used in a face to face and
virtual classroom.
What is Bookemon.com?
Bookemon.com is a web-based book creating tool.
Where is
Bookemon.com located on the internet?
How the web-based book
creating tool, Bookemon.com, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to
mentor/train Jewish educators
Click on the links below
to find examples of books published by Bookeemon, narratives that can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:
- http://www.bookemon.com/book_search.php?query=judaism&searchtype=book&go=
- http://www.bookemon.com/book_search.php?query=israel&searchtype=book&go=
On the
next post we will discuss another web-based book creating tool, Boomwriter.com
.
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