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 Stormboard.com,
a sticky-like collaborative web tool that can be used to promote learning in the blended learning classroom including Judaic instruction.
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 Stormboard.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: Stormboard.com can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Stormboard.com?
Stormboard.com is an
interactive sticky-like web tool that enables the user to upload images and
articles from his or her computer, share videos and internet links, engage in
group discussions, collaborate on group projects and create an appointment or
assignment calendar.
Where is Stormboard.com located on the internet?
How the web-based collaborative sticky-like tool,
Stormboard.com, can be used to promote learning in the blended learning
classroom including Judaic instruction
Click on the links below to find resources explaining how Stormboard.com
can be used to promote instruction in the face to face and virtual secular and Judaic classroom:
- http://newtech.coe.uh.edu/tool-name.cfm?toolid=162&toolname=Stormboard
- http://teachamazing.com/web-2-0-in-the-classroom-part-7/
- http://davidmcdivitt.blogspot.com/2013/05/stormboard-and-bag-web.html
- http://youtu.be/hTngsiY6Lrs
- http://www.screencast.com/t/Mo3RydLnVo
- https://www.stormboard.com/storm/54991/Judaic_Instruction__Staff_Development Note: You will have to sign in for a Stormboard account to see this demonstration of how Stormboard can be used for Judaic instruction.
On the next post we will discuss Google templates, a collection of administrative forms that can be used to assist the Judaic teacher.
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