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 Pixlr.com/o-matic,
a photo editing web tool, 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 Pixlr.com/o-matic 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.
What is Pixlr.com/o-matic?
Pixlr.com/o-matic
is a photo editing web tool.
Where is Pixlr.com/o-matic located on the internet?
How Pixlr.com-o-matic, a
photo editing web tool, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to
train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators
Below you will find the
original image of Shabbat Candles taken from Photo Pin , http://photopin.com/ a website that contains copyright free or friendly
images.
Taken from this Flickr website which permits users to copy images without copyright permission
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbarenblat/526128178/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Below you will find an edited version of the original Shabbat candles picture using http://pixlr.com/o-matic/
Also see this image via this link: http://imm.io/1fjhb
NOTE: When converting an image always make certain that
you either own the image or have permission to copy it.
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