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 Befunky a web tool that converts and
transforms images into new ones, a photo editing online application, can be
used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor or train 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 Befunky 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 Befunky?
Befunky is a web tool
that converts and transforms images into new ones. It is a photo editing online
application.
Where is Befunky located on the internet?
How the web tool,
Befunky, an image conversion application, can be used to promote Judaic instruction
and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click on either link below to find a demonstration on how Befunky can be used to promote Judaic learning and to train and mentor pre-service and
in-service Jewish educators:
NOTE: When converting an image always make certain that
you either own the image or have permission to copy it; that is, you have
copyright permission.
On the next post we will
discuss another web tool, Cartoon Pho.To, that converts or transforms images
into cartoons.
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