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 Spoken Text, a web tool which converts text
into speech, an online application, can be used to promote instruction in
the Judaic Studies and secular 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 Spoken Text 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 Spoken Text?
Spoken Text is a web
tool that converts text to speech.
Where is Spoken Text
located on the internet?
Where can I find
tutorials explaining how to use Spoken Text?
Click on either one of
the links below and watch how Spoken Text converts text to speech:
On the
next post we will introduce QR Voice, a web tool that generates a QR code which
when scanned converts text to speech.
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