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 Cagle, a cartoon
or comic strip 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 Cagle 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: Cagle can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Cagle?
Cagle is a cartoon
or comic strip web tool.
Where is Cagle located on the internet?
How the cartoon or comic strip web tool, Cagle, can be
used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom
Click on the links below
to links explaining how Cagle, a cartoon or comic strip web tool, can be used
to promote instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:
- http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/research/newbeginnings/11ged.html
- http://thenhier.com/en/content/using-political-cartoons-classroom (general article on how to use political cartoons like Cagle)
- http://www.classroomlaw.org/files/posts-pages/resources/youth_summits/08-Lesson08.pdf (strategies to use cartoons like Cagle in the classroom)
- http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/242922
On the
next post we will discuss how the cartoon or comic strip web tool, Cagle, can
be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators.
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