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 begin our discussion of how We Video, a web tool that places digital
tags (i.e. hyperlinked words that connect or link you to a web source for
additional information) on YouTube video, can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to mentor/train pre-service and in-service 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 We Video 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: We Video can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is We Video?
We Video is a video
editing web tool.
Where is We Video located on the internet?
Where can I find tutorials demonstrating how to use We Video?
Click on the links below to find tutorial on how to use We Video:
- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNv9zaeL3wzCZjNodUbt8--hgJBIHOGCJ (many tutorials)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USTdVJ6yh_o
- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-gL0FglTj8Oxb2KT8yTFToOoPdriYjgk
- https://www.wevideo.com/overview
On the
next post we will discuss how the web tool, WeVideo, can be used to promote
instruction in the blended learning classroom.
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