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 discuss how Stoodle, a collaborative whiteboard web
tool and app, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/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 Stoodle 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: Stoodle can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Stoodle?
Stoodle is a
collaborative whiteboard web tool and app.
Where is Stoodle located on the internet?
How the web tool and app, Stoodle, can be used to
promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click on the links below
to see examples of how Stoodle can be used to promote Judaic instruction and
to train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:
or see the
image below.
On the
next post we will discuss how the web tool, Realtimeboard, can be used to
promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators.