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 Draw It Live, a collaborative whiteboard
web tool, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning learning.
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 Draw It Live 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: Draw It Live can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Draw It Live?
Draw It Live is a
collaborative whiteboard web tool.
Where is Draw It Live located on the internet?
How the collaborative whiteboard web tool, Draw It
Live, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom
Click on the links below to find web resources explaining how Draw It Live
can be used to promote instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:
- http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/01/seven-free-online-whiteboard-tools-for.html#.Uul873nms_M
- http://technologyn21century.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html
- https://users.wfu.edu/~cunninac/webresources.html
- http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/3-excellent-real-time-collaborative.html
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