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 share a list of additional PDF to Word file conversion web tools.
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 PDF To Word 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: PDF To Word web file conversion tools can be used in a face to face
and virtual classroom.
What is PDF To Word file
conversion web tool?
A PDF To Word file conversion web
tool is an internet application that changes a PDF file into a Word file.
What is the rationale
for using a file conversation web tool like PDF to Word in the secular or
Judaic Studies blended learning classroom
File conversion tools
like PDF to Word are used in the face to face and virtual classroom for the
following reasons:
- More users have access to conventional file formats like JPEG (an image file format), PDF (a document file format), MP3 (an audio file format) and MP4 files (a movie file format).
- Some file formats are so large in size (e.g. doc files) that they cannot be easily transmitted by email.
- Some file formats (e.g. doc files) take longer to download.
- Some file formats are incompatible with the software on a computer and thus the file cannot be shared.
Additional
List of PDF to Word file conversion web tools
Below you will find the
links for several different PDF to Word file conversion web tools:
- http://unipdf.com/ (runs on Windows only)
- https://nuancepdf.com/PDFReader/Download.aspx
- (runs on Windows only)
- http://www.pdfonline.com/pdf-to-word-converter/
- http://www.freewaregenius.com/pdf-word-converters/free-pdf-word-converter-smartsoft/
On the next post we will begin our discussion of new web tools for
collaboration, the first of which will be Lucid Press.
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