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 Google Drive and Google Templates can be used to create infographics that promote
Judaic learning.
Note:
Kindly click here for a tutorial on how to use Google Drive and Google
Templates for making Jewish themed infographics:
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 Google Drive and Google Templates can be applied in the Judaic
Studies blended learning classroom, they 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: Google Drive and Google Templates can be used in a face to face and
virtual classroom.
What is Google Drive and Google Templates?
Pickochart is an infographic web tool.
What is an Infographic web tool?
An infographic web tool
or app is an internet application or kind of software which enables the user
to create a meaningful pictorial or visual display of complex data.
According to http://www.techopedia.com/definition/27808/information-graphic-infographic
an infographic is:
a visual
representation of a data set or instructive material. An infographic takes a
large amount of information in text or numerical form and then condenses it
into a combination of images and text, allowing viewers to quickly grasp the
essential insights the data contains. Infographics are not a product of the
Web, but the Internet has helped popularize their use as a content medium.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infographic info
graphics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to
present complex information quickly and clearly.[1][2]
They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual
system’s ability to see patterns and trends.[3][4]
The process of creating infographics can be referred to as data visualization, information design, or information
architecture.[2]
Click here too see
sample infographics on American Jews which were reported from the 2013
Pew Research Survey of American Jews.
Where is Google Drive and Google Templates located on the internet?
How Google Drive and Google Templates can be used to create Infographics that apply to Judaic Studies instruction and teacher
training
Click here and see a
tutorial on how Google Drive and Google Templates can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to mentor/train pre-service and in-service Jewish educators.
On the next post we will discuss how Google Drive and Google Templates can
be used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom.
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