How PDF Buddy, a PDF editing web tool, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor-train Jewish educators

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 discuss how PDF Buddy, a PDF editing web tool, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor-train Jewish educators.

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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 Buddy 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 Buddy can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.

What is PDF Buddy?

PDF Buddy is a web tool that enables the user to edit PDF files.

Where is  PDF Buddy located on the internet?

https://www.pdfbuddy.com

What is the rationale for using a PDF file editing web tool like PDF Buddy?

• To remove certain text in the PDF file
• To update the PDF file
• To invite students to write on the file
• To create a PDF file collaboratively
• To copy a portion of a PDF file
• To highlight certain portions of a PDF file
• To sign a PDF file
• To combine PDF files


In addition, PDF Buddy is free.

How PDF Buddy, a PDF editing web tool,  can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor-train Jewish educators

Click here and see an example of how PDF Buddy can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:

Click here to connect to the Google document described in the above YouTube video.

On the next blog post we will begin our discussion of another PDF editing web tool, PDF Escape.