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 the PDF editing web tool, PDF Escape, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators.
For additional
information on PDF files click here.
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 Escape 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 escape can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is PDF Escape?
PDF escape is a web tool that enables the user to edit PDF files.
Where is PDF Escape located on the internet?
How PDF Escape, a PDF
editing web tool, can be used to promote
Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click on the link below to see an example of how PDF Escape can be
used to promote Judaic instruction and to train/mentor pre-service and
in-service Jewish educators:
Click on the link below to connect to the Google document described
in the above YouTube video.
On the next
blog post we will begin our discussion of photo search engines whose images have a Creative Commons License, the first of which will be Freefoto.com.
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