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 web tool Image to Video,
a free internet application that enables users to convert their
image files (e.g. jpeg and tiff, etc.) into video recordings, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to
mentor/train Jewish educators.
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 Video to Image
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: Image to Video can
be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Image to Video?
Image to Video is a free web tool that enables user to covert images files like jpegs
and tiffs into video recordings.
Where is Image to Video located on the web?
How Image to
Video, a free web tool that enables the user to convert images files (e.g.
jpeg, tiff, etc.) into video recordings, can be utilized to promote Judaic
instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click on either of the links below to find resources
explaining how the free web tool, Image to Video can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish teachers:
On the next blogpost we will begin our discussion of
presentation making web tools and apps, the first of which will be Haiku Deck.
