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 FlowVella, a presentation making IOS
(Apple) app, can be used to promote instruction in
the blended learning classroom
Note: When FlowVella was called Flowboard it was a free
presentation making app.
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 Judaic instruction as
well.
Note: Although FlowVella 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: FlowVella can be
used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is FlowVella?
FlowVella is a presentation making IOS (Apple)
app. It was formerly called Flowboard.
Where is FlowVella located on the web?
How FlowVella, a
presentation making app, can be utilized to promote instruction in the blended
learning classroom
Click
on the links below to find resources explaining how FlowVella can be used to
promote instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV8YUOUpT3Q
- http://blog.flowboard.com/tag/classroom/
- http://bhshelpdesk.com/2014/06/05/flowboard-create-publish-interactive-presentations-from-the-ipad/
- https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/1176-flowboard-touch-publishing
- http://educationalaspirations.com/2014/04/18/flowboard/
- http://www.mrcross.org/2013/06/flowboard-app-for-creative-classroom.html
- http://www.mrcross.org/2013/06/flowboard-app-for-creative-classroom.html
- http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/11/the-best-ipad-presentation-apps-for.html
- https://tackk.com/tj9a35
On the next blogpost we will discuss how FlowVella, a
presentation making app, can be utilized to promote Judaic instruction and to
mentor/train Jewish educators.