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 Swipeto, a
free presentation making web tool and app, 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 Swipeto 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: Swipeto can be used
in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Swipeto?
Swipeto is a free presentation making web tool
app.
Where is Swipeto located on the web?
How Swipeto, a free
presentation making web tool and app, can be utilized to promote Judaic instruction
and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click
on the links below to see how Swipeto can be used to promote Judaic instruction
and to train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anlukH6rspo&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.swipe.to/9806s (Example of the Swipteto presentation referred to in the above tutorial)
On the next blogpost we will
re-introduce the presentation web tool and IOS (Apple) app, Sliderocket.
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