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 bContext, a free IOS (Apple) screen
recording app, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning
classroom
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 bContext 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.
What is bContext?
BContext
is a free screen recording IOS (Apple) app.
Note: BContext
can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
Where is bContext located on the internet?
How bContext, a free screen
recording IOS (Apple) app, can be used to promote instruction in the blended
learning classroom
Click
on the links below to find resources explaining how bContext can be used to
promote instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:
- http://eduslam.me/2014/04/27/amazing-interactive-whiteboard-for-your-ipad-bcontext/
- http://www.screencast.com/t/RloE3DLE
- http://pando.com/2013/03/21/voice-slide-ipad-app-bcontext-picks-up-steam-with-teachers-marketers/
- http://www.rescuecom.com/blog/index.php/ipad/teachers-can-make-dynamic-presentations-with-bcontext/
- http://youtu.be/b240ZF6XIWA
On the next post we will discuss how bContext, a free screen
recording IOS (Apple) app, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to
mentor/train Jewish educators.
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