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 Spaaze, a free sticky note corkboard web tool, 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 Spaaze 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 Spaaze?
Spaaze is a free sticky note corkboard web tool.
Note: Spaaze can be used in a
face to face and virtual classroom.
Where is Spaaze located on the internet?
How
Spaaze, a free sticky note corkboard web tool, can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click on the links below to find resources
explaining how Spaaze can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to
train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:
- http://youtu.be/gWUVZ_rH3lE
- http://www.spaaze.com/board/59dab0a424d4498fa62dd352c465d3b2#
- http://www.spaaze.com/board/59dab0a424d4498fa62dd352c465d3b2#position:649:378
- http://screencast.com/t/RkGZt4lbgS
On the next blogpost we will begin our
exploration of another sticky note corkboard web tool, Listthings.