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 Word Clouds byABCYa,
an IOS (Apple) word cloud 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 Word Clouds by
ABCYa 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: Word Clouds by
ABCYa can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Word Clouds by ABCYa?
Word Clouds by ABCYa is a word cloud web tool.
What is a word cloud?
A word cloud or word collage is
an artful display of words that are contained in a narrative. The words most
often used occupy the largest amount of area or space
For a more elaborate explanation
of a word cloud click here .
How can word clouds enhance
instruction?
According to http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/108-ways-to-use-word-clouds-in-the-classroom-word-clouds-in-education-series-part-2/
word clouds can be used to enhance instruction in the following ways:
- to brain storm a topic or create a discussion either inside the class or online
- to teach vocabulary
- to promote reading comprehension
- to highlight important ideas from a discussion or a video content
- to motivate students about a new topic to be learned
- to enable students to demonstrate their understanding of a concept or complex idea
- to share student expectations about a topic or classroom behavior
- to build classroom community by placing the names of all the students in a class with a word cloud
Where is Word Clouds by ABCYa located on
the internet?
How the word cloud IOS
(Apple) app, Word Clouds by ABCYa, can be used to promote Judaic instruction
and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click
on either of the links below to see and hear how Word Clouds by ABCYa, an IOS
(Apple) word cloud app, can be used to train/mentor pre-service and in-service
Jewish educators:
Below you will see a
word cloud created by using Word Clouds by ABCYa, and IOS (Apple) app, on the
topic of Rosh Hashanah:
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On the next blogpost we will begin our discussion of another IOS
(Apple) word cloud app, Word Map HD.
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