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 Listhings, a free sticky note corkboard web tool, 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 Listhings 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 Listhings?
Listhings is a free sticky note
corkboard web tool.
Where is Listhings located on the
internet?
How Listhings, a free sticky note corkboard web tool, can be used to
promote instruction in the blended learning classroom
Click on the links
below to find resources explaining how Listhings can be used to promote
instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:
On
the next post we will discuss how Listhings, a free sticky note corkboard web
tool, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish
educators.
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