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 Shutterfly.com , a digital scrapbook
web tool and app, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train
Jewish educators.
What is a digital scrapbook?
A digital scrapbook is similar to an e-portfolio; it is a
curated collection of online artifacts (e.g. photos, images, documents, fliers,
videos, audio files, etc.) that capture the life experiences and highlights of
its creators.
For more information on digital scrapbooking click here.
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 Shutterfly.com
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: Shutterfly.com can
be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Shutterfly.com?
Shutterfly.com
is digital scrapbook web tool and app.
Where is Shutterfly.com located on the
internet?
- http://www.shutterfly.com/mobile/ (This is the link to get the various apps.)
How Shutterfly.com, a
digital scrapbook web tool and app, can be used to promote instruction in the
blended learning classroom
Click on the links below to see how Shutterfly.com, a digital scrapbook
web tools and app can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to train/mentor
pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:
- http://www.jewishlens.org/teachers/getting-started/
- https://bssreligiousschool.shutterfly.com/
- http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/creating-a-web-page?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A367531
- http://www.pinterest.com/sarajeangust/classroom-community/
- http://educators.jewishlearningventure.org/?page_id=326
- http://traubman.igc.org/messages/336.htm
On the next blog post we will begin our discussion of an Apple App,
Paper 53, that can be used for digital scrapbooking, plus writing and drawing for
the flipped classroom.
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