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 begin our discussion of Three Ring , an e-portfolio web tool
and app, that can be used for Judaic instruction and the
mentoring/teaching of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators.
But what is an
e-portfolio?
What is an E-portfolio?
An e-portfolio or electronic portfolio is a
collection of selected digitized artifacts (i.e. pictures, documents, articles,
honors, work experience, files, etc.) that describe your interests, hobbies,
personal and professional goals. Instead of curating these artifacts and placing
them in a physical collection (e.g. album, or scrapbook) they can be located
online. Judaic Studies students would want to create their own e-portfolios for
the following reasons:
- To document, demonstrate and measure knowledge acquisition, and skills
- To collect artifacts of learning over a period of time (i.e. elementary school, high school, etc.)
- To provide a job interviewer with a digital portfolio of work experience, knowledge and skills
- To celebrate the wealth of experience, honors, knowledge and skills your have accumulated
- To assess the strengths and limitations of your experiences, knowledge and skills
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 Three Ring 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: Three Ring can be
used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
Where is Three Ring located on the internet?
- https://threering.com is both a web tool and app.
Where can I find tutorials demonstrating how to
use Three Ring?
Click on the links below to find tutorials on
using Three Ring:
- http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/12/use-three-ring-app-to-digitize-your.html#.U6icrxbedfM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyvQ9j6iyXU
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWWoR4cLT4E
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-x6UJ_d0rM
On the next blog post we will discuss how Three Ring, an
e-portfolio web tool and app, can be used to promote instruction in the blended
learning classroom.
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