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 Google Sites, a classroom blog website, 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 Google Sites
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: Google Sites can be
used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Google Sites?
Google Sites is a classroom blog website.
Where is Google Sites located on the
internet?
How Google Sites, a classroom blog website, can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click on the links below and find web resources which show how Google
Sites can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to train/mentor pre-service
and in-service Jewish educators.
- https://sites.google.com/a/aurorak12.org/ms-sloan/class-notes/judaismwebquest
- https://sites.google.com/site/mjdspdx/teacher-pages/morah-ariana/mhysbkythslnw-kindergartenproject
- https://sites.google.com/site/jewishclassroom20/
- https://ravsak.org/web-tools-jewish-formal-and-informal-experiential-education
On the next
blog post we will discuss another free classroom blog website, Webs.
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