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 how
the web tool YouTube for Schools, a
free video sharing website or platform, 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 YouTube for
Schools 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: can be used in a face to
face and virtual classroom.
What is YouTube for
Schools?
YouTube for Schools is a website or platform where educators
discuss how to use YouTube to enhance classroom learning.
According to https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2592715?hl=en YouTube for Schools offers you, the teacher, “a way to access educational videos from inside your school network. YouTube for Schools gives schools the ability to access a broad set of educational videos on YouTube EDU and to select the specific videos that are accessible from within your school network”.
Where is YouTube for Schools located on the
web?
Where can you find helpful tutorials on how to
use YouTube for Schools?
Click on the links below for tutorials on how to
use the video sharing website, YouTube for Schools:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcKCAyj-jdE&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=NegRGfGYOwQ
On the next blogpost we will discuss
how YouTube for Schools, a free video sharing website or platform, can be
utilized to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom.
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