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 After Photo, an IOS (Apple) photo captions app, 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 After Photo
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: After Photo can be
used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is After Photo?
After Photo in an IOS (Apple) app that places
captions, text or sub-titles on one’s images.
Where is After Photo located on the
internet?
How After
Photo, an IOS(Apple) app that enables users to place captions, text or
subtitles on their images, can be used to promote instruction in the blended
learning classroom
Click on the links below to find resources
explaining how After Photo can be used in the face to face and virtual
classroom:
- https://youtu.be/ZmXAfyZ23qI
- http://www.screencast.com/t/MTok2qEKY
- http://www.businessinsider.com/before-and-after-pics-from-pixtr-the-photo-app-that-erases-your-flaws-2013-5
On the next blogpost we will
discuss how After Photo, an IOS(Apple) app that enables users to place
captions, text or subtitles on their images, can be used to promote Judaic instruction
and to mentor/train Jewish educators.
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