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 Frametastic,
an IOS (Apple) and Windows photo collage app, can be used to promote
Judaic instruction and to mentor/train pre-service and in-service
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 Frametastic
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: Frametastic can be
used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Frametastic?
Frametastic in an IOS(Apple) and Windows photo
collage app.
Why would a Judaic or secular educator or student want to
use a photo collage app like Frametastic?
Where is Frametastic located on the
internet?
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frametastic/id427063436?mt=8 (IOS/Apple app)
- http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/frametastic/e02d084b-43b7-4210-886e-4cf43f668e85 (Windows app)
How Frametastic, an IOS
(Apple) and Windows photo collage app, can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click
on the links below to see examples of how Frametastic, and IOS (Apple) and
Windows photo collage app, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to
train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators.
Below you will find an example of how Frametastic can be used to create a photo
collage of favorite Jewish foods.
On the next
blogpost we will begin our exploration of InstaMag, an IOS (Apple) and Google
Play photo collage app.
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