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 InstaMag, an IOS (Apple) and Google Play 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 InstaMag 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: InstaMag can be
used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is InstaMag?
InstaMag in an IOS(Apple) and Google Play photo
collage app.
Where is InstaMag located on the
internet?
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instamag-magazine-collage/id615187629?mt=8 (IOS/Apple App)
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instamag.activity&hl=en (Goole Play App)
How InstaMag, an IOS
(Apple) and Google Play photo collage app, can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators
Click
on the links below to see how InstaMag, and IOS (Apple) and Google Play photo
collage app, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to train/mentor
pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:
In addition, below you will find an example of an InstaMag photo collage
relating to where one can find sukkot.
On the next blogpost we will begin our exploration of another IOS
(Apple) photo collage app, Collage Pics.
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