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 Perfect Captions (also called Captions)
an IOS (Apple) photo captions app, 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 Perfect
Captions 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: Perfect Captions
can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Perfect Captions?
Perfect Captions (also called Captions) in an
IOS(Apple) app that places captions, text or sub-titles on one’s images.
Where is Perfect Captions located on the
internet?
How Perfect Captions
(Captions), 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
Click
on either of the links below to see how the free IOS (Apple) photo captions
app, Perfect Captions (also called Captions), can be used to promote Judaic
instruction and to train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators:
Below you will find a few
examples of how Perfect Captions can be used for Judaic instruction or staff development.
The captioned photos represent the diverse faces and occupations of a few
Jewish people.
On the next blogpost we will
begin our exploration of another free IOS (Apple) photo captions app, After
Photo.
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