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 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.
Why would a Judaic or secular educator or student want to
use a photo collage app like InstaMag?
InstaMag apps like Photo Collage can be used to enhance instruction in
the following ways:
Ideas
adapted from http://schoolipads.com/2013/12/02/apps-in-the-classroom-pic-collage/
- Students can create a collage of members of the class
- Individual students, pairs, groups of students or the entire class can create a photo book made of pictures and collages.
- Students can create a photo collage make collages themed around shapes, colors, favorite things, words that rhyme, etc.
- Students can create a collage of characters in a book.
- Students can insert collages into their power point presentations, posters, flyers, essays, homework etc.
- Collages can be used to decorate the classroom
The following idea was taken from
- Students can create collages to introduce themselves
The
following ideas were adapted from
- Collages can show different and complex concepts like time, energy, evolution, height, etc.
- Collages can display similarities and differences
- Collages can display the culture of a country (music, art, architecture, sculpture, history, geography, important landmarks, etc.)
- Collages can become pictionaries or show different examples of a concept
- Collages can represent the sequence of a field trip
- Collages can be visual poems
- Collages can show the steps in a procedure or scientific experiment
- Collages can be used to display actions or active verbs.
- Collages can be used to display words that have the same meaning in different languages (e.g. peace, shalom, salam, paz, etc.
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)
Where can I find tutorials demonstrating
how to use InstaMag, an IOS(Apple) and Google Play photo collage app?
Click
on the links below to find tutorials explaining how to use the photo collage
app, InstaMag:
On the next blogpost we will discuss how InstaMag, a photo
collage IOS(Apple) and Google Play app, can be used to promote instruction in
the blended learning classroom.
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