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 Eduplace, a website that provides
free and downloadable graphic organizers, 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 Eduplace 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: can be used in a face to
face and virtual classroom.
What is Eduplace?
Eduplace is a website that
provides free and downloadable graphic organizers to enhance teaching and
learning.
Where is Eduplace located on the web?
How Eduplace, a website that provides free and downloadable graphic
organizers, can be utilized to promote instruction in the blended learning
classroom
Click on the links
below to find resources explaining how graphic organizing websites like
Eduplace can be used to promote
instruction in both the face to face and virtual classroom:
- http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning/graphic-organizers (graphic organizers can be used to teach students cause and effect, note taking, comparing and contrasting concepts, organizing problems and solutions, relating information to main themes and ideas, organizational skills, vocabulary knowledge and sequencing)
- http://www.slideshare.net/ulamb/using-graphic-organizers-to-differentiate-instruction(can be used to differentiate instruction)
- http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/graphic_organizers.php (helps ESL students acquire language skills)
- https://mcsold1.monet.k12.ca.us/Academics/el712/Graphic%20Organizers/Q%20and%20A%20about%20G%20O.pdf (improves academic achievement)
- http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic73.htm (motivates and inspires learning)
- https://www.ed.psu.edu/news/news-items-oct-dec-2011/graphic-organizers-aid-students-with-learning-disabilities.html (helps students with learning disabilities)
- http://www.readingrockets.org/article/using-graphic-organizers-literature-based-science-instruction (facilitates literature-based science instruction)
- http://www.worksheetlibrary.com/teachingtips/usinggraphicorganizers.html (enhances learning)
- http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/article/using_graphic_organizers_in_preschool (enhances learning in the pre-school)
- https://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/GraphicOrganizersforWriting.html (facilitates learning to write)
- http://www.hoover.k12.al.us/hcsnet/rfbms/makessense%207.4/donotopenfolder/implmnt/dontopen/msstrats/stuf/TheoreticBasis.pdf (research correlated to graphic organizers)
- http://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/documents/packets/graphicorganizers.pdf (guiding principles for using graphic organizers)
- http://www.behrmanhouse.com/print_newsletter/21283
- http://www.lookstein.org/resources/graphic_organizers.pdf
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1HRiMW9xDMfZS01MnV2d0toZ2M/view?usp=sharing
- http://www.jewishlights.com/PDF's/jewishtg.pdf
- http://www.chinuch.org/item_detail/Graphic-Organizer-Results-of-the-Crusades-
- http://educators.jewishlearningventure.org/?page_id=980
On
the next blogpost we will discuss how Eduplace, a website that provides free
and downloadable graphic organizers, can be utilized to promote Judaic
instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators.
