Introduction to One True Media, a web-based multi-media presentation tool that can be used for Judaic instruction, the mentoring and training of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators

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 on how  students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use One True Media to enhance learning. 

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a 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 an Ipad as well.

Note: Although One True Media 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: One True Media can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is One True Media?

One True Media is a web-based multi-media presentation tool that integrates photos, images and audio into a video powerpoint or slideshare presentation.

Where is  One True Media  located on the web?

http://www.onetruemedia.com/

Where can you find helpful  tutorials on how to use One True Media?

 Click on the links below for tutorials on One True Media:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O_txoJStpo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okc38VMt8QU
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_dq3Pgaf-s
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICITWgSVaRQ
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/26708101/One-True-Media-Tutorial
• http://www.ehow.com/how_2086829_make-one-true-media-montage.html

How can you place the pictures that others have uploaded onto One True Media onto your One True Media  account?

To place other people's pictures on your One True Media account you will need their permission. The easiest way to gain permission to add the pictures of others is to learn if their photos have a Creative Commons License. 

On the next post we will share resources describing how One True Media  can be utilized to facilitate learning in the classroom.

Introduction to Empressr, a web-based multi-media presentation tool that can be used for Judaic instruction, the mentoring and training of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators

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 on how  students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use Empressr to enhance learning. 

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a 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 an Ipad as well.

Note: Although Empressr 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: Empressr can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Empressr?

Empressr is a web-based multi-media presentation tool that integrates photos, images and audio into a video powerpoint or slideshare presentation.

Where is  Empressr  located on the web?

http://www.empressr.com/

Where can you find helpful  tutorials on how to use Empressr?

 Click on the links below for tutorials on Empressr:

• http://blog.empressr.com/tag/tutorial/
• http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/empressr
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/26557171/Empressr

How can you place the pictures that others have uploaded onto Empressr onto your Empressr  account?

To place other people's pictures on your Empressr account you will need their permission. The easiest way to gain permission to add the pictures of others is to learn if their photos have a Creative Commons License. 

On the next post we will share resources describing how Empressr  can be utilized to facilitate learning in the classroom.

Introduction to My.Brainshark, a web-based multi-media presentation tool that can be used for Judaic instruction, the mentoring and training of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators

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 on how  students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use My.Brainshark to enhance learning and teacher training.

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a 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 as well.

Note: Although My.Brainshark 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: My.Brainshark can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is My.Brainshark?

My.Brainshark is a web-based multi-media presentation tool that integrates photos, images and audio into a video powerpoint or slideshare presentation.

Where is  My.Brainshark  located on the web?

http://my.brainshark.com/Home.aspx

Where can you find helpful  tutorials on how to use My.Brainshark?

 Click on the links below for tutorials on My.Brainshark:

• http://my.brainshark.com/Home.aspx
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucedhODaLjU

How can you place the pictures that others have uploaded onto My.Brainshark onto your My.Brainshark  account?

To place other people's pictures on your My.Brainshark account you will need their permission. The easiest way to gain permission to add the pictures of others is to learn if their photos have a Creative Commons License. 

On the next post we will share resources describing how My.Brainshark  can be utilized to facilitate learning in the classroom and the training of teachers.

Introduction to Animoto, a web-based multi-media presentation tool that can be used for Judaic instruction, the mentoring and training of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators

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 on how  students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use Animoto to enhance learning.

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a 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 as well.

Note: Although Animoto 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: Animoto can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Animoto?

Animoto is a web-based multi-media presentation tool that integrates photos and images, music and text into a video powerpoint or slideshare presentation.

Where is  Animoto  located on the web?

http://animoto.com/

Where can you find helpful  tutorials on how to use Animoto?

 Click on the links below for tutorials on Animoto:

• http://www.schooltube.com/video/b74bb8680a5147ea9a6b/Animoto-Tutorial
• http://www.slideshare.net/mrlautest/animoto-tutorial-1194416
• http://abduzeedo.com/2-minutes-inspiration-animoto
• http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/01/videos/video-tutorial-how-to-create-video-from-photos-using-animoto.html
• http://www.animotovideo.org/

How can you place the pictures that others have uploaded onto Animoto onto your Animoto  account?

To place other people's pictures on your Animoto account you will need their permission. The easiest way to gain permission to add the pictures of others is to learn if their photos have a Creative Commons License. 

On the next post we will share resources describing how Animoto  can be utilized to facilitate learning in the classroom.

Introduction to Stupeflix, a web-based multi-media presentation tool that can be used for Judaic instruction, the mentoring and training of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators

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 on how  students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use Stupeflix to enhance learning.

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a 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 as well.

Note: Although Stupeflix 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: Stupeflix can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Stupeflix?

Stupeflix is a web-based multi-media presentation tool that integrates photos and images, music and text into a video powerpoint or slideshare presentation.

Where is  Stupeflix  located on the web?

http://www.stupeflix.com/

Where can you find helpful  tutorials on how to use Stupeflix?

 Click on the links below for tutorials on Stuperflix:

• http://www.stupeflix.com/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qtaCj_LSoc
• http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/stupeflix-releases-awesome-api-to-generate-1000s-of-videos-on-the-fly/
• http://gordonsthinking.blogspot.com/2010/01/stupeflix-videos-on-fly.html

How can you place the pictures that others have uploaded onto Stupeflix onto your Stupeflix  account?

To place other people's pictures on your Stupeflix account you will need their permission. The easiest way to gain permission to add the pictures of others is to learn if their photos have a Creative Commons License. 

On the next post we will share resources describing how Stupeflix  can be utilized to facilitate learning in the classroom.

Introduction to Flixtime, a web-based multi-media presentation tool that can be used for Judaic instruction, the mentoring and training of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators

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 on how  students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use Flixtime to enhance learning. 

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a 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 as well.

Note: Although Flixtime 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: Flixtime can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Flixtime?

Flixtime is a web-based multi-media presentation tool that integrates photos and images, music and text into a video powerpoint or slideshare presentation.

Where is  Flixtime  located on the web?

http://flixtime.com/

Where can you find helpful  tutorials on how to use Flixtime?

Click on the links below for tutorials on Flixtime:

• http://vimeo.com/10170070
• http://www.squidoo.com/flixtime

How can you place the pictures that others have uploaded onto Flixtime onto your Flixtime  account?

To place other people's pictures on your Flixtime account you will need their permission. The easiest way to gain permission to add the pictures of others is to learn if their photos have a Creative Commons License. 

On the next post we will share resources describing how Flixtime  can be utilized to facilitate learning in the classroom.

Introduction to Glogster, a web-based multi-media presentation tool that can be used for Judaic instruction, the mentoring and training of pre-service and in-service Judaic educators

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 on how  students in a Judaic Studies blended learning classroom can use Glogster to enhance learning.

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has a 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 as well.

Note: Although Glogster 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: Glogster can also be used in a face to face classroom without adding the online component.

What is Glogster?

According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glogster  
glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or glogs. The glog, short for graphical blog, is an interactive multimedia image. It looks like a poster, but readers can interact with the content.^[1] Glogster was founded in 2007. Currently this social network has hundreds of thousands registered users.  Glogster provides an environment to design interactive posters. The user inserts text, images, photos, audio (MP3), videos, special effects and other elements into their glogs to generate a multimedia online creation.^[2] Glogster is based on flash elements.^[3] Posters can be shared with other people. Glogs can also be exported and saved to computer-compatible formats. ^[4] Each visitor can integrate dynamic multi-sensory resources into traditionally text-oriented tasks.

Where is  Glogster located on the web?

http://www.glogster.com/

Note: Jewish educators should use Glogster EDU at this url: http://edu.glogster.com/what-is-glogster-edu/

Where can you find helpful  tutorials on how to use Glogster?

 Click on the links below for tutorials on Glogster:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80NISdsoouE
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ4eljMaX4U&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvC47fUANLk&feature=related

How can you place the pictures that others have uploaded from Glogster onto your Glogster  account?

To place other people's pictures on your Glogster account you will need their permission. The easiest way to gain permission to add the pictures of others is to learn if their photos have a Creative Commons License. 

On the next post we will share resources describing how Glogster  can be utilized to facilitate learning in the classroom.