How YouTube for Schools, a free video sharing website or platform, can be utilized to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom

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  YouTube for Schools, a free video sharing website or platform, 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 YouTube for Schools 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 YouTube for Schools?

YouTube for Schools is a website or platform where educators discuss how to use YouTube to enhance classroom learning.

According to https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2592715?hl=en YouTube for Schools  offers you, the teacher, “a way to access educational videos from inside your school network. YouTube for Schools gives schools the ability to access a broad set of educational videos on YouTube EDU and to select the specific videos that are accessible from within your school network”.

Where is YouTube for Schools  located on the web?

• https://www.youtube.com/schools

How YouTube for Schools, a free video sharing website or platform, can be utilized to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom

Click on the links below to find resources explaining how YouTube for Schools can be used to promote instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NegRGfGYOwQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcKCAyj-jdE&feature=youtu.be

On the next blogpost we will discuss how YouTube for Schools, a free video sharing website or platform, can be utilized to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators.

Introduction to YouTube for Schools, a free video sharing website

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 the web tool YouTube for Schools, a free video sharing website or platform, 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 YouTube for Schools 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 YouTube for Schools?

YouTube for Schools is a website or platform where educators discuss how to use YouTube to enhance classroom learning.

According to https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2592715?hl=en YouTube for Schools  offers you, the teacher, “a way to access educational videos from inside your school network. YouTube for Schools gives schools the ability to access a broad set of educational videos on YouTube EDU and to select the specific videos that are accessible from within your school network”.

Where is YouTube for Schools  located on the web?

• https://www.youtube.com/schools

Where can you find helpful tutorials on how to use YouTube for Schools?

Click on the links below for tutorials on how to use the video sharing website, YouTube for Schools:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcKCAyj-jdE&feature=youtu.be
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=NegRGfGYOwQ

On the next blogpost we will discuss how YouTube for Schools, a free video sharing website or platform, can be utilized to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom.

How Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish 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 discuss how Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, 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 Kidblog 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: Kidblog can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.

What is Kidblog?

Kidblog is a free classroom blog website.

Where is Kidblog located on the internet?

• http://kidblog.org/home/

How Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators

Click on the links below to see how Kidblog can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to train/mentor pre-service and in-service Jewish educators.

• http://jt-bh.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=47963&CategoryID=7065
• http://educators.jewishlearningventure.org/?page_id=662
• https://sites.google.com/a/bhmschools.org/mrsbergquist/welcome-/world-religions/blogs

On the next blog post we will begin our exploration of websites that host videos for instruction, the first of which will be YouTube for Schools.

How Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom

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 Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, 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 Kidblog 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: Kidblog can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.

What is Kidblog?

Kidblog is a free classroom blog website.

Where is Kidblog located on the internet?

• http://kidblog.org/home/

How Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom

Click on the links below to find resources explain how Kidblog can be used to promote instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:

• http://kidblog.org/home/kidblog-in-action-classroom-qa-with-kindergarten-teacher-sharon-davison/
• http://kidblog.org/home/kidblog-inside-outside-classroom/
• http://educators.jewishlearningventure.org/?page_id=662
• https://sites.google.com/a/bhmschools.org/mrsbergquist/welcome-/world-religions/blogs

On the next blog post we will discuss how Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators.

Introduction to Kidblog, a free blog website for classroom use

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 Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, can be used for Judaic instruction and the mentoring/ teaching of 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 Kidblog 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: Kidblog can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.

What is Kidblog?

Kidblog is a free classroom blog website.

Where is Kidblog located on the internet?

• http://kidblog.org/home/

Where can I find tutorials demonstrating how to use Kidblog?

Click on the links below to find tutorials on using Kidblog:

• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=http%3A%2F%2Fkidblog.org%2Fhome%2F (many tutorials)
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/12dnhfxSdHcpzOP_hjQEc8yB33p2PizhRJ2SAgyUqBS8/edit
• http://prezi.com/xn8cs6mcm1na/httpkidblogorghome/
• http://filecabinet1.eschoolview.com/5EBF82B8-DC14-4895-930F-2CD46B935920/kidblog.pdf

On the next blog post we will discuss how Kidblog, a free classroom blog website, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom.