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 Store
House, a
free IOS (Apple) story telling 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 Store House
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: Store House can be
used in a face to face and virtual classroom.
What is Store House?
Store House in a free IOS (Apple) story telling
app.
Where is Store House located on the
internet?
Where can I find tutorials demonstrating
how to use Store House, a free IOS (Apple) story telling app:
Click
on the links below to find tutorials explaining how to use the story telling
app, Store House:
- https://www.storehouse.co/stories/s2ob-create-a-story
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=28&v=HfMzO8ZvgjM
- https://vimeo.com/112084634
- http://recode.net/2014/12/08/storehouse-turns-your-photos-into-multimedia-works-of-art/
- http://www.imore.com/storehouse-shuts-anyone-who-ever-said-ipads-werent-creation
On the next blogpost we will discuss how Store House, an IOS
(Apple) story telling app, can be used to promote instruction in the blended
learning classroom.
