Training for the Online Learning Center
Written by Behrman House Staff, 16 of February, 2012
Learn how to use our new Online Learning Center! We will be holding weekly webinars beginning Thursday, March 1 and continuing each Thursday through the end of the school year. Behrman House staff will give you step-by-step guidance on how to create—and make the most of—a private online space that can help ignite student learning in your school.
As we show the Online Learning Center to educators across the country, one of the most frequently asked questions is how teachers will learn to use it. So we are supplementing our growing number of Video Lessons with weekly webinars that will show you how to:
- Create and use an invitation-only digital classroom space for a variety of learning models.
- Invite teachers and students into your online school
- Add up to five levels of digital Hebrew to your curriculum and boost decoding skills and retention
- Find, post, and save multi-media materials designed especially for the Jewish classroom
- Organize all types of classes, from basic Hebrew to staff development to lifelong learning
- And more
Choose a date and subject that meets your needs. Attend one, two, or all of our webinars. Invite teachers, clergy, and lay leaders to participate as well.
All webinars will be held on Thursdays at 1 p.m. eastern time.
Introduction to the Online Learning Center
May 3, 2012, May 24
Find out more about our new Online Learning Center and how you can use it in your school. Learn how to create and use an invitation-only digital classroom space for a variety of learning modules, including Hebrew practice at home, lesson planning spaces for teachers, discussion spaces for students, and more. Learn how to invite teachers and students into your online school, how to find, post, and save multi-media materials, and how to assign and assess Hebrew.
Teaching Hebrew with the Online Learning Center
May 17, 2012; June 14, 2012
See how easy online Hebrew can be.Learn how you can add up to five levels of digital Hebrew to your curriculum—from letter recognition through —and boost decoding skills and retention. Learn about the benefits of switching from CD-based Hebrew exercises to ones that live ‘in the cloud.’ This webinar will teach you the nuts and bolts of using Hebrew in the Online Learning Center, including where to find it, how to purchase it for your school, how to add it to your classes, how to use it in class and assign it as homework to extend class time, and how to assess your students online.
This coming fall, the Jewish holiday calendar could mean a big gap in instruction time for your school. Find out how Hebrew in the Online Learning Center can help you bridge that gap.
How to Use the Online Learning Center for Blended Learning
May 31, 2012
The Online Learning Center is perfect for implementing blended learning models in your school. This webinar will provide lots of new ideas for combining in-class learning with at-home supplements, organizing b’nai mitzvah classes or tutorials, supporting project-based learning, and more. We’ll show you how to find and post multi-media content and use it to create a discussion, and even how to post and use your own content.
How to Use the Ready-to-Go Resources in the Online Learning Center
Our new Resource Libraries offer over 1600 multi-media resource items, such as videos, music clips, lesson plans, and Power Points, that can be used in the Online Learning Center. Learn how they will help you save time on class preparation while making your classes more dynamic. This webinar will show you how to use the powerful faceted search tool that gets you to a host of materials covering the exact subjects you want to teach—at lightning speed. Learn how to find and download articles and lesson plans, how to post videos, music, and articles directly into a class in the Online Learning Center, and how to use the “Save” feature in the Learning Center to organize the materials you find for later use.
Variations: MORE Ways to Use the Online Learning Center
May 10, 2012
Discover imaginative ways to use the Online Learning Center to promote engagement and lifelong learning in your community. Do you want to get parents more involved in your school? Do your b’nai mitzvah students and families need additional support?Do you want to hold professional development events for your staff? Do you wonder how distance learning can help you create a community of adult learners? We have loads of ideas and look forward to hearing yours too.
Back to School Prep: Tips for Getting Students and Their Parents Ready for the Online Learning Center
June 7, 2012; June 21, 2012
Organize ahead of time to make the adoption of the Online Learning Center go smoothly. In this webinar we'll discuss options and offer helpful tips for settng up your school, creating classes, communicating with families, organizing student email addresses. You'll feel fully equipped and confident about taking the next step to get your online classes up and running.
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