What Educators in Jewish Settings are Saying… How We Use Educational Technology in Our Work
Below are a few responses from educators on how they integrate technology into their work and the tools they use:
- Research, editing, and organization skills using Word and Kidspiration
- Family history and research using Timeliner
- Excel to create charts
- Word in Hebrew for word processing
- DavkaWriter Hebrew word processing
- PhotoStory for presentation skills and narrated slide shows
- PowerPoint for presentation skills
- Photoshop to work with images
- Schoolnotes.com to organize links for teachers in different subject areas
- netTrekker search engine for schools which provide access to preselected websites reviewed by educators for educators
- Discovery Education’s unitedstreaming video and online teacher resources
- Smartboards
- Webquests and online scavenger hunts for curriculum integration and research
- Internet search skills
- Web pages and communication tools to communicate with parents, students, and teachers
- Hebrew and English keyboard skills
- Ariot cd produced by TaL AM to practice Hebrew letters and language arts
- Student recordings to practice Hebrew speaking
- Computer games to reinforce Hebrew language and Jewish studies
- Student-created movie clips related to material learned in class
- Recording prayer tunes and songs for students to download to their iPods
- Online Jewish texts such as the Bible
- Software for studying Judaic texts
- Dissemination and evaluation of resources for teachers
- Instant messaging with a peer in Israel to learn more about the country
- Online courses
- Web-based educational management system
- Assisting teachers in selecting appropriate resources and tools
- Professional development of faculty for technology integration, including workshops, demonstrations, and one on one mentoring
- Administrative related projects
- Facilitate home-school technology compatibility
- Home-based family learning projects
How else are you using educational technology in your educational settings (or beyond…)?