COJS Workshop - The Future of the Past: Digital Imaging, the Internet, and Jewish History Education, July 8-12, 2007
COJS, the Center for Online Judaic Studies, is sponsoring its second annual workshop directed by Professor Robert Chazan and held on the campus of New York University. 30 North American educators will work together with renowned Jewish historians, scholars of education, educational technology specialists, and doctoral students. In conjunction with the workshop, each participant will create an innovative curricular unit for use in Jewish history classrooms.
The objectives of the workshop are:
- To continue the development of a professional network of master educators, scholars, and doctoral students. This network will remain active throughout the school year, working to create innovative curricular materials and to exchange thoughts regarding issues that are central to the field of Jewish history education.
- To facilitate conversation among leaders in the field (teachers, administrators, scholars, and graduate students) about fascinating issues related to Jewish identity, Jewish collective memory, and the teaching of Jewish history.
- To explore innovations in educational technology and to discuss its role in the future of Jewish history education.
- To introduce participants to the innovative curricular materials being produced by the Center for Online Judaic Studies (COJS) and to engage in dialogue aimed at improving and promoting the classroom utilization of these materials.
- To foster a collaborative environment that allows participants to engage with their colleagues, resident scholars, the resources of the NYU library, and COJS as they create their own curricular materials.
- To enable participants to encounter and discuss recent developments in the scholarship of Jewish history, curriculum studies, and educational technology/cognitive psychology.
Workshop participants will receive:
- Reimbursement for travel expenses
- Lodging near NYU (for participants coming from outside the New York metropolitan area)
- Several kosher meals
- A $1000.00 honorarium
Applications for participation are due the week of March 12. For more information, see www.cojs.info/~nyc/Workshop/index.html (click on the “Next” at the bottom of the page to see the second page) or contact Michael Kay or Yona Shem-Tov, Assistant Directors of the workshop, at: workshop@cojs.org.