So how about it? What if we reconceptualized Jewish education and provided more opportunities for learners to connect by interest, not by age or where they are in their so-called life stage. Ever notice how people in our community are often defined by their age and/or their family status – when do you get to [...]
Below is a copy of my response to the Book-jed conversation on Brian Amkraut’s chapter in What We Now Know About Jewish Education, “Jewish Education in the World of Web 2.0.” The book is a winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award in the area of Education and Jewish Identity. Congratulations to Roberta Louis [...]
Many thanks to Sue Loubser, Director of Technology at Greenfield Hebrew Academy, Atlanta, for sharing this article written shortly after the event about the impact of bringing 24 school members to the NECC 2007 conference: This past year, NECC (the National Educational Computing Conference) was held in Atlanta and thousands of teachers from all around [...]
And speaking of colleagues and communities of practice, Reuven Werber shared with me in a Skype conversation his experience participating in an online collaboration with other educators. Educator, Vicki Davis (aka Coolcat Teacher), used twitter to reach her colleagues and invited them to experiment with Google presentations – at least 40 educators from around the [...]
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