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Is your day school high school/ yeshiva integrating online learning in general studies as part of its formal course catalogue? Is your school gearing up to launch  such a program during the 2011-2012 academic year? If so, check out the new DigitalJLearning Network, a partnership of The Jewish Education Project, JESNA, and the AVI CHAI [...]

The AVI CHAI Foundation is awarding 10 scholarships to administrators at Jewish day schools in North America.  Preference will be given to Jewish studies oriented educators.  As part of the scholarship, awardees are required to contribute their reflections on the AVI CHAI blog.  Details and the AVI CHAI Scholarship application can be found here. Applications [...]

We are pleased to welcome guest blogger, Sue Loubser, Director of Technology at Greenfield Hebrew Academy, Atlanta, Georgia, who shares the story behind the development of their students’ new app for droid. About a month ago, as students in the fourth grade Jewish Studies class were learning about blessings over food, a student raised his [...]

It’s a great week for Jewish education and innovation! Applications for the new Darim Online Social Media Boot Camp for Educators (2011-2012) are now open! Learn more… and apply!! The short of it: The program will support innovative Jewish educators in using social media effectively in their work, and assist their organizations in evolving models [...]

Congratulations to the nine recipients of the 2011-2012 Jewish New Media Innovation Fund Award! The Fund, a partnership of the the Jim Joseph, Righteous Persons, and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family foundations, will provide $500,000 in grants and technical support  to 9 digital media projects selected from among over 300 submissions.  We are excited to [...]

We are pleased to welcome guest blogger, Howard Blas. Note: This article was originally posted on Davar Acher, a collaborative blog of the Jim Joseph Foundation Fellows.  Be sure to read Davar Acher to learn more from this talented community of practice who share insights about technology, best practices, ideas, thoughts and support. Jewish Disability/ABILITY [...]

Lots of juicy resources out there! Below are a few to check out if you are not already familiar with them ((some are ongoing, others have deadlines*).  Please note that this is not a complete listing by any means.  Feel free to follow jlearn2.0 on twitter @jlearn20 for goodies on a slightly more regular basis. [...]