CJPTTF

A place for Jewish educators to discuss issues and share resources and approaches related to teaching Hebrew in Jewish supplementary education.

Joan, what are the features of the Hebrew Project-(what's on the web site) and-how might this help you in your teaching?

There was a great deal of information on the website, but a few specific things from the reading struck me. One is to devote more "time on task" to the Hebrew reading and allow students more time to decode, read to one another, and read to the group. Also, with teaching siddur based Hebrew, students need the opportunity to practice it in real settings, such as an in class tefillah service. Also, it is important for students to practice at home with parents. So, I might provide transliteration of prayers or have parents use an on line program for the prayers, assuming they are not Hebrew readers.

This site shows a standard printed Talmud page, with hyperlinks to explore that span many centuries of Jewish religious scholarship, from the Bible to the beginning of the twentieth century. The page can serve us as a port of departure on a voyage through the history of Jewish religious literature. Clicking on any portion of the image links you to a description of that element of the Talmud page. The description will tell you when and where the text was composed, its contents and purposes, and other interesting information.

This resource from the Jewish Women's Archive features primary documents and lesson plans for Jewish educators. Use these texts and lessons in your classrooms, family education programs, youth group activities, and adult education courses."Go & Learn" is published here on the JWA website. Stay tuned for more editions of "Go & Learn."

Information, resources and reflection on Jewish early childhood education

Thanks, Lisa. This one is especially helpful to me. Have you see any of the blogs that Ellen Dietrick has done? She is the new director at the Temple Beth Shalom Nursery School in Needham, and she uses blogging to involve parents in a way that is rich, deep, and meaningful. Her blogs are private, though, so I cannot share the link with you, but perhaps you or I could drop her an e-mail if you'd like to see. At TOS, we are anticipating replacing our weekly newsletters to parents with blogs beginning this summer or next fall, so I was interested in looking at this one! I think that this tool is useful in its ability to communicate more efficiently with parents (and with other educators and community members) and to engage them more deeply. I also feel that blogging can be a great way to make connections between curriculum, activities, and child development more transparent for parents through the use of tags. For example, you could tag all of the activities that incorporate, for example, Israel, and then parents could see how Israel is integrated strongly throughout the curriculum. I have used blogging before. I personally find it very user friendly.It produces a strong documentation of children's learning over time, and of the growth of curriculum over time. I do feel that one of the dangers of blogging, however, is the ability to quickly publish information without much editing. I noticed in the first post today on this blog that were a few type-os! I think that particularly in early childhood education, there is a need to produce quality well-written communications to demonstrate that educators are knowledgeable and themselves well-trained.

An exploration of social issues as these are discussed in the Torah, the Bible and other Jewish sources. The starting point is an orthodox understanding of Judaism and contemporary ideas about equality and ethics. Usually updated weekly, touching on the Sidra or parsha. Issues include racism, social justice etc.

JewishPrograms.org is a family of web-based programs created by JDC Paris International Community Development. Here you will find content developed especially to enhance your programming and practices as well as your professional skills and knowledge. Enjoy visiting each of the sites and sharing them with your colleagues and community!

By Caren N. Levine, Stan Silverman, Ellen Meier Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE), 2006 Discussions of effective, quality Jewish education are not complete without attention paid to the medium through which it is designed and delivered. Increasingly, this involves new technologies, including computers, telecommunications, video, webcasting, audio files, and more. It is therefore incumbent on the Jewish educational community to encourage the appropriate use of new technologies and multiple media in the creation, delivery, and support of Jewish learning.

With Google Custom Search, you can harness the power of Google to create a customized search experience for your own website. * Include one or more websites, or specific webpages * Host the search box and results on your own website * Customize the look and feel of the results to match your site

A compilation of links of Judaic resources that helps teachers create web-based learning materials that can be used by students.

Lookstein article on the challenges of technology integration into Jewish education

Miriam Berk, education director of Temple Reyim, shared this article with us in January. It raises several questions on how technology will assist, not supplant. the teacher.

Article about finding a healthy balance of technology in the Jewish classroom

Twitter feed about new technology, particularly social media, in Jewish education.

A Jewish learning site for children

MyBatMitzvahStory.org is a project of the Jewish Women's Archive, whose mission is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit to a broad public the rich history of American Jewish women. MyBatMitzvahStory.org was created to provide young women with information about Jewish women role models and a forum to express themselves and their Jewish identities creatively. Though we believe that girls AND boys, women and men, need to know the history of Jewish women, we have started by focusing on bat mitzvah.

Resources and multi-media on a wide range of Jewish topics

Case study of an integrated approach to teaching kindergarten students Torah and early literacy skills simultaneously.

A repository of all kinds of videos by and about Judaism and Jewish life...some serious, some humorous, all in high definition.

Darim Online's blog about technology, particularly Web 2.0, in Jewish education.