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Over the last few years, technology has reshaped the classroom in many ways - and is continuing to do so. From digital textbooks and platforms that make teaching often-complex STEM subjects simpler to deep data analytics that measure and predict student achievement, ed tech is addressing a number of issues in the nation's schools.

A handy how-to for flipped classrooms

Thanks for sharing this; it's great information!

Google Drive has enabled Google Add Ons and there are some that you and your students will want to enable right away. Others may appeal more to professional developers or those who work remotely . How To Enable Add Ons for Google Drive Here's a tutorial on enabling add ons.

Official homepage for worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement that promotes Judaism and provides daily Torah lectures and Jewish insights. Chabad-Lubavitch is a philosophy, a movement, and an organization. Chabad is considered to be the most dynamic force in Jewish life today.

This is a great organization that really helps students to connect to the weekly parasha through movement. They also do wonderful work with Jewish/Muslim relations.

This is a great website for some quick information for young children. It explains the parasha simply and has some cute activities for young children.

This is a great resource when you need to have an English source sheet. It is very helpful also if you need English/Hebrew texts.

For all of us, learning was an innate part of life. It was something we just did, that was as natural to us as breathing. If not for this innate desire to learn and with it the ability to do so, we would never learn to walk, or speak or interact with others.

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To what extent and in what ways do trips to Israel by Jewish high school students influence their decisions, years later, to marry a Jewish person and raise Jewish children? Understanding the import and value of teen trips to Israel will play an important role in determining the nature and level of anticipated increased support for such endeavors.

Jewish Education Program Since 1990, our Jewish Education Program has worked with educators and young people to connect the past to the present. Through the integration of history and ethics, this program promotes an understanding of how Jewish values can inspire students to combat prejudice with compassion and indifference with participation.

eScapegoat is a great way to use the web for teaching at High Holy Days. buy a mini goat, and when Elul comes start placing your sins on it, head to escgoat.com.

Ritualwell: Ritual for Jewish holidays and life cycles, including Shabbat, the New Year, baby namings, weddings, healing and mourning. This is a great resource for those who want to customize Jewish traditions to meet their unique needs.

Rosh Pina is new Jewish organization, providing assistance & certification for schools and other Jewish institutions striving for inclusivity. (Full disclosure: the brilliant founder of said organization is my sister-in-law.)

Creative, brilliant, and use with caution! Lego expert and self-appointed "reverend" Brendan Powell Smith has created scene-by-scene recreations of most of the narrative parts of Tanakh, plus the Christian Bible as well, using legos and his own modern translation of the Bible. His goal was to expose people to the "real" Bible, so be careful, certain scenes (clearly labeled) are NSFW. (From bricktestament.com: The Brick Testament is the largest, most comprehensive illustrated Bible in the world with over 4,500 illustrations that retell more than 400 stories from The Bible.)

One of the more creative & modern approaches to parshanut, holidays,Torah, rabbinic literature, and more. Videos are mostly free, with inexpensive downloadable teachers' guides for support. Also have apps, mostly for younger kids. (From g-dcast.com: Jewish questions? Don't know where to get started? We've got you covered. Videos, apps, and interactive experiences for everyone.)

Despite the fact that the site is not currently supported by JPS (or anyone), the full modern (1985) JPS translation of the Tanakh is available, and searchable, online. (From taggedtanakh.org: The Tagged Tanakh is a collaborative platform around the Jewish Bible, brought to you by JPS)

An incredibly useful site for creating legally procured texts for source sheets. (From Sefaria.org: We are building a free living library of Jewish texts and their interconnections, in Hebrew and in translation. Our scope is Torah in the broadest sense, from Tanakh to Talmud to Zohar to modern texts and all the volumes of commentary in between. Sefaria is created, edited, and annotated by an open community.)