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Erin Hirsh

Going iPhone-less: Camps trying to ban gadgets while embracing technology | Jewish Tele... - 1 views

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mixed messages about tech and camp

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    • Erin Hirsh
      Erin Hirsh on 20 Jul 13
       
      Why does screen time seem diametrically opposed to the values of camp? Is this a false dichotomy? What messages are camps like this communicating to children about technology? I wish we were searching for a way to help kids use screentime in moderation year-round . . . that would seem like a great gift to our children and community to me.
  • Yvonne Webber on 24 Jul 13
     
    My children are all attending Camp Ramah in California and they are not allowed to use technology at camp either! (iPhones, cell phones, game bos, etc) They do have camper mail that parents email to the camp and the camp prints out. Their technological offerings are limited. This article does raise an interesting point. When we go camping as a family, we have ano technology rule as well. It is a time to connect as a family without the distractions of the outside world. Perhaps that is the goal of the summer camps as well. Thanks for posting this article!
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  • ikatro23 on 24 Jul 13
     
    I used to work at sleep away camp and I completely understand having the kids disconnect from technology for the summer, while at camp. If there is a serious issue, their counselors and the administration staff have direct contact with the camper's parents. Also, if they have access to a phone and a problem occurs with another camper, they will call home and complain to their parents and say they want to come home. By the time the parent reaches the camp and staff has had a chance to talk to the camper, the issue has been resolved already. This is especially true for middle school students who are constantly having "fights" with their friends. This has happened to me! Kol Ha'Kavod to the camps for not giving in to letting kids have electronics!
  • Eliyahu Krigel on 25 Jul 13
     
    My two kids are at Ramah Outdoor Adventure in CO right now. I miss them so much. One more week. They have a similar policy. Now onto to the topic: I've also worked at camp before (Ramah and Camp Thunderbird) and we also didn't allow screens. The exception that Ramah makes though is for kids who have their bar and bat mitzvah training. They can use their screens for that. And they also told us the kids could have an MP3 player and listen to soft music if they needed to in order to fall asleep. It's very true that the phones would be abused at camp like mentioned above. I think I also could see the need to have like 12 IPads at camp for a special video making elective. It's not that the technology is inherently bad or something to always shy away from. For me, the technology ban is so the kids can connect with nature and not have anything holding them back like mentioned by Yvonne. Every year I lead a b'nai mitzvah camping trip at our Synagogue and I tell parents it's fine with me if the kids bring their screens, we just limit the time they can use them. But if it breaks, it's on them. One time a camper brought an expensive screen with them and it broke and I said oh well, that's what happens in the woods. While on the theme of screens: When my kids at home overstep their lines or are not the nicest to each other or whatever (they are really good kids), they get their screens taken away. We don't say no TV, because then they go to the IPad, or the computer, so we just say no screens period when they overstep. I do think this is an important topic though and but would like to see ways camp can integrate technology more. It's pretty cool I think that I can email my kids every day and look at pictures of them every day on photobucket. Thanks for the conversation!
  • Yvonne Webber on 25 Jul 13
     
    Eliyahu, I am not sure how old your kids are, but we find it difficult to take away screens because our two oldest (15 and 17) have many of their school books, assignments, projects, etc on their tablets! It can become tricky. We do limit xbox, game time, movie time, etc, but the absolute no screen time becomes too difficult and therefore takes much more monitoring if they have overstepped the bounds!
  • Eliyahu Krigel on 25 Jul 13
     
    Good point Yvonne. My kids are 12 and 8. As they get older, you're totally right that it really isn't realistic and hard to monitor. Saying no to every screen, especially if they have homework to do on it. That would be like shooting yourself in the foot and no one likes to do that! And even though screens are limited at camp, at least at ROA, the counselors can go to the staff lounge and log in when they have time at night to do so.
Deborah Nagler

9 Wrong And 8 Right Ways Students Should Use Technology - 0 views

www.edudemic.com/...students-should-use-technology

classroom new technologies

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  • Deborah Nagler on 23 Jul 13
     
    Technology is a tool. It's not a learning outcome. Too often do we get distracted by all the activities and action we can perform with an iPad or some other device. We can post to Edmodo! Make a Prezi! Post to Facebook! All exciting things, to be sure.
Erin Hirsh

| Behrman House Publishing - 1 views

www.behrmanhouse.com/...ues-trading-game-free-download

Middot-opoly game developed with educating campers in mind

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      Erin Hirsh on 20 Jul 13
       
      It is so interesting to me that she was in a traditional Jewish camp environment and her impulse to increase the learning quality was to integrate technology - it shows how clearly of a different generation I am. It is also interesting to see how it made sense to Behrman House to bring the game out of that specific environment into those where we might more typically expect technology and Jewish education to intersect. 
  • Eliyahu Krigel on 25 Jul 13
     
    I sent this out to my school famlies last week when behrman house sent their email out. I love this game. It's an innovative way to combine fun and Jewish values. When I play Jenga with my kids, I like to put Jewish values on each block and when they pick a block or remove a block from the tower, they have to say how the Jewish midah applies to their life or situation. I think it's also interesting to see how Behrman House is amping up their technology. Like I said in a previous post, they also have a new Online Learning Center as well. The new fad of technology is becoming the new norm.
Eliyahu Krigel

Technology and Jewish Education - 0 views

www.ravsak.org/...d,HaYidion

smartboard jewish education technology RAVSAK

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  • Eliyahu Krigel on 25 Jul 13
     
    This is a great article about integrating the smartboard into your lessons. We don't have smartboards at the Synagogue (not yet) but they have one at the day school and at the federation. I've taught some classes before for adult ed at the federation and for kids at the day school and using the smartboard is quiet an experience. It is so much fun and really is the future. Typical story though: We have this family who donated a smartboard to the school but then wanted the smartboard to be used in the same class as their daughter who will be in first. But the director want's to have the smartboard in fifth grade so it can maximize student learning. Plus, the first grade teacher doesn't know how to use it and doesn't really want to incoorporate it into her classroom experience. If you were the director, would you put the nicely donated smartboard where the donor wanted it to go in the first grade classroom with their child or use it in another classroom entirely because that's what would benefit the school? Or would you humbly say no thank you to the gift because it has strings attached?
  • ikatro23 on 26 Jul 13
     
    I would let the donor know that it is best suited in the fifth grade class. However, anytime any teacher wants to use it, arrangements would be made so that they could use the smart board. That's what we did in our religious school. The classes that would most likely use the smart board received it in their room. But if a teacher was doing a special project or needed use of the smart board, the classrooms were switched so that someone else could use it if need be.
  • Eliyahu Krigel on 31 Jul 13
     
    Makes good sense to me. Giving gifts with strings attached really complicates the matter and everybody loses in my experience.
Rachel Rosenberg

Media and Technology in Jewish Education - 0 views

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education jewish Technology media

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  • Rachel Rosenberg on 26 Jul 13
     
    Publication about the integration and challenges of technology-based Jewish education
Erin Hirsh

Mission/Vision - 1 views

www.jcamp180.org/...mission--core-values.aspx

JCamp180

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      Erin Hirsh on 20 Jul 13
       
      This is a Jewish organization taking a whole different role in working with Jewish camps and technology - funny that it came up right with the articles about Jewish camps, education and technology. At the same time, it shares the same core mission as many Jewish camps and camp organizations like FJC.
  • Eliyahu Krigel on 25 Jul 13
     
    Harold Grinspoon has done so much to help the Jewish people. Matching grants of 60 million, wow. PJ Library, the list goes on and on! What I apprecaite about Jcamp 180 and this site is that they work with all Jewish camps to make them more sustainable. This is a powerful model of Jewish unity. This type of program will help ensure Jewish continuity!
Erin Hirsh

URJ Founds New Specialty Jewish Summer Camp Dedicated to Science and Technology - URJ - 0 views

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      Erin Hirsh on 20 Jul 13
       
      Interesting to see that URJ is implying some kind of correlation between unaffiliated or unengaged Jews and those who would be attracted to to STEM-themed Jewish summer camp experience. I think any off-the-beaten-track-themed Jewish camp has an opportunity to attract families who have not been interested in the somewhat more "one-size-fits-all" movement camps. On the other hand, is there a specific claim about unaffiliated Jews and technology here? What is it?
Eliyahu Krigel

New Site for Jewish Day Schools To Collaborate and Become Tech Savvy - 0 views

www.digitaljlearning.org/blog

Jewish Education 21c Technology

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  • Eliyahu Krigel on 01 Aug 13
     
    Jewish Day Schools are moving steadily into the 21st Century. This new site is for Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot. It's an opportunity for these schools to bring technology into their programs in a clear and enduring way. The site also allows teachers and administrators a forum for discussion and collaboration.
Lisa Vendeland

Thinking Outside Box - Jewish Education - 0 views

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  • Lisa Vendeland on 26 Jul 13
     
    Great presentation about mobile learning. Hebrew school like camp, Skype classes.
  • Yvonne Webber on 26 Jul 13
     
    He uses an image of a young/old woman on one of his slides. I use this same image (along with some others) in the first few days of class to talk about perception and acceptance of others' viewpoints. For me, it is a matter of figuring out how to change within the framework of my school. I only have so much flexibility in what I am allowed to do. I can use tools and technology, but have to seek approval for any new technology tool (online forums, social networking sites, etc.). My school is talking about having students sign up for Judaic Studies courses online to broaden their choices of topics. I am not sure what impact this will have on the teachers on campus, as these students would then not need to be in a physical class for their Judaica requirement. I think it is important that we look at alternatives for Jewish Education, we don't lose our human resources on site.
Rachel Rosenberg

Technology Transforms Classroom Experience One Click at a Time - 0 views

www.chabad.org/...forms-Classroom-Experience.htm

Tech education jewish learning

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  • Rachel Rosenberg on 29 Jul 13
     
    In Australia, teachers at a yeshiva are used remote control devices for classroom instruction.
Rachel Rosenberg

| Behrman House Publishing - 0 views

www.behrmanhouse.com/...echnology-in-the-jewish-school

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  • Rachel Rosenberg on 29 Jul 13
     
    This website describes ways in which technology can be used in Jewish schools.
elainelampert

Blended Learning: Some Love It, Some Hate It-But Everyone's Talking About It. - 0 views

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jewish education Technology

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  • elainelampert on 28 Jul 13
     
    Interesting blog post about whether or not technology can replace teachers. This blog says "teachers are still the heart and soul of Jewish education".
Erin Hirsh

Israeli Hi-Tech Jewish Summer Camp - eCamp - YouTube - 1 views

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Video Snapshots of a Jewish Techie camp

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    • Erin Hirsh
      Erin Hirsh on 20 Jul 13
       
      I have to say, when I watched this video, what I kept thinking was that - in terms of this being a summer camp - it made perfect sense to me that kids could have fun and learn and explore amazing activities using technology, I had this overwhelming wish that the computers would be in an outside pavilion.
  • Eliyahu Krigel on 25 Jul 13
     
    Ecamp looks like it would be a lot of fun. Innovators, workshops, pictures under the Google sign, dance pads, and now even time in Greensboro at that amazing facility. Did you check out that comment in the comment section by some guy named Jack? Maybe a self hating Jew but I hate comments like that. So disappointing. I like the idea of an outside pavilion with computers. Touch screen and super fast. That would be really cool Erin.
Rachel Rosenberg

Tech Rav: A Discussion Evening about iPads in Jewish Education - 1 views

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jewish education technology iPad

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  • Rachel Rosenberg on 26 Jul 13
     
    Interesting article about how to utilize iPads in the classroom.
Rachel Rosenberg

'Start-up nation' Israel to help Jewish day schools go from textbooks to tablets? - 1 views

www.jns.org/...y-go-from-textbooks-to-tablets

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  • Rachel Rosenberg on 26 Jul 13
     
    Another article about tablets being used in the classroom setting
  • Eliyahu Krigel on 31 Jul 13
     
    Tablets will be the new spiral notebooks, every student will have them. Even in our Synagogue supplemental school, we are moving away from computers with keyboards and more in the direction of having tablets for the students to work on. Hebrew apps continue to get better and I hope one day our Jewish games will be as tech savvy as the best of the X-Box or whatever counsel games. We're on the right path but we are not there quiet yet.
  • Lisa Vendeland on 02 Aug 13
     
    Another benefit of using the tablet is that it isn't as likely to get left at school, like textbooks are now, they weigh less, so much less impact from those backpacks kids lug around with them all day and finally, when kids want to read or work on an assignment they easily can. Not just at a time or place where they are suppose to. I think having a flash card program on a tablet or hand held mobile device can be a great tool for Hebrew teachers to use also for vocabulary. Morah Rickey uses Quizlet for our class. So I agree with EK that we are on the right path in this respect.
Adara B

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nfty Technology education teen

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  • Adara B on 29 Jul 13
     
    NFTY's resource space for their initiative to maintain sanctity online. a great resource for teens, adults and educators to start a discussion about how what we put online goes further than just our "friends" or "followers"
elainelampert

Jewish Education Goes High Tech - 0 views

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Technology jewish education learning

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  • elainelampert on 28 Jul 13
     
    This is an article from Tablet Magazine about a new curriculum called ShalomLearning.
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