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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.)

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!

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I just used this mind map tool to help me get organized around a brain storming session I had with our membership chair. It was very helpful. I wish people could view it without being a member or signing up but I guess that's how they grow their membership. Here's my link if you want to check it out: http://www.mindomo.com/projects-1901

Different uses for pair-share cooperative learning. Helps with discussion skills, utilizes reciprocal teaching, organization skills, writing and problem solving in both the classroom setting and online.

This is an innovative synagogue in SF that is successfully addressing the Gen Next Web 2.0 World, its a totally new model and it works well!

At first I was a little weary of this group and it's good to get the personal recommendation. I thought, who are these people? Are they Messianic? Ultra-religious? But then when I saw they supported IKAR in LA and just that Hayley gave us the link, I knew it was something to check out. I hope more and more of these types of networks and organizations form around the country. Once again the Bay Area paves the way. Thanks for sharing.

Using Word Clouds are a great way to initially summarize something you are about to teach in class. After doing the reading, have the students summarize on their own. This gives many different ways of how to use a Word Cloud in the curriculum.

I have used word clouds (digitally made and hand-made on paper!) for students to show their understanding of different concepts. For a unit where students created their own tzedakah organization, they had to create a word cloud for their organization.

This site has been built and designed keeping in mind the needs of Reform Jews, unaffiliated Jews and those wishing to learn more about Reform Judaism. The content has been developed by a wide variety of educators, rabbis, cantors and laypersons who are active participants in Reform Jewish life. Many people and organizations have been instrumental in making this website a reality.

Are students prepared for the future? Are they graduating ready to innovate? What are some of the skills students should have in order to have a successful future? The answers this article provides are inline with Tapscott's Eight Norms of Net Geners - no surprise to me!

"Our understanding of learning has expanded at a rate that has far outpaced our conceptions of teaching. A growing appreciation for the porous boundaries between the classroom and life experience...has created not only promising changes but also disruptive moments in teaching."

An organization that is "Re-imagining Jewish Education for the 21st Century" by developing and networking educators (I'm spending my week at their conference!)

Moving Traditions inspires people to live fuller lives -- and to work for a better world for all -- by advocating for a more expansive view of gender in Jewish learning and practice. Moving Traditions really focuses on specific gender roles. The organization embraces girls helping girls and boys helping boys, so that each gender can learn to help themselves. Also, you are sometimes more comfortable talking to someone who is the same gender as you.

This site/app is awesome because you can take a picture of the child's artwork and save it. Then for each year, or however you want to divide up the artwork, you can make a book. It also cleans up the clutter of having to keep everything! I used it this past year for our class pictures that I took. Each kid got a little book of our year in review.

This about.com page offers links to sites that have online classes on Judaism and being Jewish.

Interesting perspective on how smartphones can be helpful in the classroom.

Need some ideas for your classroom? Sample lesson plans for Judaic Studies K-12

Thousands of shiurim/lectures by world renowned speakers, organized by topic or by speaker

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.

For students looking at colleges, interested in combining the best of both Jewish & secular education, the undergraduate programs of JTS at List College offer am amazing experience.