Gratz 40208B/70208B TFJE

This is a project by the Rosenfeld at the University of Miami, they create resources for Jewish educators and on this site they give lesson plan that teach Jewish values through secular story books.

This site is designed to help visitors explore Jewish Life and Judaism through their trans-denominational website of information. Sometimes I send links to parents so they can learn more about the rituals their children are eploring.

Explore Jewish Life and Judaism at My Jewish Learning, a trans-denominational website of information about Judaism. Visit us today! Great resource for many kinds of topics.

Kveller is a community of contemporary Jews who are interested in adding a Jewish twist to their parenting. They blend historical & cultural mainstays with progressive and forward-thinking perspectives.

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.

Teachers are continually looking for ways to enhance student collaboration in the classroom. Student collaboration in the classroom can add much-needed variety to the standard, traditional lecture style of teaching. Classroom collaboration also encourages communication and cooperation among students and in effect allows them to teach one another.

Collaborize Classroom is a free, online learning platform for teachers and students to create structured discussions in a private online community. Students can expand on discussions as well as interact with online lesson plans that allow for deeper participation inside and outside the classroom.

Number 1 June 1992 WHAT IS IT? Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject.

Chicago area Jewish special needs program: gives " educational, recreational, vocational and social programs "

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"

An interesting article/blog post about the future of reform Jewish education, including 7 "criteria" for a 'robust' future of RJE

This is a website I have recommended to interfaith families that I have in my Practice. So many time when a baby enters into a marriage I become a resource for the "how to's" : How do we have a naming, what is a Bris, how do we name him/her appropriately ? I know it sounds crazy but as an OB/GYN Dr. I do A LOT of Jewish Teaching!

Great presentation about mobile learning. Hebrew school like camp, Skype classes.

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.

Fits into my summer research topic for Gratz 2013

Interesting article about how to utilize iPads in the classroom.

Another article about tablets being used in the classroom setting

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.

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.

Publication about the integration and challenges of technology-based Jewish education

This is an article from Tablet Magazine about a new curriculum called ShalomLearning.