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The Holy Temple - Take a Virtual Tour of the Beit Hamikdash - Tisha B'Av and the 3 Weeks - 0 views

  • The study of the Torah's [design of the Holy Temple] can be equated to its construction. Go tell them to study the form of the Temple. As a reward for their study and their occupation with it, I will consider it as if they actually built it."
  • that extend far beyond the ordinary sphere of intellectual activity. Rather, through this study, a person fulfills his obligation to build the Temple
Sarah Blattner

Rocket21 - 0 views

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    Interesting new social media tool and site geared towards tweens and teens. It is in beta, so it's free right now. Check it out!
Kelly Platzke

My experience in getting started with Genius Hour | ReconfigurEd. - 1 views

  • We provided a proposal template in the form of a Google Doc and asked that each student submit their idea and plan to their teacher. As the proposals star rolling in, we are giving students feedback by leaving a comment on their document and suggesting changes or tweaks where necessary.
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      These are science-based ideas, but students could make LA connections as well. (i.e. Is it true that the only theme in all of literature is "Who am I?"; Yahweh means "I AM" - how does that impact our understanding of human identity?). Any topic will be applicable to LA and technology skills: research, writing, collaborating, sharing, presenting, etc. 
  • Google’s 80/20 time, where engineers are encouraged to take 20% of their weekly load to work towards personal projects of their choice.
  • The question we both had was, what if students were offered the same opportunity?
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  • twitter,
  • following media and blog articles
  • They would be given roughly 1 hour during the week to work towards their projects. I also made this sweet banner as our Genius Hour poster, and explained that photoshop was something that no-body taught me, because I was never given the opportunity to learn it. But I decided to find out if I could teach myself. The result is that I now have a basic knowledge of photoshop! This was the idea that we communicated to them about Genius Hour, that they were to be the ones to decide what to learn, how to do it, and then what to do with it.
  • 10 Principles of Genius Hour
  • firming up their essential question to set up their projects.
  •  Resources
Sarah Blattner

Why the Maker Movement matters to educators | SmartBlogs SmartBlogs - 0 views

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    Lessons from the "maker movement": Doing is what matters; openness; give it a go; iterative design; aesthetics matter; mentoring defies ageism; learning is intensely personal; It IS about the technology; ownership -- Are you hooked? I am!
Sarah Blattner

Quadblogging - Sign up - 0 views

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    This is a cool way to get kids interacting with classrooms around the globe and it gives them an authentic audience. Check it out!
Sarah Blattner

Free Technology for Teachers: Now You Can Create Accounts on TodaysMeet and Close Rooms... - 0 views

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    Today's Meet is an awesome and free "backchannel" tool that has upgraded its features -- now we can control who signs in and we can close room and monitor multiple rooms from one screen. Give it a try!
Sarah Blattner

Open Badges Oceania | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    A collection of Open Badges resources
Sarah Blattner

Why Should You Care About Badges? | Connected Learning - 0 views

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    This is a fascinating conversation with Cathy N. Davidson, Sheryl Grant and Jim Diamond. A must see! #dmlbadges #connectedlearning. First in a series of conversations. Don't miss it!
Sarah Blattner

Summit | Reconnect Learning - 0 views

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    Follow the #openbadges Summit today and tomorrow @Badges4Learning and #SRL14. Pleanary sessions are live streamed! Check it out:)
Sarah Blattner

Pearson, edX, Educational Testing Service, Workforce.io, and more to align with the Ope... - 0 views

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    More big news released from this week's Open Badges Summit to Reconnect Learning2014...check it out!
Sarah Blattner

Mozilla BadgeKit - 0 views

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    BadgeKit: Software suite from folks at Mozilla that makes Badging easy. Check it out!
Sarah Blattner

Motivating Literacy: Digital Badges in the School Library | Liquid Literacy - 0 views

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    Badges for 2nd-5th grade students -- check it out! From the Gottlieb Academy in Jacksonville, FL
Sarah Blattner

Can Creativity Be Taught? 73% Of Creative People Say Yes | Fast Company | Business + In... - 0 views

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    Creativity is not talent, but attitude and it requires us to break out of patterns and explore the unfamiliar.
Sarah Blattner

▶ The Maccabeats - Cups (D'ror Yikra) - YouTube - 0 views

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    Here's the latest from the Maccabeats. Your students will know the cup song that it is adapted after! Lots of fun:)
Sarah Blattner

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 0 views

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    It all comes down to agency, voice and choice.
Sarah Blattner

Demonstrator - Badge Maker - 0 views

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    Badge Maker is a tool to create badges. This is in its demo stage, but more features will be coming soon.
Sarah Blattner

Leading and Learning by Example in the Blended Learning School with Sarah Blattner - Yo... - 0 views

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    In case you missed it -- Sarah Blattner's webinar with the DigitalJLearning Network on "Leading and Learning by Example"
Sarah Blattner

There's a Badge For That | Tech Learning - 0 views

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    For the first time, I am seeing badges and professional development featured in a mainstream education magazine. Check it out! We are trailblazers, TAMRITZ!
Sarah Blattner

▶ Tina Seelig, "A Crash Course in Creativity with more than 44,000 Students" ... - 0 views

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    Another clip of Tina Seelig on fostering creativity in students -- Starting with a cover photo of her students own autobiography -- brilliant activity! Try it with your own students
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