April 30 | Jewish Portal of Teacher Education

Apr. 30, 2013

Dear subscriber,

MOFET JTEC Portal Newsletter

Dear Subscriber,

We are delighted to send you the latest issue of The MOFET JTEC Portal resource listing.

The current bulletin contains research findings, educational resources, conference information, etc. selected from journals and other Jewish education publications.

We invite you to read about the MOFET Teach 2013 Study Tour & Conference in Israel on Technological Systems in Education, participate in the upcoming world class webinar:Bring Your Own Device: Personal Digital Tools in the Classroom – An Idea whose Time has Come led by Terry Freedman, and get a vibrant visual overview of MOFET International's global activities.

Wishing you interesting and enjoyable reading and a wonderful Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) and hoping to hear from you,

Reuven Werber

The MOFET JTEC Portal Team

April 30, 2013

Jewish Portal of Teacher Education

Please note: a complete list of recent additions to the portal follows the Featured Items.

April 2013

Featured Items

MOFET Teach 2013 – Global Educators Attend a Study Tour & Conference in Israel on Technological Systems in Education

Seven educators from around the globe attended the MOFET Teach 2013 study tour which took place March 11 – 18, 2013. The tour included an introduction to the MOFET Institute, visits to teacher education institutions and institutions of higher education, trips to schools in which communication-based programs and online teaching are implemented, and an encounter with the Israeli hi-tech industry.

The 2013 Hazon Sustainable Omer Challenge and other Sefirat Haomer Resources

Hazon, America's largest Jewish environmental group, invites you to visit the 2013 Hazon Sustainable Omer Challenge. On each of the days of the Omer counting, Hazon invites you to challenge yourself to find ways to make your life healthier and more sustainable.

Values and Religious Identification among Affiliated Jews in Eastern Europe

This article analyzes data on the values of adults affiliated with the Jewish community in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Romania. There was wide agreement among the populations’ value prioritization, but they are not monolithic. Overall, family-related values were more important than materialistic values.

Teachers to Be Trained to Handle Classes with Both Religious and Secular Students in Israel Government School System

'Mixed' schools with secular and religious children have been around since the 1980s but the trend has been gaining momentum. Now academia is getting on board. For the first time in the upcoming school year, teachers will be trained to handle these mixed classes, courtesy of Kibbutzim College.

ShalomLearning - An Innovative, Flexible, and Accessible Approach to Jewish Learning

ShalomLearning combines the best of traditional Jewish religious education with innovative online learning activities to make Hebrew school more engaging for students, more accessible for families, and more effective for synagogues.

April 2013

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