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Recently, a new Hebrew language social network for Israeli educators, Shluvim, was launched by the MOFET Institute. The network aims to create a virtual meeting place for education professionals, teachers, lecturers, pedagogic mentors, researchers and others. Shluvim will strive to efficiently meet the needs for ongoing knowledge sharing, creation of communal knowledge, professional development and affective development and support between Israeli education professionals. Shluvim aims to provide a platform for teachers and teacher educators to keep professionally informed and in contact with colleagues and developments in the field and thus fostering personal empowerment.
Published: 2010
Updated: Oct. 17, 2010
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David Bryfman, Director of New Center for Collaborative Leadership (NCCL) at BJENY-SAJES, writes of his vision of how Jewish educators can utilize technology to transform and revitalize Jewish education. Technology in the 21st century has radically changed the way people live, and in doing so education has had no choice but to adapt accordingly. These changes are also reflected in the Jewish world, with Jews “doing Jewish” in very different ways. Some Jewish educators are beginning to modify their practices. And despite taking place in cyberspace, for many of these learners, the experiences are very real.
Published: 2010
Updated: Aug. 22, 2010
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Eli Kannai, Chief Educational Technology Officer for the AVI CHAI Foundation, tells in this article about educational technology experiments of day school educators who have received grants to plan and implement projects utilizing technology in their curricula. He describes some of the lessons learned by the schools and AVI CHAI during the course of these experiments, also thereby demonstrating some of the most troubling pedagogic challenges in Jewish day school education.
Published: 2010
Updated: Aug. 22, 2010
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Torah Tutors is a new, text-based, Torah-study program, using state-of-the-art videoconferencing technology. It provides personalized online tutoring in four program areas: Virtual Chevruta Pogram, Jewish Home-schooling Program, Enrichment School Tutoring Program and the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation Program. Drawing on an array of skilled teachers and tutors, men and women, from across the spectrum of the Torah world, Torah Tutors will work with its clients to tailor a program to suit their needs.
Published: 2010
Updated: Aug. 17, 2010
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Behrman House gives some good ideas for using 'Skype', a software application that allows users to make free video conference calls on the Internet to further learning, communications and administration in Jewish schools. Schools across the country are beginning to embrace this technology because of its simplicity and effectiveness.
Published: 2010
Updated: Aug. 15, 2010
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In this post, Peter Margolis, shares his knowledge and experience by outlining what a Jewish educator should do in order to create an online or a 'blended' learning Jewish studies course. He reminds the educator that teaching is more important than technology, and while technology is obviously not un-important, it properly plays a supporting role. In order to build this course, the following are needed: a content expert, a course management system (CMS) and an instructional technologist or an instructional designer.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jul. 18, 2010
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Israel's academic journals are embarking on a large-scale digitization project. In the coming months, back issues of 60 Hebrew-language research journals will be scanned into an online archive that will be accessible to professors and students both in Israel and abroad. The archive, the first of its kind in Israel, will later be opened to the general public as well.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jul. 04, 2010
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BJENY-SAJES is searching for 3 part-time interns for the 2010-2011 academic year. The interns will be under the direct supervision of the newly appointed Associate Youth Director (AYD) and Director of the New Center for Collaborative Leadership (NCCL). The interns will be tasked with designing and disseminating appealing means of engaging Jewish teens in the greater New York area. As appropriate they will also be responsible for the training of Jewish youth professionals to implement and evaluate the products and/or programs which they design.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 22, 2010
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Julie Wiener writes about how congregational schools are utilizing technology to improve their Hebrew language curricula. A prime example is Temple Micah in Washington, DC which is using the Internet videoconferencing service, Skype, to provide one on one home Hebrew tutoring for their students.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 22, 2010
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In this article, the authors investigate the possibility of using public, online charter schools to provide general education – at almost no cost – to day schools. After describing the cyber-charters, their advantages and disadvantages, the authors share their conclusions.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 06, 2010