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Aug. 20, 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 a selection of research findings from peer reviewed journals, descriptions of cutting edge grass roots professional development initiatives and useful educational resources.

MOFET International invites you to register for our selection of professional development courses in Jewish education, Hebrew language instruction and information and communication technologies in education offered by the MOFET Online Academy.

We also are pleased to announce that registration for a unique Israel study tour is open. MOFETeach 2014 – Education for Sustainability will be held in Israel on January 20-28, 2014. Join us in learning about Israel's advances in ecology and sustainability education in the present and future!

We wish all our readers a wonderful new year personally, professionally and nationally,

Reuven Werber

The MOFET JTEC Portal Team

August 20, 2013

Jewish Portal of Teacher Education

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

August 2013

Featured Items

MOFET Online Academy Opens Registration for the Upcoming Fall, 2013 Semester

The MOFET Institute's Online Academy for Teachers has opened registration for the Fall, 2013 semester of online courses. The Online Academy runs two tracks of courses for professional development of teachers: The Online Academy for Teaching Jewish Studies and Hebrew and The Online Academy for Teaching Information and Communication Technologies in Education and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. The Fall semester begins on October 13, 2013. Students registering before September 1, 2013 will receive a 10% discount on their tuition.

MOFET Teach 2014 – Education for Sustainability – Study Tour and Conference in Israel

On January 20-28, 2014 the MOFET International Channel will hold a study session in Israel on the topic of education for sustainability - MOFET Teach 2014. The encounter will comprise three parts: a study tour on wheels, a conference at The MOFET Institute and a visit to the International Cleantech 2014 Exhibition.

The True Story of JEDLAB: the Network That Needs You as Much as You Need It

Ken Gordon of PEJE, writes about the birth and growth of JEDLAB, the fastest-growing and liveliest network anywhere in the Jewish world. JEDLAB, a network of Jewish educators, on Twitter, Facebook and real life get-togethers, is based on the ideas of the MIT Media Lab.

The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education Releases Research Briefs on Israel Education

The Israel Education Working Group of the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education selected five areas of priority for applied research using the input and insight of over 150 members of the Israel education community. They recently published research briefs in each of these areas in order to help produce robust and applicable research in Israel Education.

'Sefaria' Open Source Online Jewish Text Site Could Expand Jewish Learning

The Sefaria Project is about building the future of Jewish learning in an open and participatory way. Sefaria is building a free living library of Jewish texts and their interconnections, in Hebrew and in translation. Its scope is Torah in the broadest sense, from Tanakh to Talmud to Zohar to modern texts and all the volumes of commentary in between. Sefaria is created, edited, and annotated by an open community.

In Krakow, a Dynamic Judaism without Walls Festival

For one night a year, Krakow’s seven remaining synagogues open themselves up to the public and host everything from a poetry reading to a symbolic multimedia walk through the seven gates of Jerusalem, from a photography exhibition to an Israeli-inspired hummus and grilled vegetable feast in a synagogue courtyard - The7@Nite Festival.

August 2013

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