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Babaganewz is working in collaboration with American Jewish World Service to bring you an exciting educational initiative called “Where Do You Give? Reimagining Tzedakah for the 21st Century.” Through online interactive media, educational resources, and a design competition, Where Do You Give? will engage students in critical questions about where we give tzedakah, to whom we give, and why.
Published: 2012
Updated: Dec. 07, 2011
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'Got Gelt? A Conversation about Giving in this Season of Receiving' will help students think about and articulate how they decide where to give tzedakah. Using an interactive game, debate, and Jewish text, this lesson highlights the complexity of allocating tzedakah and the necessity of making difficult decisions among competing priorities
Published: 2011
Updated: Dec. 07, 2011
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Over the last six months, BabagaNewz.com posted a weekly technology idea to use in Jewish education classrooms. BabagaNewz.com's 'Technology Tuesdays' highlighted some of the best online tools and content gems for use in classrooms. In some cases, specific examples of classroom applications were given for the technology tools as used by 'tech savvy' teachers. These examples can be used as they were presented, or educators can use the tool for whatever content their class is currently exploring. Using a new technology can sometimes be intimidating, but these short pieces provide useful tips to help integrate cutting edge technology in the Jewish education classroom.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jun. 12, 2011
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Educator Lisi Geffen was looking for a creative way to interest high school students in learning the Pesach story, which they study year after year. Her creative solution is today’s technology teaching tip – The Pesach Twitplay. You’ve heard the Passover story, now watch it unfold, in real time, with a modern twist, on Twitter. 8 characters live the story over 3 weeks. The characters in this play are being played by a group of online educators and their friends as a pilot run for this activity. Follow them on Twitter using the #exod2011 hashtag.
Published: 2011
Updated: Apr. 07, 2011