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Bryan Schwartzman tells of the first major academic project undertaken by the Philadelphia Day School Collaborative, a consortium of seven Philadelphia Day Schools – integrating the Gemara Berura, an Israeli designed software package into the Talmud studies curriculum of the schools. The seven schools will be introducing students to the program in the fall. The local roll-out for 'Gemara Berura' represents a bold attempt to utilize technology to shed light on an ancient discipline.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 27, 2011
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Legacy Heritage Fund is proud to share its newest effort to integrate technology into Jewish education: Dah Bear, a Hebrew language tool which will encourage higher levels of Hebrew vocabulary mastery by students. This dynamic new educational online tool is free of charge and intended for use by teachers and students in school and also at home. Teachers may easily submit their classroom word lists to the website so that students can review the words, reinforce their understanding and then test their comprehension.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 19, 2011
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In a post in eJewish Philanthropy, Jeffrey Lasday outlines some of the issues Jewish educators must wrestle with as they attain the skills they need to integrate technology into improved Jewish education in a language spoken by their 'digital native' students. He describes how the Kadima Technology Conferences run by the Partnership for Effective Learning and Innovative Education (PELIE) help Jewish educators attain the skills and confidence to help them accomplish this.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 07, 2011
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The Jewish Online School's goal is to provide your child with a full Hebrew School education no matter where they are located. If your city, state or country doesn't have a local Hebrew School available to you, we can offer one to you over the internet in the convenience of your own home. Our curriculum includes a combination of Judaic studies, Hebrew reading, Tefillah (Jewish prayer), Jewish history and Jewish values. We feature a devoted and enthusiastic faculty and talented staff that is committed to providing your child with the highest level of Jewish education.
Published: 2011
Updated: Aug. 31, 2011
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JconnecT is an online supplemental Hebrew school for grades 6-12 that harnesses the power of technology to provide new opportunities for both Jewish education and Jewish socialization. JconnecT offers two dynamic, live, weekly study sessions with an experienced teacher in Jerusalem via a web based online platform that provides full audio and video conferencing for up to 10 students per group.
Published: 2011
Updated: Aug. 31, 2011
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Dr. Ilan Abaksis reports on his use of Facebook in the teaching of Tanach with his education students at Levinsky College in Tel Aviv. The education students created profiles of Biblical characters on Facebook using Biblical, Midrashic and other commentaries as sources of information. They then utilized these profiles as the interface to deliver online learning activities to their middle school students.
Published: 2011
Updated: Aug. 03, 2011
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Over the last years World ORT has been sponsoring seminars for teachers of Jewish Studies in different locations around the world in order to keep them kept abreast of innovations in teaching and to enrich their professional toolboxes. In recent years, these seminars have focused on the use of technology in the teaching of Jewish Studies. Since 2007 teacher educators from the MOFET Institute's International Channel have been teaching at these seminars. Two of them, Dr. Elaine Hoter and Reuven Werber, report their impressions of the experience as well as of the nature, products, and educational significance of the activity.
Published: 2011
Updated: Aug. 02, 2011
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A record crowd of over 65 Jewish school educators convened at this year’s Jewish Educators Network Birds of a Feather at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia this summer. Participants included veteran attendees, new friends, and Fellows from Avi ChaiI and PELIE. About 2/3 of the participants were new to ISTE. At their meeting, the network members divided into 5 groups to discuss and share challenges that they face and to suggest solutions. Some of the discussion summaries were published online.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jul. 27, 2011
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Julie Wiener, in the first article of a series on technology in Jewish education, writes in the Jewish Week of the first US Jewish school to offer all of its secular studies via a fully accredited (and state-funded) virtual charter school — enabling it to keep tuition at $7,500, less than half the cost of most American Jewish high schools. Judaic studies at Ohev Shalom in LA are carried out traditionally in face to face classes and hevruta learning. But each afternoon the students log on to their online high school, Kaplan Academy of California, to communicate with their online teachers and learning resources.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jul. 27, 2011
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Ami Salant, Chief Information Officer of the MOFET Institute writes a comprehensive account of the development of Online Days in Israeli Schools. Since 2001, Israeli schools have been developing and implementing Online Days where students actively participate in group learning activities from their homes instead of participating in regular school classes. The online activities are accessed and submitted via the school website with teachers online, supervising and mentoring the activities. The Online Days are often devoted to a specific theme and involve varied types of learning, often based on inquiry learning. The Online Days provide an opportunity for students to utilize active ICT learning techniques in a concentrated focused time period, while allowing for independent student control of their learning. Students and teachers report greater student motivation and active participation in learning during the Online Days.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jul. 13, 2011