From the Editor Editor’s Introduction by: Zvi Grumet 🔒 Glossary Features 🔒 Nurturing an Online Community of Practice by: Howard Blas 🔒 Getting the Discussion Started: Born Digital by: John Palfrey and Urs Gasser 🔒 Technology Replacing Upgrading Teachers...
Digital native – someone who grew up in the digital age and uses technology naturally. Digital immigrant – someone who grew up without technology and for whom technology will always remain something “external” that needs to be mastered. Disruptive innovations –...
From the Editor 🔒 Editor’s Introduction by: Zvi Grumet Features 🔒 Action Research:Town Hall Training by: Cecelie Wizenfeld 🔒 Teaching Ethics by: Elliot N. Dorff 🔒 Action Research: Jewish day schools and derekh eretz by: Galya Greenberg 🔒 The Last Will and...
From the Editor Editor’s Introduction by: Zvi Grumet 🔒 Discussion Questions Features 🔒 Day School Leadership for the Next Decade by: Charles Marc Edelsberg 🔒 From the Classics: Regulations for the Support of Jewish Education by: Levi Cooper Applications 🔒...
Which of the following financial strategies should be the primary focus in your school? Cost-cutting and shared-purchasing that could save 3-5% off of expenses Board effectiveness training, which could enhance a school’s educational output and efficiency by 8-10% (but...
1. What are the benefits/disadvantages of emphasizing the Shoah as a key component of Jewish identity formation? 2. Is the Shoah a more important component for Jewish identity in Israel or in the Diaspora? 3. Should the Shoah be taught as from a “universalist”...
From the Editor Editor’s Introduction by: Zvi Grumet Discussion Questions Features 🔒 New Challenges in Shoah Education by: Ephraim Zuroff Issues in Holocaust Education by: Geoffrey Short and Carole Ann Reed Challenges of Commemoration by: Levi Cooper...
Why might a teacher/school want to try active learning in the classroom? What challenges can a teacher/school expect to encounter in implementing active learning? What are some ways of overcoming those obstacles? Does preparing active learning lesson require more work...
active learning – any type of learning activity in which the students are actively involved constructivism – a theory of learning which posits that the most meaningful learning is when the students construct meaning based on information they have learned cooperative...
From the Editor 🔒 Editor’s Introduction by: Zvi Grumet 🔒 Discussion Guide for Active Learning 🔒 Glossary of Terms Features 🔒 Perspectives on Jewish Education: Day Camping – An Underdeveloped Jewish Educational Resource by: Alvin Mars 🔒 My First...
