“There are many ways to lead” writes former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in his current New York Times bestseller Leadership. Giuliani mentions the diverse styles of Franklin Roosevelt, Joe DiMaggio, Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan, who led – according to...
Since its introduction in schools in 1982, the personal computer has been touted as an instrument that would revolutionize education. Large investment of resources in hardware, software, and personnel have made the computer a common and prominent feature in most...
The computer and the Internet have created new opportunities for enhancing student learning. In this article, I examine the use of the Internet as a tool for fostering inquiry-based learning, giving some general principles, guidelines, and examples. What Is...
The advent of computer technology has enabled an explosion in the availability of visual ways of presenting material, including large libraries of static images as well as compelling dynamic images in the form of animation and video. Teachers have the option of...
As advances in modern technology have changed the way we read the newspaper, transact business, and entertain ourselves, computers have also changed the way we learn, study and communicate. What goes on in the classroom today is impacted upon by technology, and its...
I found a way to eat my lunch in peace. All I have to do is approach some innocent faculty member in the cafeteria and begin a sentence with "I have this great idea for integrating technology into your…” And immediately I begin to sense a quick and steady movement as...
For more than a year, WebYeshiva has been conducting live, interactive Torah classes. Partnering with The Jewish Agency and The Lookstein Center, we use two different systems (Centra & WebEx) to deliver audio-video presentations accompanied by integrated text...
The following application compares a text presentation on the Jewish calendar with a multimedia presentation of the same material based on the principles outlined by Richard Mayer. This page describes the workings of the Jewish Calendar. The text is adapted from a...
Blowing the Shofar Did you ever wonder why we blow 100 shofar sounds on Rosh Hashana? Are we commanded to do this by the Torah? In the Mishna? In the Talmud? Is it, perhaps, a later custom? You can see how the 9th grade students at Neveh Channah High School for Girls...
Introduction As the representative in Israel of FUTUREKIDS, a worldwide organization specializing in integrating technology into education, I have had the unique opportunity to develop curricular units that integrate the teaching of computer skills with instruction in...
