Focus On - Technology in Education

• Digest of Literature on the Impact of the Computer in Instruction by: Stanley Peerless, Esther Feldman, Chana German
• The Internet as a Tool for Student Inquiry by: Craig A. Cunningham
• Effective Design of Computer Based Multimedia Learning by: Richard Mayer
• Teachers’ Use of Computers in the North American Jewish Day School: A Research Study by: Shalom Berger

From the Editor

• Looking In by: Shalom Berger

Features

• Getting the Discussion Started – The Constructivist Approach
• A Letter from Nechama Leibowitz
• Discussion – Constructionism in Jewish Studies by: Chaim Feuerman, Shmuel Feld, Barbara Freedman, Evan Wolkenstein
• Review of New Educational Materials by: Eli Kohn
• From the Classics – Innovative Methodologies for Unengaged Students by: Levi Cooper
• Jewish Perspectives on Leadership – The Balancing Act of Leadership by: Yuval Sherlo

Applications

• Kosher Quests and Other Bytes by: Miri Rubin
• Distance Learning by: Zvi Grumet
• As the World Turns: A Multimedia Approach to Teaching the Jewish Calendar by: Da'at Website
• The Computer as a Research Tool by: Reuven Werber
• Jerusalem Neighborhoods – An Example of Technology Integration by: Chuck Bernstein
• Software Reviews by: Drora Arussy, Tzvi Pittinsky, Shlomo Schwartz