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Technology and Action Research

Started Dec 25, 2011 0 Replies

The secret of success in education is to continually grow and learn. Action research is a way for you to continue to grow and learn by making use of your own experiences. Action research or teacher…Continue

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Teaching with Technology: Tech That Explores Diversity

Started Dec 16, 2011 0 Replies

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Simulations help students learn

Started Nov 15, 2011 0 Replies

The use of simulated activities in education is widely becoming recognized as an important tool in schools. Simulations are often cheaper to create than their real life counterparts. Installing…Continue

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Apple products as Assistive Technology devices

Started this discussion. Last reply by Yosef Rubin Nov 7, 2011. 1 Reply

Assistive technology (AT) is available to help individuals with many types of disabilities — from cognitive problems to physical impairment. The use of technology to enhance learning is an effective…Continue

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Tachlis! How do I use the iPads to engage students and assess them?

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGIPAD FRIDAYInevitably, we need to assess our students to make sure that they are reaching our learning objectives and improving achievement! Teachers are spending more time than ever before testing students, but testing alone does nothing to improve teaching or learning. It's the use of analyzed test data that improves teaching and enhances student achievement. Assessment has always been an arduous task because teachers need to spend many hours creating, grading, and…See More
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Tachlis! How do I use the iPads to engage students and assess them?

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGIPAD FRIDAYInevitably, we need to assess our students to make sure that they are reaching our learning objectives and improving achievement! Teachers are spending more time than ever before testing students, but testing alone does nothing to improve teaching or learning. It's the use of analyzed test data that improves teaching and enhances student achievement. Assessment has always been an arduous task because teachers need to spend many hours creating, grading, and…See More
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May 6
Hanna Shekhter replied to Yehuda Chanales's discussion Ipads vs. Chromebooks? in the group iPads in Jewish Education
"This is clearly a discussion that educators are having all over the world. I think at this point there are advantages and disadvantages to both devices and you probably can't really go wrong with either one. On that note, I happened to be a big…"
May 6
rabbipollock commented on Hanna Shekhter's blog post Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?
"@Yehuda - I like the site - I will need to give this one a spin. It might be a little difficult for 2nd graders to log on but that could probably be overcome.  @Hanna - I definitely hear the iBook idea - I am trying to kvetch out the last life…"
Apr 28
Hanna Shekhter commented on Hanna Shekhter's blog post Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?
"I will divulge that I am not a Judaics teacher but that I try to share what Inhave seen innthe classrooms and what problems Judaic teachers ask me to help them solve with technology. Just as you mentioned, annotating a chumash passuk can be…"
Apr 28
Yehuda Chanales commented on Hanna Shekhter's blog post Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?
"I definitely hear what you're saying- no doubt lower grades are different! I would encourage you to take a look at http://www.infuselearning.org This app, allows you to quiz students like Socrative but- unlike Socrative- allows you to send…"
Apr 28
rabbipollock commented on Hanna Shekhter's blog post Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?
"@Hanna -Kol Havod to you for staring this discussion. There is a big satisfaction when you write something and it affects people enough to want to comment on it.     I am not looking for interactive Judaic studies apps. I know that it is…"
Apr 28
Yehuda Chanales commented on Hanna Shekhter's blog post Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?
"Thanks! To what extent do you think most of the things you have done with ipads are unique to ipads or could the same thing (or more?) be accomplished with 1:1 chromebooks?"
Apr 28
Hanna Shekhter commented on Hanna Shekhter's blog post Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?
"Rabbi Pollack - I hear what you are saying. OurJudaic apps are limited but numbers are rising. The u'velechtecha baderach app is great. (Thanks Yehuda - love your gemara blog). Nach, pocket torah, aish chumash etc all have their place. I hope…"
Apr 28
Yehuda Chanales commented on Hanna Shekhter's blog post Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?
"Great post!  Rabbi Pollock- perhaps you would find my post here…"
Apr 28
rabbipollock commented on Hanna Shekhter's blog post Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?
"I enjoyed your well written and clearly laid out post. After reading it I still am unclear if there is a good way to implement use of the iPad in the actual teaching of a Chumash lesson. It seemed to me that most of the tools you mentioned were…"
Apr 28
Hanna Shekhter's blog post was featured

Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGIPAD FRIDAY You have a learning objective for a specific topic, unit, chapter etc. You always had one even before the iPads entered your classroom or even your mind. Your learning objective has not changed. What is changing is the way your students will learn and how you engage them to get the results and objectives that you want.These iPad project ideas will focus on writing and publishing projects. Please note that you do not need to limit these project ideas to General…See More
Apr 26
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Hanna Shekhter posted a blog post

Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGIPAD FRIDAY You have a learning objective for a specific topic, unit, chapter etc. You always had one even before the iPads entered your classroom or even your mind. Your learning objective has not changed. What is changing is the way your students will learn and how you engage them to get the results and objectives that you want.These iPad project ideas will focus on writing and publishing projects. Please note that you do not need to limit these project ideas to General…See More
Apr 26
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What school, institution or company do you work for?
Brauser Maimonides Academy
What city, state and country is your employer located?
Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA
What is your position?
Computer Teacher and Technology Coordinator

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Tachlis! How do I use the iPads to engage students and assess them?

Posted on May 9, 2013 at 9:30pm 0 Comments



YU2.0 FEATURED BLOG

IPAD FRIDAY

Inevitably, we need to assess our students to make sure that they are reaching our learning objectives and improving achievement! Teachers are spending more time than ever before testing students, but testing alone does nothing to improve teaching or learning. It's the use of analyzed test data that improves teaching and enhances student…

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Tachlas! How do I use the iPads to engage students in writing activities?

Posted on April 25, 2013 at 8:30pm 8 Comments

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOG

IPAD FRIDAY

 

You have a learning objective for a specific topic, unit, chapter etc.…

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Managing your iPad Classroom

Posted on April 12, 2013 at 12:00am 0 Comments

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IPAD FRIDAY

 

So your school came into a large donation or grant and handed a 12 year old a $400 toy with the hope that this academic year will be one of great achievement, enhanced learning and collaboration with their peers. Uh oh. What did we do? Middle school students lose things all the time, they are not the most careful of age…

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Got iPads? Where to start?

Posted on March 21, 2013 at 10:30pm 0 Comments

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IPAD FRIDAY - CHAI PAD

So you finally convinced someone at your school that a sure fire way to move forward and take your school into the 21st century is to get iPads (or any mobile device for that matter) into your classrooms. Now what? With over 300,000 iPad apps alone, where do you start?



Well, we started with the…

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