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Hebrew really doesn't matter...does it?
Started Apr 20, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
I started a similar discussion (with less then stellar responses) about a month ago, so I'm going to try again - this time with a provocative title.Hebrew. T'fillah. Kavannah. How do we teach this…Continue
Digital Epistemology: The nature of Wiki-knowledge
Started Mar 17, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
There is a conversation going on in the JEA technology CoP, of which I’m a part. It related to the open and easily editable nature of wikis. It started with a question: “Does this openness give you…Continue
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Hebrew instruction: setting priorities and finding balance in congregational / supplemental schools.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Peter Eckstein Mar 17, 2011. 7 Replies 0 Likes
As a synagogue school educator, I am torn between the ideal of teaching Hebrew as a living language and the reality of congregational/parental demands that the students master t'filla Hebrew in order…Continue
Tags: Congregational_Schools, Hebrew
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Peter Eckstein joined Dov Emerson's group
iPads in Jewish Education
This group will discuss ideas and share resources for implementing iPads in Jewish educational settings. See More
Peter Eckstein joined Dov Emerson's group
Flipped Classroom
From Khan Academy to Mishna: This group is dedicated to discussing ways to "Flip the Classroom," and sharing resources, especially in Judaic Studies.
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postThe Big Bang - Adventures in Cyberspace
The universe is expanding. That’s the core of the Big Bang Theory. As the cosmos gets older, everything in it moves apart. Not to delve too much into such esoterica like Hubbles Law, I need to affirm - אני מאמין - I'm a believer. In the last week I experienced something akin to this phenomenon in my own universe. Let’s call it the Virtual Big Bang. Last Wednesday I participated in the first #jedchat., organized by Dov Emerson, …See More
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postOf Quills, iPads and the New York Times
Flash Back: Technology is not meant to be the end, but to be the means. Technology is a tool to engage our students. Web 2.0 has introduced us to new ways of creating and defining community. Just as the chalk board created new ways to create relationships between the student and the teacher and the nature of education itself, the digital universe we are entering is opening up new doors that will lead to a different learning and teaching reality. It is incumbent upon us to grasp this new type of…See More
Peter Eckstein commented on Meir Wexler's blog post Wordle Works Well"Nice. How do you embed the Hebrew into Wordle?"
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postPrayerful Voki
My religious school 5th grade teacher and I met the other day. We are exploring how to revamp our t’filla curriculum using digital technology. There are a lot of cool tools out there. Our challenge is to find one that appropriately meets our goals. We want our students to be able to decode t’fillot fluently and to understand what they are all about – to be able to articulate what the kavannah is in their own words. When we looked at…See More
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postMy ISTE Takeaway
How do I take what I learned at ISTE and apply it to the real world? I’ve been reflecting on this – bouncing between the theoretical and the practical – since my return. One of the most important things I learned at the conference was that we are in the midst of a revolution that is changing the social and cultural matrices that define our society. Our students (who will become the parents of the future) are looking at the world in a completely different…See More
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postCooperative Learning and Wikis
Back in the 70s and 80s, the educational concept of Cooperative Learning developed and was implemented in classrooms around the world. According to this idea, students are encouraged to work together to achieve a common goal (something akin to what we call Problem Based Learning). The role of the teacher morphs into more of a facilitator, enabling the students to learn and understand the material on their own. Wikis are…See More
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postLife, Here and There
About two years ago I first discovered Second Life. I just sort of dived in and explored. It was interesting learning to walk, touch, sit; and really fun to fly. I traveled hither and yon, exploring strange new worlds. After awhile I got bored and stopped visiting. Also, it got kind of weird, especially after some entity in a hospitality venue for SL newbies propositioned me. Sort of creepy when I think about it.Anyway, I’ve just started to visit again, partially as a result of a homework…See More
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postSeeing Is Believing
I’ve been on vacation for the past week. While we basked in the sun and surf of Florida’s west coast, I was reading a biography of the musician, Jerry Garcia. Every few pages I would come upon a reference to a song or concert and would immediately grab my smartphone to go online and look for any recordings or, even better, video of early concerts…See More
Eliezer Jones commented on Peter Eckstein's blog post Twitter Does Not Make Us Stupid!"I would full heartedly agree with your respectful disagreement. I, along with many of my colleagues, have found twitter (and other social media) to be a very effective tool for learning. "Make Us Stupid?" Quite the contrary. That is not to…"
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postGenesis Redux
“The medium, or process, of our time – electric technology – is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life...Everything is changing…Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men [sic] communicate than by the content of the communications.” (Marshall McLuhan) These prescient words were written by Marshall McLuhan in his ironically entitled book…See More
Peter Eckstein joined Eliezer Jones's group
ISTE Conference
This group is for YU2.0 members attending the ISTE conference this summer in San Diego. Click here to find out more about the conference.See More
Peter Eckstein posted a blog postGoogle Docs as a Community Building Tool
Each year in our community, sixth and seventh graders from different synagogue schools converge on one site to act out shtetl life and role-play the experience of early 20th century immigration to a new land (the U.S. or Palestine). It’s an attempt to teach history experientially. So every year we directors of education meet to redesign the program. This year a new element in the planning was introduced: The Cloud.Usually we planners meet in one of our offices to discuss ideas. This year…See More
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The Big Bang - Adventures in Cyberspace
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:36pm 0 Comments 1 Like
The universe is expanding. That’s the core of the Big Bang Theory. As the cosmos gets older, everything in it moves apart. Not to delve too much into such esoterica like Hubbles Law, I need to affirm - אני מאמין - I'm a believer. In the last week I experienced something akin to this phenomenon in my own universe. Let’s call it the Virtual Big Bang.
Last Wednesday I participated in the first #jedchat., organized by …
Of Quills, iPads and the New York Times
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:50am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Flash Back:
Technology is not meant to be the end, but to be the means. Technology is a tool to engage our students. Web 2.0 has introduced us to new ways of creating and defining community. Just as the chalk board created new ways to create relationships between the student and the teacher and the nature of education itself, the digital universe we are entering is opening up new doors that will lead to a different learning and teaching…
Continue Prayerful Voki
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 10:50am 0 Comments 0 Likes
My religious school 5th grade teacher and I met the other day. We are exploring how to revamp our t’filla curriculum using digital technology. There are a lot of cool tools out there. Our challenge is to find one that appropriately meets our goals. We want our students to be able to decode t’fillot fluently and to understand what they are all about – to be able to articulate what the kavannah is in their own words. When we looked at…
Continue My ISTE Takeaway
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 11:32am 0 Comments 0 Likes
How do I take what I learned at ISTE and apply it to the real world? I’ve been reflecting on this – bouncing between the theoretical and the practical – since my return. One of the most important things I learned at the conference was that we are in the midst of a revolution that is changing the social and cultural matrices that define our society. Our students (who will become the parents of the future) are looking at the world in a completely…
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