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Chinuch Energy: Friends in the Teachers' Room

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGINNOVATION WEDNESDAY Every other Wednesday, I post ideas about how to improve the learning going on in the classroom. There are so many buzzwords and great ideas floating around about what could make education better: blended learning, 1 to 1 education, media labs. It would take 30 hours a day to get schools to be perfect and for teachers to prepare the needed lessons to implement these ideas. Yet, even if all these innovations were implemented, I'm not sure these ideas would…See More
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Chinuch Energy: Friends in the Teachers' Room

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGINNOVATION WEDNESDAY Every other Wednesday, I post ideas about how to improve the learning going on in the classroom. There are so many buzzwords and great ideas floating around about what could make education better: blended learning, 1 to 1 education, media labs. It would take 30 hours a day to get schools to be perfect and for teachers to prepare the needed lessons to implement these ideas. Yet, even if all these innovations were implemented, I'm not sure these ideas would…See More
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Common Core Judaics: The Six Steps of Academci Vocabulary

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGINNOVATION WEDNESDAYThe Common CoreI don't know about you, but my school has been living and breathing the common core over the last few weeks. Although as a private school, we are exempt from the 3-8th grade testing requirement, my school administered the tests anyway to help provide benchmarks for the General Studies program. So we lived through the state exams. Our students did really well, and this is not the place to discuss the assessments and my opinions of them. But,…See More
May 2
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May 2
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Students - the Hidden Professional Development Resource in Your School

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGINNOVATION WEDNESDAY Have you ever found yourself with the following dilemma?You are an OK teacher, but sometimes the kids drift off in your class. Or you explain a concept for five minutes and the class looks back at you with a blank look as if you are speaking Chinese. Or, you thought the kids were with you in class, but they bombed the test. These kinds of days are demoralizing. It's not fun to feel like its been a FAIL.So, what are your options?You can go to your…See More
Apr 17
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Students - the Hidden Professional Development Resource in Your School

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGINNOVATION WEDNESDAY Have you ever found yourself with the following dilemma?You are an OK teacher, but sometimes the kids drift off in your class. Or you explain a concept for five minutes and the class looks back at you with a blank look as if you are speaking Chinese. Or, you thought the kids were with you in class, but they bombed the test. These kinds of days are demoralizing. It's not fun to feel like its been a FAIL.So, what are your options?You can go to your…See More
Apr 17
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Shira Hochheimer commented on Zach Swigard's blog post Our Students and the Duck Test
"I was discussing this with a colleague and she brought up a valid point. It depends on the size of your school and how much time you have already spent with your new students. In a big school, you get 25 new students whom you have never met. Another…"
Apr 16
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Chinuch Energy! Keeping it real - Making Pesach last all year

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOGINNOVATION WEDNESDAY - CHINUCH ENERGYAll success begins with some failure . . .  I have written about my fun few years in the web industry during the dot-com boom. I had a grand time and enjoyed feeling like my stock options were worth something before the market crashed. Then came 9/11, and I decided to devote myself to doing something meaningful like teaching our holy Torah to the next generation. Honestly, I didn't have such a grand time for the first few years at all. …See More
Mar 21
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Shira Hochheimer commented on rabbipollock's blog post The Wiki and the Dodo
"I agree with you. Using Wikis is cumbersome and inconvenient so they don't get updated. The proof is that it hasn't taken hold like blogs, google docs and edmodo have. Wikis are too techy for non-tech people. I have used wikis if I want a…"
Mar 6
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Chinuch ENERGY! 8 things to learn from the internet, Part II - Design ideas

YU2.O FEATURED BLOGINNOVATION WEDNESDAY: CHINUCH ENERGY Last time: I introduced some of the top tips I learned working as an information architect in Silicon Alley. My top 3 tips had to do with what to teach. Tip #1 from the Web: Who is your audience?Tip #2 from the Web: Less is MoreTip #3 from…See More
Mar 6
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Chinuch Energy!: 8 things to learn from the internet: Part I

Featured Blog: Chinuch ENERGY! Do you remember when you learned how to use the internet? I don't. Why not? If we can figure out the answer, we can create lessons that our students won't remember having to learn as well. We don't remember how we learned to use the internet because companies designed websites so the process would be painless.   Here is a blog post that has screenshots with…See More
Feb 22
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Feb 20
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Learning from the Internet

Do you remember when you finally took the time to learn how to use the internet? Most of us don't remember ever needing to do that. Why not? If we can figure out the answer, we can create lessons that our students won't remember having to learn as well. At one point, there was a consensus about how websites should look, and  we had to learn them. We don't remember how we learned them because companies began designing websites so the process would be painless.   …See More
Feb 15
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What school, institution or company do you work for?
Derech HaTorah of Rochester
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Rochester, NY USA
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Teacher

Shira Hochheimer's Blog

Chinuch Energy: Friends in the Teachers' Room

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 12:00am 0 Comments

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOG

INNOVATION WEDNESDAY

 

Every other Wednesday, I post ideas about how to improve the learning going on in the classroom. There are so many buzzwords and great ideas floating around about what could make education better: blended learning, 1 to 1 education, media labs. It would take 30 hours a day to get schools to be perfect and for…

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Common Core Judaics: The Six Steps of Academci Vocabulary

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 6:00am 0 Comments

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOG

INNOVATION WEDNESDAY

The Common Core

I don't know about you, but my school has been living and breathing the common core over the last few weeks. Although as a private school, we are exempt from the 3-8th grade testing requirement, my school administered the tests anyway to help provide benchmarks…
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Students - the Hidden Professional Development Resource in Your School

Posted on April 16, 2013 at 11:00pm 0 Comments

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOG

INNOVATION WEDNESDAY

 

Have you ever found yourself with the following dilemma?

You are an OK teacher, but sometimes the kids drift off in your class. Or you explain a concept for five minutes and the…

Continue

Chinuch Energy! Keeping it real - Making Pesach last all year

Posted on March 20, 2013 at 6:30am 0 Comments

YU2.0 FEATURED BLOG

INNOVATION WEDNESDAY - CHINUCH ENERGY

All success begins with some failure . . . 



I have written about my fun few years in the web industry during the dot-com boom. I had a grand time and enjoyed feeling like my stock options were worth something before the market…

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