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Shira Leibowitz
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  • White Plains, NY
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Learning On-Line

Started Nov 11, 2012 0 Replies

I have had the great privilege of learning about the potential for blended and on-line learning while participating in a course for independent school educators with Online School for Girls. I'm…Continue

Ed Tech Resources

Started Oct 27, 2012 0 Replies

A blog post from Edudemic.Com you may find helpful:10 Ed Tech Inventions You Probably Don't Know…Continue

Opportunity to Blog or Write App Reviews

Started Oct 27, 2012 0 Replies

TeacherCast, providing educators access to resources for Professional Development, is looking for app reviewers, blog writers and podcast guests.…Continue

Using Educational Technology for Professional Learning

Started Oct 14, 2012 0 Replies

I read a blog today by a very wonderful educator, Andrea Hernandez, who teaches, learns, and leads at the Martin J. Gottlieb Jewish Day School in Jacksonville, Florida. The post: …Continue

 

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Shira Leibowitz shared Hanna Shekhter's blog post on Twitter

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

May 10
Shira Leibowitz shared Alisa R. Watman's blog post on Twitter

iPad in Education for Dummies

May 8
Shira Leibowitz shared Pamela Levitt's blog post on Twitter

Comedy or Disruption?

May 5
Shira Leibowitz shared Yehuda Chanales's discussion on Twitter

Ipads vs. Chromebooks?

Apr 29
Shira Leibowitz replied to Yehuda Chanales's discussion Ipads vs. Chromebooks? in the group iPads in Jewish Education
"Hi Yehuda, While my school is not as far along as yours in pushing toward a 1:1, or even a sizeable number of devices in each classroom, we have been considering similar questions. I suppose the answer is: it depends. What are the learning goals?…"
Apr 29
Shira Leibowitz shared Alisa R. Watman's blog post on Twitter

Blended learning and Social Constructivism

Apr 23
Shira Leibowitz shared Shira Hochheimer's blog post on Twitter

Students - the Hidden Professional Development Resource in Your School

Apr 17
Shira Leibowitz shared Hanna Shekhter's blog post on Twitter

Managing your iPad Classroom

Apr 12
Shira Leibowitz shared rafi rosenberg's video on Twitter
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ez1to1 screencast

Apr 10
Shira Leibowitz shared Frank Samuels's discussion on Twitter

Yom Ha'Atzmaut "Tweetfest" 5773!! Join in!!

Apr 8
Shira Leibowitz shared Rebecca Penina Simon's discussion on Twitter

Oh Evernote, Wherever Have You Been?

Apr 5
Shira Leibowitz commented on Tova Taragin's blog post Wikis vs Edmodo
"Hi Tova, I don't think there are any "best" uses - just the uses that work for you. For me, Edmodo is almost a "facebook with training wheels", great for introducing elementary school age children ways of sharing and…"
Apr 4
Shira Leibowitz commented on Zach Swigard's blog post Our Students and the Duck Test
"So perhaps the question you raise is about the lenses we wear when we look at our students. Can we view students through their strengths and positive qualities, building on those? Can we collaborate with one another to recognize strengths that might…"
Apr 3
Shira Leibowitz shared Zach Swigard's blog post on Twitter

Our Students and the Duck Test

Apr 3
Shira Leibowitz commented on Zach Swigard's blog post Our Students and the Duck Test
"I recently read anew "The Courage To Teach" by Parker Palmer, a book that has had a potent influence on me. In it Palmer describes an exercise he uses in teacher workshops. He asks teachers to consider a teacher in their past that made an…"
Apr 3
Shira Leibowitz shared Frank Samuels's blog post on Twitter

In case you can't sleep!

Mar 31

Profile Information

What school, institution or company do you work for?
Schechter Westchester
What city, state and country is your employer located?
White Plains, NY, United States
What is your position?
Lower School Principal

Shira Leibowitz's Blog

Friends Who Have Never Met

Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:58am 2 Comments

My first digital story, created for #etmooc in tribute to #educoach: Friends Who Have Never…

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Join Us For JedCamp New Jersey!

Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:21pm 0 Comments

Some Jewish learning news, hot off the presses: Jedcamp is Coming to New Jersey! This April 21st at Yavneh Academy, Jewish educators will join together from throughout the Greater New York area and beyond to learn and to share. Edcamps are free, participant driven professional learning experiences. Educators join together and participants volunteer to facilitate conversations. Read more…

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Global Conversations

Posted on February 3, 2013 at 8:30pm 0 Comments

 

 

Collage of Presenters at Connection Online for Instruction and Learning Conference

Today was my two year anniversary on twitter and I was serendipitously honored to celebrate by presenting a course on …

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On My Time, In My Space, At My Pace

Posted on January 17, 2013 at 7:18pm 0 Comments

I'm participating in an on-line course/community in addition to YU2.O: #etmooc. The first assignment stretched me, as many of you have been stretched by Rabbi Wexler, to enter the world of podcasting or vodcasting. For my first assignment, I was asked to introduce myself, preferably using some form of media. Long intrigued by the possibilities of voki, wanting to have some fun with the assignment, and inspired by many of you, I gave it…

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