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At a recent workshop, the facilitator presented the use of technology using the framework of Ruben Puentedura - the SAMR model - that there are four levels of technology use in the classroom:substitution - where the technology plays a direct tool substitution with no functional improvementex. report in Word rather than hand writtenaugmentation - there is functional improvement using technologyex. adding pictures and videos to documentsmodification - task redesign using technologyex. taking…See More

This is a fun site that can display either a timer counting down or a stopwatch counting up.  There are many clever clocks on this website to monitor time, for example the time-bomb clock which shows a small explosion when the time is up.  This is great for group time-keeping, encouraging a student to estimate how long a task will take and seeing how long it actually does or keeping track of time in a timed task.http://www.online-stopwatch.com/See More

Wordle and Tagxedo are great websites to use in the classroom as they engage the learner in a fun and informative way. Each of these websites creates a "wordle" or word cloud where the size of the words inputed reflect the number of times the word was entered. I have used this in my classroom on the first day of class as a poll of what students think AP Psychology is about or in my Sefer Shmuel class - the top three words that come to mind about Shiras Chana. The students can visually see what…See More

This group will discuss ideas and share resources for implementing iPads in Jewish educational settings. See More