"You bring up some strong points. Without having used a Chromebook, I am assuming the cost is cheaper than the iPad. A few thoughts come to mind. First of all - The iPad is more of a personal device and is best used with the same person. It is more…"
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Assessing Hearts!
Started Nov 21, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
I had a small thought regarding a big situation. There is so much frightening news coming from Eretz Yisroel. How much do we bring it up in class? (I teach 2nd grade) I am not so nervous about…Continue
Tags: assessments, Yisroel, Eretz
Prezi on Differentiated Instruction
Started Nov 9, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
This is an excellent Prezi explaining the basic idea of Differentiated Instruction, as well as many resources to apply when differentiating in a classroom. …Continue
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Prezi on Differentiated Instruction
Started Nov 9, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
This is an excellent Prezi explaining the basic idea of Differentiated Instruction, as well as many resources to apply when differentiating in a classroom. …Continue
Tags: Differentiated instruction, Prezi
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rabbipollock replied to Yehuda Chanales's discussion Ipads vs. Chromebooks? in the group iPads in Jewish Educationrabbipollock 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…"
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…"
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…"
rabbipollock posted a blog postInsanely Great?
Torah Studies with the iPad is “insanely great” because…Can you complete the sentence? I keep thinking about this and still do not know the answer. Sure, there are advantages to having an all-around tool that can be used to take pictures, record, and take notes, but those will enhance any classroom. I wanted to know if there is anything that specifically makes the Chumash or Gemara easier for the students to learnRecently, I bumped into a colleague from another school and inquired how the…See More
rabbipollock posted a blog postInsanely Great?
Torah Studies with the iPad is “insanely great” because…Can you complete the sentence? I keep thinking about this and still do not know the answer. Sure, there are advantages to having an all-around tool that can be used to take pictures, record, and take notes, but those will enhance any classroom. I wanted to know if there is anything that specifically makes the Chumash or Gemara easier for the students to learnRecently, I bumped into a colleague from another school and inquired how the…See More
rabbipollock posted a blog postIs There Something Wrong With Your Life - Second Life
Have you ever tried a virtual world such as Second Life? It was recommended that I check it out. I signed up and tried it out. I can’t imagine using it for my students. You are in a virtual world. Sort of like the Wolfenstein 3D that we used to play as kids. (Did I just date myself – What games did you play as a kid?) You can move around wherever you want (No evil Nazis) and interact with the world. There are other people who are logged into that same world and you can connect with them. It is…See More
rabbipollock posted a blog postBlogging: More Than Just Writing
Disclaimer: I wrote about embedding things into your blog. It worked well on WordPress or Blogger, but not so well on the blog section of YU2.0. I am putting the post here, but to see it work with the embedding in action you would need to go to my Blog, Tech From A Rebbi's Point of View and view it there.I once had the opportunity to go personally to a talk by Tammy Worcester and chose instead…See More
rabbipollock commented on rabbipollock's blog post Tech Is Not A Substitute For Teaching"@Pamela I definitely enjoy the "cool toy factor" and will employ it when I want to wow someone, but you are totally correct about the communication idea. I once heard Dr. David Pelcowitz say that we are living in an age of…"
Tzvi D. Daum commented on rabbipollock's blog post Tech Is Not A Substitute For Teaching"As someone once said, "Its not the technology, its the teacher!" - Tech is but one of many tools an educator has at their disposal. It doesn't always make sense to use it. I personally view edtech integration from the standpoint of…"
Pamela Levitt commented on rabbipollock's blog post Tech Is Not A Substitute For Teaching"So true and so easy to forget when you're bombarded by so many cool tools! One of the many issues swirling around in my head during my YU class has been how to balance what I call “the cool toy factor” with the issue of creating the…"
rabbipollock commented on rabbipollock's blog post The Wiki and the Dodo"Thank you for taking the time to read and comment on my post. I think that Wikis served a purpose by being one of the first truly Web 2.0 collaborative tools. The world has advanced and the other tools that you mentioned surpassed Wikis in purpose…"
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…"
Elyse Haber commented on rabbipollock's blog post Confessions Of An Anti-Social Teacher"It was a great Idea, Thanks for starting it!"
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Insanely Great?
Posted on April 17, 2013 at 2:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Torah Studies with the iPad is “insanely great” because…
Can you complete the sentence? I keep thinking about this and still do not know the answer. Sure, there are advantages to having an all-around tool that can be used to take pictures, record, and take notes, but those will enhance any classroom. I wanted to know if there is anything that specifically makes the Chumash or Gemara easier for the students to learn
Recently, I bumped into a colleague from another school and…
Continue Is There Something Wrong With Your Life - Second Life
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:49am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Have you ever tried a virtual world such as Second Life? It was recommended that I check it out. I signed up and tried it out. I can’t imagine using it for my students. You are in a virtual world. Sort of like the Wolfenstein 3D that we used to play as kids. (Did I just date myself – What games did you play as a kid?) You can move around wherever you want (No evil Nazis) and interact with the world. There are other people who are logged into that same world and you can connect with them. It…
Continue The Wiki and the Dodo
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 1:48am 2 Comments 0 Likes
Several years ago, a colleague showed me how he uses a Wiki in his class. I remember being impressed with the collaboration between the teacher and the students, as well as the interactions between the students themselves. It was technology at its best. Being used to enhance the learning. The students gained and the teacher gained. It appeared to be a powerful, well thought out use of technology. I even set one up, but never ended up using it live.
If you’ve read my blogs, you know…
Continue Tech Is Not A Substitute For Teaching
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:37am 3 Comments 0 Likes
I had the opportunity last week to go to an iPad Boot Camp given by Sam Gliksman. Sam runs the popular iPads in Education Ning (http://ipadeducators.ning.com/) and recently published iPads Apps for Education for Dummies (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118375386/?tag=wwwwileycom-20). He gave a fascinating class about effectively using the plethora of different iPad…
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