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The Value of Online Education: An Instructor's Perspective
by StevenBrown | Aug 1, 2012 |
By: Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D Prof. Mark Edmundson’s July 12, 2012 op-ed article in the New York Times, “The Trouble With Online Education,” discounts the power and excitement of online education, its latest iterations in interactive learning, and its ability to...
Jewish Experiential Education, Not Just for Fun!
by Deborah Fishman | Jul 25, 2012 |
By: Mark S. Young Photo (left): Campers at Camp Young Judaea singing Hatikva before a BBQ. Photo by Foundation for Jewish Camp. “A Hillel Dinner: fun! A youth group or Birthright trip to Israel: way fun! Returning to Jewish sleep away camp: the most fun ever!” Jewish...
Buzz on the Blog: ISTE Insights in Ed Tech
by Deborah Fishman | Jul 17, 2012 |
LEFT: Jewish Educators gather in a Birds of the Feather meeting at ISTE The ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Conference, one of the world’s premier educational technology events, attracts between 15,000- 20,000 attendees each year. For the past...
Better Together
by Deborah Fishman | Jul 12, 2012 |
By: Jill Goldenberg Celebrating my 50th (!) birthday recently gave me a great opportunity to do a lot of eating and celebrating - and reflecting. For each of the 50 days before my big day, I kept a journal (OK, it was an excel spreadsheet) where I noted at least one...
The Top 5 Community Initiatives to Sustain Day Schools
by Deborah Fishman | Jul 10, 2012 |
Cross-posted in eJewishPhilanthropy By: Harry Bloom Much of my time is being spent “in the trenches” helping Jewish day schools develop active strategies to increase their sustainability. Our team is immersed in the intense but satisfying and productive work of...
Write On for Israel: Elie Wiesel Reframes "Us vs. Them"
by Deborah Fishman | Jul 5, 2012 |
By: Joshua Fattal On June 11th at the Park Avenue Synagogue, one generation taught and inspired the next as Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel spoke with a panel of seven students and graduates of Write On For Israel, an advocacy through journalism project of The Jewish Week....
Analyzing BASIS
by Deborah Fishman | Jul 2, 2012 |
By: Susan Folkman BASIS (the Bay Area Schools Israel Synergy Initiative), an initiative funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation since 2008, strives to bring Jewish students and their families closer to Israel and to strengthen the connection of our youth to Israel and the...
Rabbi Steven Brown Has the Answers!
by StevenBrown | Jun 29, 2012 |
Following on the interview of Program Officer Rabbi Steven Brown this week, some readers took the opportunity to ask him questions of their own. Read answers here - and if you have a question of your own, please keep them coming! "In an educational context, adults...
Introducing Program Officer Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D
by Deborah Fishman | Jun 26, 2012 |
Interview with Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D - you may ask him a question, below! The AVI CHAI Foundation is thrilled that Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D, has joined the team as Program Officer. Dr. Brown was last Head of School at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in...
Online Judaic Studies Learning: Lessons from the Field
by GalliAizenman | Jun 21, 2012 |
By: Galli Aizenman Since 2010, AVI CHAI has been working on developing online and blended learning in Jewish day schools. Our interest in this area is both because we believe in the potential for education innovation which exists with this kind of learning and also...