So why was I so interested in being part of a gathering of young South African innovators? In September last year a good friend of ours, Guy Lieberman met Seth Cohen from the Schusterman Foundation at a ROI gathering for young innovators. A discussion around bringing young Jewish Innovators together was born. Why was itRead more
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Yeshiva University’s webinar in honour of the first Digital Learning Day, 1 February 2012 In honour of the first annual Digital Learning Day on February 1st, the YU School Partnership hosted a live webinar facilitated by Dr. Eliezer Jones, YU School Partnership’s Educational Technology Specialist along with Esther Feldman, The Lookstein Center for Jewish education’sRead more
A new initiative for schools in the UK at the moment is to encourage critical thinking and active learning. These schools can gain the accolade “thinking schools” by developing these skills. By educators slightly changing their roles from dispersing information to facilitating learning through independent research, magnificent achievements can be made. I visited a school in theRead more
I have just watched a fascinating talk on TED talks about the impact of self learning using digital technology and found the results simply astounding. “Where you have interest, you have education” – Author C Clarke – I cannot agree more. Once the students are motivated to learn the information pours in and memory retentionRead more
We will be exhibiting at the North American Jewish Day Schools conference at the Sheraton Hotel, 165 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, Atlanta, GA from 15-17 January 2012. Please come by and meet us. We would love to hear what digital needs your school has and how we can work together with you to fulfill your needs. WeRead more
