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In this digital age only limited documentation and educational rubrics exist to assist in the assessment of technology. Our extremely successful “4 Kidz by Kidz” competition resulted in 165 entries and was outstanding in the level of skills and creativity input. The question was how do we judge these entries fairly and give the students a way to focus on improving their skills?

On Wednesday 30th January 2013, Jewish Interactive’s Channah Goldblatt hosted a new type of CPD event for Jewish Studies teachers, a JSTeachMeet. This was a free event organised “for teachers by teachers” following the TeachMeet format. The JSTeachMeet focused on “Teaching Purim in Primary Schools”. There were 13 attendees from 7 Jewish schools in London,Read more

Originally posted on Channah’s personal website – www.thelkgeek.com   As a teacher, I have been inspired by seeing the amazing things that students can do when they are given the space to develop. During my time in the classroom, I tried to make the learning environment an exciting place where children wanted to be. DuringRead more

Jewish Interactive is committed to producing software that makes Jewish study engaging and dynamic. Our guiding principle is to challenge students to become an intrinsic part of the learning process, by asking them to piece together Torah sources themselves, utilizing critical thinking and  active learning. There is no better way to do this than for theRead more

With a new school year starting, teachers naturally make goals in hopes of becoming a more effective educator. With all of the talk about using technology in the classroom, many of these goals probably revolve around implementing tech into instruction. There are numerous ways to do this. Rather than try and cover them all inRead more

Blended learning in Jewish studies – An application of the academic literature There is ample support in academic literature for the benefits of blended learning, or combining face-to-face classroom methods with computer-mediated activities. One advantage is facilitation of differentiated instruction. A range of computer-mediated activities allows different students to be challenged at varying levels ofRead more

From the desk of the Director of Jewish Interactive It’s a busy time in the Jewish calendar and soon after Yom Kippur is Sukkot, the festival of happiness ‘Zman simchateinu’. As Jewish educators we often spend time teaching our students about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – and just do not have the time toRead more

The 8th Biennial Educators Conference of the Zionist Federation of Australia, held at Bialik School in Melbourne, brought together Zionist Jewish schools from across Australia for two days of professional development and discussion.

Thanks to the great Eliezer Jones (Yeshiva University) and Twitter, I recently looked up the site dipity.com No it isn’t a character from The Magic Roundabout! It is a fantastic site that helps you create your own visual timelines. The usefulness of this goes without saying to all teachers out there- from making a timeline ofRead more

The last three years in my position as Head of the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School, a K-8 Schechter Network Day School of nearly 130 students located in Jacksonville, Florida, has overlapped with an explosion of interest in 21st century learning and educational technology.  In large ways, our school has been shaped by the worksRead more