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Blog by Rebecca Penina Simon Cross-posted with permission from Climbing the Ladder of Educational Technology. One of the fundamentals of 21st Century Learning is making the content relevant to the students. This entails that the learning having a connection to the real world and more specifically, to their own lives. At the same time, the contentRead more

Guest Blog by Laurie Rappeport Jewish education once primarily involved either a day school or an afternoon congregational school experience of frontal teaching, review, tests and homework. That’s still the model in many Jewish schools but increasingly Jewish institutions are creating more dynamic environments that offer interactive activities and asynchronous learning projects that in whichRead more

21st Century technology is a tool that we as teachers can use to reach all of our students.  Many students have a hard time learning how to analyze text and connecting to the text through words alone.  It was very important for me to integrate technology into my classroom in a way that supported theRead more

Written by Nikki Mandelberg   What I have observed while giving workshops As part of the Jewish Interactive team, I have been privileged to be involved with 7 different schools throughout South Africa. As a parent, and an occupational therapist, I feel I have a very unique opportunity to observe the elements of a schoolRead more

Written by Channah Goldblatt (@JewishIntUK) [quote]“No technology has an impact on learning in its own right; rather, its impact depends upon how it is used.” At Jewish Interactive we actively promote the use of iPads in education.  We develop iPad apps; run iPad workshops; and advise schools, teachers and parents on what apps are usefulRead more

The subject ICT has gone through myriad changes in the past few years.  One of the most significant movements is the realisation that ICT does not have to be, and in fact should not be, a standalone subject.  Instead ICT should be integrated into all curriculum areas where possible. ICT skills can be learned throughRead more

Creating a 21st Century Learning Environment I am sure you have heard a lot of talk about 21st Century Learning environments and collaboration fluency.  I am also sure that you have heard that all of this is very important in the future of education.  But have you been told why all of this is important? 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

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