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
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This post was written by Charles Cohen (@PEJECohen) and crossposted from the PEJE blog with his permission. I have spent the last nine months immersed in day school affordability. I eat it, I drink it, I sleep in it. I’ve learned more about the heroic efforts of schools and communities as they try to balanceRead more
Rabbi David Etengoff, the Director of Educational Technology at Magen David Yeshivah Elementary School in Brooklyn gives us the lowdown on the Samsung Chromebook S3. I have had the Samsung Chromebook S3 ($249) since January of this year. In many regards, it is an amazing post-PC device. It runs the Chrome Operating System (OS) – a variant ofRead more
Professional development: your schedule, your interest, your bed (or wherever else you’d like…) I am a huge proponent of using Twitter for your own professional development. When I say that to my colleagues they usually answer with “I don’t have time for Twitter” or “why would anyone care what I eat for lunch?” Allow me to debunkRead 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
