Dancing into the Future: Teens and Israel
Spending a weekend with teens who are excited to learn about engaging with Israel is an exhilarating, and for me at least, almost a spiritual experience. I’ve just returned from The iCenter’s MZ Teen...
View ArticleDisruptive Innovation and Creative Destruction
“In the days of my youth” (how many of you can correctly identify the origin of that lyric?) I embraced the idea of revolution and radical societal change as the only way to make the world a better...
View ArticleThe Teacher as Network Weaver
The other day, during my morning-drive-to-work ritual, I was listening to NPR’s “The Take Away”. The topic was: “College Students Either Studying as Hard as Ever, or Not Hard Enough.” It was based on...
View ArticleOf Ships, Fiber Optics and The Jewish Futures Conference
I was listening to NPR’s “Fresh Air” yesterday. It featured Andrew Blum, the author of the just-released “Tubes – A Journey to the Center of the Internet”. The interview (you can access it here), and...
View ArticleThe Connected Educator - A Summer Book Report
The summer is that glorious time when I get to catch up on all those books I didn’t have time to read during the course of the school year. Along with my beloved escapist novels (at the moment I’m...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Just Do It - Getting Over the Integration Hurdle
As a newly minted “Technology Integration Educator” in my community, I’m struggling with the definition of my job title. What does the phrase “technology integration” really mean? How do we integrate...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Technology
In the past few weeks two articles were posted in the Jewish Daily Forward about how technology will not usher in the messianic age, at least when it comes to Jewish education. In”Digital Learners...
View ArticleBlended Learning in a Part Time Space
(A litle context: I’m part of a certificate program in Online and Blended Learning Design, through Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School. This post originally appeared on the Open Day School...
View ArticleSwimming Lessons
(This originally appeared on the Jewish Futures blog site, in advance of the February 27th Jewish Futures conference “The role of Bar and Bat Mitzvah in America today”) He was terrified. I mean...
View ArticleLearn, Reflect, Share - Day 1 at Edjewcon
I discovered something new about PowerPoint today - from a 4th grader. Now, this in and of itself is not such a big deal. It’s the context that makes the difference. I’m in Jacksonville, Florida, at...
View Article
