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My daughter was an intern at DisneyWorld for a semester and learned a tremendous amount about good customer service. She often talks about what it taught her and how she utilizes it in her current position as a camping director. In this article, a principal reflects on lessons learned from Disney and how they apply to education.
Is it technology integration or just digitizing traditional education? This article explores that very question.
Think you know everything Google? Check out this post with hidden tips and tricks.
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Here’s some more info on fake news and how to detect it.
Data has become an extremely important topic, whether you’re talking about serving students, or serving a particular population. And now, if you’re serving cheese. Check out the Wine and Cheese Map to search for a type of cheese and then get suggestions for wine pairings. You can filter by moisture level, country of origin and type of wine. You. Are. Welcome.
Hands on learning is great – and just about everyone agrees that we need to give students more opportunities to participate in it. Here’s a great graphic that looks at what kind of reflecting students should be doing so we’re not leaving learning to chance.
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Eyewitness To History is an ad-supported site where you can browse by event and then read first person accounts. Because of the ads, I found the site to be a little distracting, so you may not want to have students use it, but it could be a great resource for you to find supporting documents or photos.
Interested in learning more about blended learning? According to the Christensen Institute, blended learning “involves leveraging the Internet to afford each student a more personalized learning experience, including increased student control over the time, place, path, and/or pace of learning.” Their website offers videos, articles and resources.
Lots of teachers are surprised to find that what they think is project-based learning isn’t really PBL. Read more here.
Move over, Steven Spielberg…now everyone can build their own dinosaur (I hope that reference is clear…). BrainPop Jr’s Contruct-a-Saurus site gives you the tools to build a dinosaur by choosing a head, body, tail, etc. You then test the beast to see if it’ll stand up – and get feedback from the site as to what needs to be changed. This is a great site for young kids, and there are lessons plans for teachers, too.
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In the “of course they are…” department: apparently Facebook is “amazed at the amount of (tech) talent in Israel.” So amazed, in fact, that Facebook’s first R&D center outside of the US is going to be there. Read more here.
Just because it’s a project doesn’t make it “project-based.” Read more about the difference here.
This is awesome. Apparently there’s a new thing on the ‘net where people color old b&w photos. Some of the results are just stunning! Check out the Reddit colorized history site.
About
Debbie Harris is the director of educational technology at the Sager Solomon Schechter Day School in Northbrook, IL. Involved in Jewish education for over thirty years, she has an education degree from Northwestern University with a concentration in instructional media and a master’s degree in professional Jewish studies from Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. She is skilled in using and teaching desktop publishing, video editing, presentation and animation software; and consults and presents regularly on integrating technology into Judaic studies. Her students podcast, blog, edit video and create claymations. She co-chaired the technology track for CAJE 33 in Vermont, is a SMART Certified Trainer for SMART Notebook, and a 2011 recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education.
When not learning, teaching or writing about technology, Debbie likes to sketchnote and craft. She likes to knit, do calligraphy, sew, watercolor, paint fabric and just generally play with fun toys like scrapbooking supplies and anything with texture. Debbie travels to California every summer to paint tallitot with high school aged campers. Finally, she is incredibly proud of her two daughters; Lori, who teaches English at a community college; and Allie, who is the director of the URJ’s Camp Newman in California.
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