may your tech toolbox runneth over

May Your Tech Toolbox Runneth Over

Technology Tools for Jewish Educators

Adena Raub DershowitzMoreh L’Morim 2012

•Discuss Why Technology Is Important to Jewish Education

•Explore Web tools that can be used in Jewish education (some Jewish, some not)

•Learn how to stay abreast of new resources

•Q & A

Session Goals

•Kid Culture is Immersed in Technology.

•Technology is Shaping a New Jewish Future.

•With Technology We Can:o Extend contact hours with Jewish contento Provide extended reach/purpose for student

worko Foster the use of higher order thinking skills

What does Technology Have to Do With Jewish Education?

Why Technology Scares Us

•The only constant is change.

•Everything is always new: vocabulary, skills

• Issues regarding control

•Kids are much more fluent.

•Risk

Easing the Transition

• Don't invest too much in any one thing...except the Internet.

• Be prepared to fail publicly.

• Collaborate

• Trust your best tech support, your students.

• Have clear expectations and establish a policy.

• Always start with the goal, only then choose the technology

Today's Tools

• Are free or have free versions (in terms of $)

• Are all accessed via the Web

• Are not all Jewish tools but can be used for Jewish content

• Generally will be intuitive to your students

Categories:BL: Blended Learning

PC: Parent Connection

CE: Classroom Engagement

PW: Purposeful Work

SC: Student Creations

Glogster SC

www.glogster.com

•Online Poster Creation Tool

•Need to Create a Free Account

•Across All Subject Areas

ToonDoo SC

www.toondoo.com

Comic Strip Creation Tool

•Need to Create a Free Account

•Print Out Blank for Students to Fill In

•Create A Class Comic Book

•Across Subject Areas

Domo Animate SC

http://domo.goanimate.com

•Cartoon Creation Tool

•Need to Create a Free Account

•Across Subject Areas

Present.me BL

http://present.me

•Present Slides and Video at the Same Time

•Need to Create a Free Account

•"Flipping the Classroom" -Also Good for PD or Committees

Screenr BL PW

www.screenr.com

•Screen Capture Application

•Good for Hebrew Writing

•Let kids create tech tutorials for faculty!

•Video Webquest

Blabberize SC PW

www.blabberize.com

•Animating Still Photos

•Need to Create a Free Account

•Great for Hebrew, Biography/History

•Older students create for younger students

Easel.ly SC CE

http://easel.ly

•Create infographics by dragging and dropping.

•Need a free account to save.

•Good for visualizing information/classroom decoration

Jeopardy Labs CE

http://jeopardylabs.com

•Online Jewpardy! No more markers and cards!

•No account needed, just a password to save and retrieve

•Students can make games for the whole class!

Remind101 PC

www.remind101.com

•Free text alerts to parents/students

•Participants self-subscribe, so no need for a phone list.

•Snow days, test reminders, medical announcements, etc...

Class Dojo CE PC

www.classdojo.com

•Classroom Management Tool

•Rewards Positive, Reprimands Negative Behavior

•Easy to Send Reports to Parents

Edmodo BL CE PC

www.edmodo.com

•Social network designed for education

•Enclosed environment

•Extends contact hours with materials, classmates

Pen.io SC PC

http://pen.io

•Quick way to publish content on the web

•No real need for web design knowledge

•Easy way for students/teachers to create sites

Flixtime SC

www.flixtime.com

•Easy way to create "mashups" of photos, videos, text and music

•Need to create a free account

•Max free video length is 60 seconds

We Video SC

www.wevideo.com

•Free web-based video editor

•Similar to iMovie, Windows Movie Maker

•Need to create a free account

Ted Ed Video Flipper BL CE

http://ed.ted.com/tour

•Ability to build lessons around videos

•Add questions, comments, see responses, etc...

•Very much in Beta -- keep checking back!

Mentimeter BL CE

www.mentimeter.com

•Online polling

•100% Free, Do Need to Create an Account

•Students access in class or at home

Still Hungry??

•http://60in60.wikispaces.com/

•http://edutecher.net/

•http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/

•http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Stuck? Have Ideas? Contact Me!!

Adena Raub Dershowitz

adenardershowitz@gmail.com

Twitter: @MrsDTechnology