djln may 2014: spring into summer
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Spring Into SummerMay 2014
Now that spring is here and Passover is behind us, we're finishing out the year full speed ahead. Wehave gathered some great events, valuable resources, and informative blog posts for you to enjoy asyou go into the final stretch. We wish you the best of luck, and we hope you've made some greatplans for this summer!
Sincerely,The DJLN TeamGary, Margery, and Faigy
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In This Newsletter:Learn How to Go #BeyondthePilot With Us on May 13th!Google Hangout on Air with Jamie Mason CohenJoin the DigitalJLearning Network!Teacher Appreciation Week Begins May 5thNext JEDCamp NJNY: May the Fourth Be With YouOur Latest Blog PostsResources From Around the WebSend Us Your School News
Connect With Us:
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Join Us In-Person or Online on May 13th for #BeyondthePilot Learn how to take blended learning in your classroom or school to the next level!
►To RSVP to join us at our Manhattan office, click on the poster below.
►To to watch our live-stream and to let us know you'll be joining up online, click here.
►To submit questions for our panelists, click here.
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Join Our Google Hangout on Air on May 20th: "The Simple and Effective Way to UseSOLEs (Self-Organized Learning Environments)" with Jamie Mason Cohen
On Tuesday, May 20th, from 11am to 12pm ET, join usfor a Google Hangout on Air with Jamie Mason Cohen ashe discusses simple and effective ways to use SOLEs(Self Organized Learning Environments), socialcollaborative forums, and new ways to flip your class tosolve your blended learning problems and make learningaddictive for your students.
To RSVP, click on this link and reply "Yes" to thequestion "Are you going to watch?"
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Teacher Appreciation Week Begins May 5th & National Teacher Day is May 6th Let peers and mentors know how much you appreciate them as a teacher! Click here for somecelebratory ideas, and be sure to publicly #ThankaTeacher on social media come May 6th.
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Join the DigitalJLearning Network! Now you too can join the DigitalJLearning Network! In addition to schools, we've recently opened upthe Network to individuals who work in Jewish education and are interested in learning more aboutonline and blended learning. Members have access to our online community of practice (including anexclusive Google Group), will receive the monthly members-only edition of our newsletter, and willhave access to limited consulting services on an as-needed basis. Interested in joining our Network?Click here to apply.
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Last JEDCamp of the Year: May the Fourth Be With You In the spirit of edcamp, a JEDcamp is anunconference about Jewish Education. It's aninformal opportunity for Jewish Educators togather and discuss what they do and how todo it better. JEDcamp NJNY is a morningworth of valuable interaction and learning withyour professional peers from Jewish schoolsall over New Jersey and New York.
This is the final JEDcamp before the summer break and a great opportunity to connect with your peersto schedule summer projects and collaborations. Set the time aside now! To register for this freeevent, click here.
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Our Latest Blog Posts
Leading and Learning by Example in the Blended Learning School with Sarah BlattnerOn April 8th, we had a fantastic Google Hangout on Air with SarahBlattner, Founder & Executive Director of Tamritz Learning. We learnedabout digital literacy and citizenship, the educator as curator, OpenEducational Resources (OER), digital footprints, netiquette and safety, aswell as copyright, fair use and Creative Commons. Click here to watchthe video.
Seeing is Believing: The Impact of a Blended Learning Immersion
Rabbi Hersh Hiller is a Judaic Studies Teacher at Torah Day School ofSeattle, WA and was one of the participants on our two-day immersioninto blended learning in October of 2013, put together by DJLN and TheSamis Foundation. Together we hosted 11 educators from six SeattleJewish day schools on a real Jewish Education Experience. During ourtime together, we visited five different Jewish schools in the New York areato learn how they integrate technology and blended models to supportstudent learning. Fast-forward to March 2014, where we bump into Hersh at the iJEDConference and we got to talking about our time together back in October.The trip made such an impression on Hersh that we have to share it with
you. Read more... To stay up to date on our latest blog posts, subscribe to our RSS feed: bit.ly/DJLNrss
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Wanted: Guest BloggersWe'd like to feature your writing on our blog! Share your expertise, experiences, and ideaswith a wider audience by blogging for us as a special guest or as a regular feature. Tolearn more about this opportunity, please email us to let us know you're interested.
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Resources From Around the Web Here are some great articles and tools you might enjoy:
Top 10 Things to Include in a Blended Learning Lesson Plan from The Alvo Institute Financial Literacy Resource Roundup by Edutopia15 Must Have Google Lessons Plans to Teach Students Effective Search SkillsLearnist is an amazing social bookmarking tool for students and educators alike. Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information Use this to make QR codes *talk* to your students!How to Find and Use Report Card Templates in Google Drive
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Send Us Your School News! We'd love for this monthly newsletter to include news from all of you! Send us pictures of your classengaged in blended learning and share with us your successes and lessons learned. Sharing storiesand pictures will connect us all in a more meaningful way, but we can't do it without your help. Pleaseemail Faigy with anything you'd like to share, big or small. Thank you!
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The DigitalJLearning Network is an initiative of The Jewish Education Project
supported by funding from the AVI CHAI Foundation.
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