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Soaking Up Summer LearningAugust 2014

In This Newsletter:Free Professional Learning OpportunitiesDiscussing the Situation in Israel & Gaza With ChildrenUse Social Media to Give Students Voice & AgencySchool Spotlight: Yavneh Academy Uses Tech to Bridge Generation GapRead the Blog Series #DJLNatISTETell Your Story on Our Blog!Watch ISTE 2014 On-DemandResources From Around the Web

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_____________________________________________________________ Free Professional Learning Opportunities

Our New Pinterest Board is Filled with Ideas

On our newest Pinterest board, we are constantly curating and updating a wide array of freelearning opportunities for educators just like you. Click here to check it out. Digital Badges - Level Up Professional Development in Jewish Education What is digital badge learning all about? And what about it aligns with Jewish education in general?Watch the recent ELI Talk on Air with Sarah Blattner and Dr. Sam Abramovich to learn all this andmore. Click here to view the full-length session. 5 Week Coursera Course: Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills Learn about ways to assess and teach new and emerging 21st century skills:we cover the nature of these skills, alternative methods of assessment,interpretation and reporting of assessments, and their implications forteaching. Click here to learn more and enroll.

6 Week Coursera Course: Tinkering Fundamentals: AConstructionist Approach to STEM LearningTinkering activities provide a powerful way to inspire students' interest,engagement, and understanding in science. The Tinkering Fundamentalscourse will help educators and enthusiasts develop a practice of tinkering andmaking. This course will focus on key design elements of high-quality, science-rich tinkering activities, effective facilitation strategies and environmentalorganization. Click here to learn more and enroll.

September 7, 2014: First Ever JEDcampLASeptember 7th is the day of the inaugural JEDcampLA event.JEDcamp is an EDcamp designed for educators who work with Jewishstudents. Edcamps are free to all attendees. They are called"Unconferences", because they are led by the attendees. No lectures,expert consultants, or commercial products are featured. When youcome to our JEDcamp, you will suggest a topic, write it down on a card,and vote on the agenda for the day. We will have 3-4 breakoutsessions, led by an attendee. This is an inclusive event- everyone whoworks with Jewish students is invited to participate. Click here to learnmore and secure your spot!

Know of another free professional learning opportunity we should include in this section? Email us.

_____________________________________________________________ Discussing the Situation in Israel & Gaza With Children What should we say to children in times of dangerand conflict? The Jewish Education Project's Directorof Innovation in Congregational Learning, CydWeissman says: 'The times require us to do one thingwith our children regardless of a child's age,Engage." Read more...

But before you do that, says Chief Learning OfficerDavid Bryfman, perhaps you should take some timeto process it for yourself. Read more... Image Source: CNN.com

_____________________________________________________________ Using Social Media to Give Students Voice & Agency

By Faigy Gilder, Program Manager for the DigitalJLearning NetworkAs I am not an educator myself, at times I find it difficult to understand the resistance someeducators have to inviting social media tools into the classroom. So while I was at the 2014 ISTEConference just last week, I made sure to stop by one particular session hoping to gain a betterunderstanding of social media in the classroom from an educator's perspective. The session, titled"Tweet this! Engaging youth in community through social media," was incredibly enlightening forme. Read more...

_____________________________________________________________ DJLN School Spotlight: Yavneh Academy

Yavneh Academy students and Jewish Home atRockleigh residents learn from each other usingtechnology, building valuable cross-generationrelationships in the process. "At least once a monththroughout the school year, more than 22 YavnehAcademy eighth-graders visited the home, where theytaught residents about technology. Students showedresidents how to do everything from using email toresearching a topic on Google to shoppingonline." Continue reading in The Jewish Standard.

To be featured as a school spotlight, email us to tellus about a project or goal you accomplished using

technology.Photo Credit: The Jewish Standard

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The #DJLNatISTE Blog Series

This summer, the DigitalJLearning Network enjoyed the distinct pleasure of taking 16 educators,from 16 different schools, to the 2014 ISTE Conference in Atlanta, GA. We asked each participantto share what they learned with you, our readers, here on our blog. Click here to read the firstthree installments, and follow the series as more posts arrive.

_____________________________________________________________ Like to Write and Share Ideas?

We'd love to feature your writing on our blog! Share your expertise, experiences, and ideas with awider audience by blogging for us as a special guest or as a regular feature. To learn more aboutthis opportunity, please email us to let us know you're interested.

_____________________________________________________________ Watch ISTE 2014 On-Demand

ISTE Live 2014 includes all of the recorded sessions from the virtual conference,plus approximately 50 additional sessions of video-on-demand recordings fromISTE 2014 -- the world's largest ed tech conference and expo.

This could be an excellent professional learning tool to use with administratorsand educators alike. Click here to learn more and purchase an all-inclusivepass for $149. To see a full list of session available by video with your purchase,click here.

_____________________________________________________________ Resources We Gathered From Around the Web Here are some great articles and tools you might enjoy that we recently shared on our social mediachannels:

Love DIY Projects, upcycling, tinkering, PBL, or just about anything in the makermovement? Learn how to bring that creative energy into the classroom.Before our educators can help kids understand what is happening in #Israel, they need theopportunity to process it themselves. Read more from The Jewish Education Project'sChief Learning Officer, David Bryfman. Yad Vashem has put together a Holocaust Education Video Toolbox, an incrediblyvaluable resource to educators teaching about this difficult topic. Each of the five topicspresented lead to an in-depth playlist for you to watch and use.Here is a world of Project-Based Learning (PBL) ideas you can steal. "Educational technology can free up teachers from routine aspects of teaching andclassroom administration so that they can spend more of their time using their uniquelyhuman skills to better support their students' learning needs." This is just one reason ThomasArnett, Research Fellow of Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, believes that"Computers Enable Good Teachers." Love Socrative? Well, here is you're complete guide to using the 2.0 edition.Tool Tip: Use Newsela to customize news articles for different reading levels. Perfect forenabling a thought-provoking current events discussion with your students (or kids!)

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