SummerRoadTriptoLearning

August2015

WehadagreattimelastmonthattheISTEConferenceinPhiladelphia.Welearnedalotandareso
happywegottospendtimewithsomeofournetworkeducators.Asyoustartthinkingaboutplansfor
theupcomingschoolyear,besuretoreadourblogforblendedlearningtipsandinspirationfrom
ISTE.And,asalways,pleasebeintouchwithuswithanyquestions.Weareheretosupportyou!

InThisNewsletter:
>DJLNEducatorSpotlight
>8WebsitesYouDidn'tKnowYouCouldUseforBlendedLearning
>FindOutWhatWeLearnedatISTE!
>FeaturedBlendedLearningResources
>IntheNews

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DJLNEducatorSpotlight
Data,Differentiating,andDavening:
InnovationinJudaicStudieswithRabbiEmilyMeyer
WhatdoesblendedlearninglooklikeinaJudaicStudiesclassroom?Howcan
technologyempoweryoungJewishlearners?RabbiEmilyMeyeranswersthese
questionsandmanymoreinthislatestEducatorSpotlight!Clickheretoreadthe
fullinterview.

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8WebsitesYouDidn'tKnowYouCouldUse
forBlendedLearning
GobeyondYouTubeandblendthelearninginyourclassroomnextyearwith
theseawesomewebsites.With Math,Science,History,Language,andmore,
there'ssomethinghereforeveryone!Clickheretoseethefull list.

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FindOutWhatWeLearnedAtISTE!
Thissummer,theDigitalJLearningNetworktook15JewishDay
Schooleducatorstothe2015ISTEConferenceinPhiladelphia.
Weaskedtheparticipantstosharetheirlearningandhowthe
conferenceinspiredthemtotakeactionintheirschools.Seethe
firsttwoinstallmentsinthisnewblogseriesbelow!Toseethe
reflectionsoftheDJLNTeam,andourISTETwitterhighlights,
clickhere.WehopeourlearningfromISTEinspiresyoutotake
actioninyourownclassroomsnextyear!

GettingDigitallyInspiredatISTE
TamaraGrunberger,DirectoroftheMiddleSchoolatNetivotHaTorahDaySchool,
sharesherlearningonblendedprofessionaldevelopmentandtheimportanceof
digitalportfoliosforherstudents.ClickheretoreadhowTamarawasdigitally
inspiredatISTE.

HowtoTakeBlendedLearningtotheNextLevel
LisaDadush,HistoryTeacheratMagenDavidYeshivaHighSchool,cameto
ISTEwithaquestionHowcanIusetechnologytocollectdataonmystudents
thatwouldbenefitthemaslearners?andleftISTEwithananswer.Clickhereto
findoutwhatLisadiscovered.

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FeaturedBlendedLearningResources
zSpace:VirtualrealityplatformforSTEMeducation.

Otus:FreeLearningManagementSystem(LMS)optimizedfor1:1iPadand
Chromebookeducation.
GoAnimate:Cloudbasedplatformforcreatinganddistributinganimatedvideos.
MakeGifVideoCapture:ChromeextensionforcreatinganimatedGIFs.
Glogster:Toolforcreatinginteractivemultimediaposters.
WootMath:Onlinemathlessonstohelpstudentsmasterfractionsthroughpersonalizedlearning.

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IntheNews
AStepbyStepGuidetoCommunicatingYourBlendedLearningGoals

What'sNext:BlendedLearning2.0
ChoosingtheRightDigitalLearningDevice
TearDownThisWall!ANewArchitectureforBlendedLearningSuccess
9ThingsTechSavvyTeachersDoOnARegularBasis

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