Greetings!
| Topic of the Month: The Effects of Technological
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The New Digital Learner
Ever wonder
how the constant developments in technology are effecting
today's youth?
Let's turn to today's youth, growing up
digital. How are they different? This subject matters, because
our young boys and girls are today's customers for schools and
colleges and tomorrow's for lifelong learning.
http://www.usdla.org/html/journal/FEB02_Issue/article0
1.html
New technologies provide educators with the chance to
respond and adapt to individual differences among their
students.
Historically, most ideas about
individual learning differences have been based on the
assumption that the brain is roughly the same all over and
that its different parts are essentially indistinguishable
with respect to their roles in learning. This idea bred a
decidedly one-dimensional view of learning and intelligence,
as represented by measurement concepts like a single IQ score.
In contrast, more recent theories, such as Multiple
Intelligences theory (see Gardner, 1993), are consistent with
what we are now discovering about the learning brain-namely
that students do not have one global learning capacity, but
many multifaceted learning capacities, and that a disability
or challenge in one area may be countered by extraordinary
ability in another. Further, and of particular note for our
purposes, the evaluation of ability is often confounded by the
means and medium used to conduct the evaluation. For example,
a person who appears learning disabled in a print-bound,
text-based environment may look extraordinarily skilled in a
graphics- or video-based environment.
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/c
hapter1_3.cfm
Are Testing Results dependent on the medium of
administration? Would results vary depending on whether the
test was given on a computer versus with a pen and
paper?
Computer use has grown rapidly during the
past decade. Within the educational community, interest in
authentic assessment has also increased. To enhance the
authenticity of tests of writing, as well as of other
knowledge and skills, some assessments require students to
respond in written form via paper-and- pencil. However, as
increasing numbers of students grow accustomed to writing on
computers, these assessments may yield underestimates of
students' writing abilities. This article presents the
findings of a small study examining the effect that mode of
administration -- computer versus paper-and-pencil -- has on
middle school students' performance on multiple- choice and
written test questions.
http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v5n3.html
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| Upcoming Events in Professional
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CAJE Conference
Will you "Listen and
Learn" -- Shema ul'mad -- at Hofstra from August 15 - 19 at
CAJE 29? To register, just go to www.caje.org. Remember to check
with your central agency of Jewish education to see if there
are subsidies available. Many agencies have advised us that
they have such funds available.
Wendy Hirsch Weiner
Ed.D, the facilitator for the JSkyway Course, Teaching Jewish
Values with BabagaNewz, will be conducting a workshop at the
CAJE conference. Check your CAJE program book for details on
time and location.
PEJE Leadership Assembly October 11-12,
2004
Featured gurest: Senator Joseph Lieberman on
"Why Education Matters in America Today" Day school
professional and volunteer leaders are invited to this
national event in Boston featuring expert- led workshops and
opportunities for networking throughout the day school
movement. Topics include: fundraising, leadership &
governance, educational excellence, advocacy & marketing,
and admission.
Contact Bunny Shuman at bunny@peje.org for more
information.
JSkyway
Registration now open for Fall
Semester: October 21 - December 23, 2004
- Teaching with Technology: Enhancing and Embracing New
Practices
- Effective Classroom Strategy: From Skills to Success
- Teaching Jewish Values Using BabagaNewz
- Assessment Strategies: Beyond Grades and Quizzes
Register online at www.jskyway.com
JSkyway
will be at Samuel Scheck Community Day School in Florida on
August 20th doing a workshop on Assessment. On August 24th, we
will be at the Jerome Lippman Jewish Community Day School in
Akron, Ohio doing an online learning presentation.
If
you think your school might be interested in a presentation or
workshop from JSkyway, please contact Lindsey Fieldman at
lfieldman@jflmedia.
com
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| Your JSkyway Community |
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JSkyway at CAJE
JSkyway was recently
at Hofstra University in Long Island, exhibiting at the CAJE
Early Childhood & Day School conference. Over 300
educators visited the JSkyway booth, learning about the
innovative program, picking up JSkyway materials and fun
freebies. Educators from around the country were in
attendance, including some participants from England and
Israel. The theme of this year's conference was "Connections"
and was evident throughout the week. Teachers networked,
participated in workshops and saw friends and colleagues in a
collaborative, engaging environment.
Exciting
Announcements!
The JSkyway CAJE Raffle winner of a
$100 gift certificate to Barnes and Nobles, is Raquel Gershon
from Solomon Schecter Academy in Dallas, TX. Congratulations!
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| A Better You |
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Book Review
Summertime and the living's
easy! (Or at least we hope!) So take a break from running
around and curl up with a nice book. Let your mind
unwind...
Joining the Sisterhood: Young Jewish Women
Write their Lives
Edited By Tobin Belzer and Julie
Pelc
"Pick up Joining the
Sisterhood and you'll travel on journeys of the soul with 24
young Jewish women, aged 16 to 33. Editors Tobin Belzer and
Julie Pelc divide the anthology into three parts, each named
with a Hebrew word associated with essence-Ruach (wind or
spirit), Nefesh (physical state of being alive), and Neshamah
(breath or soul).
The book opens with "Ruach: Ourselves
in Relation to Others and the Environment." Here we find women
searching for their identity within community.
In
"Nefesh: Ourselves in Relation to Our Bodies," the authors
explore their relationship between their physical and
spiritual selves.
In the final section, "Neshamah: Our
Emotional and Intellectual Selves," women deal with "life
cycle issues," such as dating, marriage, divorce, and sexual
orientation."
To read more of this review, go to: http://www.jbooks.com/nonfiction/index/NF_Stabin_Blez
er_Pelc.htm
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