theLKgeek - Digital Homework - giving #children (almost) free reign - #edtech #jed21 http://t.co/PkXPoxG1LD 5 hours ago
Last year when I was planning a lesson about Lag B’Omer to teach to my Year 3 class I got to thinking. What did I want them to take away from the lesson? Did I want them to just learn the story of Rabbi Akiva as was stated in my curriculum or did I want
Next week is Yom HaShoah, the day when Jews all around the world commemorate the Holocaust and mourn all we lost during that period of time. A couple of years ago, as part of my degree studies, I was asked to think about what aspect of the Shoah I would teach to 7-8 year olds and why. I was
Apologies for being so quiet recently. I have been so busy with my new job at Jewish Interactive and have been posting the a little bit but it has left me little time to focus on my personal blog. I thought I’d tell you about one of my favourite apps this week. I use Pocket
As a teacher, I have been inspired by seeing the amazing things that students can do when they are given the space to develop. During my time in the classroom, I tried to make the learning environment an exciting place where children wanted to be. During my time as a Jewish Studies teacher, I made
I recently came across a very exciting new (well, new for me) app. Any who has an Apple mobile device will be aware that it doesn’t support flash. Thiseans that many games, videos and sites on the internet cannot be used on an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. While I coped without flash, there were
