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Using Technology to Teach about Israel

Using Technology to Teach about Israel. LResnikoff@TempleSinaiofRH.com. Why Use Technology. Motivates students Students are comfortable with it Gives students tools they will be most likely to use in the future Bridges connection between home and school

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Using Technology to Teach about Israel

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  1. Using Technology toTeach about Israel LResnikoff@TempleSinaiofRH.com

  2. Why Use Technology • Motivates students • Students are comfortable with it • Gives students tools they will be most likely to use in the future • Bridges connection between home and school • Enables us to do things we couldn’t otherwise physically do – virtual tours, skype • Shouldn’t be used when other methodology can do a better job

  3. Internet Scavenger Hunts • http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntallaboumr4.html • http://www.amit.org.il/learning/english/IndependenceDay/index.htm • Make your own: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ www.babaganewz.com

  4. You arrive in Tel Aviv at Ben Gurion Airport. You need to take a taxi to Jerusalem. Find out the cost of the taxi http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion 9click on the transportation link.) Next, find out how much that ride will cost in American dollars. (click on the exchange link.) You arrive in Jerusalem hungry. You stop at a café to eat a falafel sandwich and read the Jerusalem Post. Which 3 headlines catch your eye? http://www.jpost.com/ The next thing that you want to do is visit the Kotel. http://www.aish.com/wallcam/ You walk around all the gates to the old city. How many gates are there? http://www.goisrael.com/DiscoverIsrael/index.asp?actiontype=show&idno=10 You go to visit the Knesset – Israel’s parliament. You meet a member of the Knesset who tells you that he is the member of the political group with the largest representation in the Knesset. Which party is that? http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/MKIndex_Current_eng.asp?view=1 You stop and inquire what the current population of Israel is: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/ You decide to travel to Eilat. What is the difference in temperature between Eilat and Jerusalem? http://www.goisrael.com/ In Eilat, you only have time to visit three attractions. Which three do you pick? http://www.goisrael.com/DiscoverIsrael/index.asp?actiontype=show&idno=12 You stop at one of the reform kibbutzim – Kibbutz Yahel. What kinds of produce do they grow and sell to support their kibbutz? http://www.ardom.co.il/desveg/ You head North to Tel Aviv and your first stop is Rabin Square. http://www.telavivguide.net/Attractions/Sightseeing/Tel_Aviv_Rabin_Square_20051027164/ What is the significance of this place?

  5. Virtual Tours • http://israelvr.net/ • http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vie/on_your_own.html • http://www.babaganewz.com/virtual/ • http://www.tourism.gov.il/Tourism_Eng? • http://www.aish.com/wallcam/

  6. Webquests • http://www.teacherwebquest.com/TX/TempleShalom/Israel/index.html • http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~mrubin/aliyah/ • http://www.rickriordan.com/webquest_jerusalem.htm • http://jwit.webinstituteforteachers.org/~naphhoff/webquest/ • http://www.amit.org.il/learning/english/Jerusalem/Jerusalemwebquest.htm Make your own: http://www.teacherweb.com http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ More information on Webquests http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/index.html http://webquest.org/index.php

  7. Famous Jewish Sites • The Kotel is the only remaining wall of the second destroyed temple. • It’s also known as the Western Wall. • It’s visited by Jews everywhere. • You can write a note to God and put it in the cracks of the Wall. • The Knesset is home to Israel’s parliament • Important governmental decisions have been made here • Holyland Hotel is home to the Jerusalem model • It’s scaled down to one fiftieth of the real size

  8. Other Online Resources • http://dallas.ujcfedweb.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=75563 • http://www.ort.org/asp/article.asp?id=67 • http://www.jerusalemofgold.co.il/ • http://www.jr.co.il/ • http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/places/index.html

  9. Teacher Resources • JAFI http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Home/ • Miami CAJE-Israel at 60 http://www.caje-miami.org/ • News Videos from Israel www.jerusalemonline.com • http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/diaspora/links/teaching2.asp • http://www.bjeny.org/erc_Israel.asp?dept=Educational%20Resources • http://www.att.org/judaic.asp Purchase & download Jewish songs & sheet music: http://www.oysongs.com/ Free mp3 file makers: http://www.handybits.com/voicemail.htm http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

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