April2016

InthisNewsletter:
DJLNEducatorSpotlight
ASneakPeekatJBlendMiami'sSchoolVisits
FreeBlendedLearningResourcesfortheHolidayofFreedom
LessonsLearnedfromaPublicSchool'sBlendedLearningProgram
EngineeringtheSukkah:AuthenticSTEMinaJewishDaySchool
BlendedLearningatYourFingertips
FeaturedResourcesforEarthDay
ConnectWithUs

DJLNEducatorSpotlight
TeachinginTweetswithMartinPlunkett
MartinPlunkettisparticipatinginourJBlend
Miamiprofessionallearningthisyear.Inthis
EducatorSpotlight,you'llseehowMartin's
studentsaretweetingtolearnabout
historicalevents.You'llalsogetaglimpseat
howeducationaltechnologyandblended
learninghavetransformedMartin's
classroomandmadehisstudentsmore
collaborativeandinnovative.

READTHEINTERVIEW

ASneakPeekatJBlendMiami'sSchoolVisits
Wegottoseeblendedlearning&technologyintegrationinaction
Duringatwodaytour,inpartnershipwith
CAJEMiami,ourJBlendMiamieducators
visitedJewishdayschoolsintheNewYork
areatoseeblendedlearninginactionand
exploretheapplicationofinnovative
technologyintheclassroom.Getasneak
peekatthelearningwedidbycheckingout
thelivetweetswesharedaswetouredall
oftheschools.
VIEWTHETWEETS

FreeBlendedLearningResourcesfortheHolidayof
Freedom
MaketeachingaboutPassoverfunforyouandyourstudents
WiththeExodusstory,Haggadah,seder,
andmore,Passoverhasalotofteaching
potential!Withallthatmaterialandsomany
waysofteachingabouttheholiday,you
mightbeoverwhelmedwithhowmuch
thereistocover,butfearnot!These(free!)
resourceswillkeepstudentsengagedand
freeupyourtimetoworkwithothers
individuallyorinsmallgroups.

EXPLORERESOURCES

LessonsLearnedfromaPublicSchool'sBlended
LearningProgram
Slowandsteadywinstheraceinthisdistrict

The Middletown school district trained

teachers in blended methodologies and saw
great increases in student achievement
from a phased implementationofblended
and personalizedlearning.Thisgoesto
show that,withcarefulplanningandteacher
training,studentscanlearnmoreeffectively
inblendedclassrooms.
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EngineeringtheSukkah:AuthenticSTEMina
JewishDaySchoolCurriculum
IdeasformakingSTEMinterdisciplinary

HowcouldwebetterintegrateSTEM
experiencesintoeverydaylifeand
learning?Howcouldwecreatethesame
energyaroundSTEMwithoutsettingaside
specialdays?ThesewerequestionsRabbi
MatthewBellasaskedatthebeginningof
theschoolyear.JudaicStudiesprovided
theanswer.
READMORE

BlendedLearningatYourFingertips
AskDJLNandblendyourlessonstomorrow
Lookingforonlineresourcestoenhance
yourlessonsandcurriculum?Wanttouse
blendedlearningandnotsurewhereto
start?We'reheretohelp!HeadovertoAsk
DJLN,ourfreehelpdesk,andfilloutthe
shortform.Evenifyoudon'thaveaspecific
question,we'rehappytotalkwithyouabout
yourgoalsandhowtechnologycanhelp
yourstudentsmeetthem.

ASKDJLN

FeaturedResourcesforEarthDay
EarthDayisonFriday,April22nd!
Celebrateourplanetwithyourstudents
whileteachingthemaboutprotectingthe
environment.Herearesomeonline
resourcesforbringingengagingEarthDay
lessonstoyourclassroom.
EarthDayonHistory.comvideos,speeches,andmoreonthehistoryof
EarthDayandtheenvironmentalmovement
10AppstoTeachStudentsaboutEarthDayappstoexplorewildlifeinthe
rainforest,learnaboutglobalweather,andviewphotographyfromaround
theworld
HaggadahforEnvironmentalJusticeThefirstnightofPassovercoincides
withEarthDaythisyear.ThroughoutthisHaggadahtherearegreeningtips
relatedtosederthemesaswellasconnectionsbetweenthePassoverstory
andtoday'senvironmentalconcerns.
DigitalResourcesforEarthandEnvironmentalSciencewebsitesandapps
forlearningabouttrees,climate,biodiversity,ecosystems,andmore
AirPano360degreepanoramaviewsfromlocationsaroundtheglobe

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