NewCAJE is August 5-8, 2012 at Montclair State University, NJ.
Visit our booth in the Exhibit Hall and attend our workshops:
Get Your Students Arguing: Debate in the Classroom as a Method for Project-Based Learning
Monday, August 6, second afternoon session (pre-dinner)
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Introduce students to ten classic debates from Jewish tradition and teach them how to debate on their own. Behrman House has just released Judaism’s Great Debates for 6–7th graders. Co-author Rabbi Mark H. Levine will show you how students can analyze the values conflict at the core of each historic debate, and learn to apply Jewish values to similar conflicts in our society.
In your own classes, you too can promote the spirit of argumentation and debate that is core to Judaism. The method is ideal for project-based learning as students learn to identify areas about which they are passionate and to present the arguments supporting their causes. A supplementary digital companion provides support for PBL.
Participants will receive a complimentary copy of Judaism’s Great Debates by Rabbi Mark Levine and Rabbi Barry Schwartz.
Presenter: Rabbi Mark H. Levine (view bio)
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A New Kind of Blended Learning System for Jewish Schools
Monday, August 6, second morning session (pre-lunch)
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Behrman House recently unveiled the Online Learning Center (OLC), an online learning environment for Jewish educators to organize, present, and deliver Jewish content and learning software to their students. Students can prepare before class, expand learning after class, or catch up if they miss class by interacting with the multi-media content teachers upload.
We’ll show you how this blended learning environment can keep students engrossed with digital Hebrew activities, how you can assess their progress with one click, and how students can even record themselves reading or speaking. You’ll learn how you can download ready-to-go lesson plans, PowerPoints, and SmartBoard lessons that you can use in class with interactive whiteboards or laptops and projectors.
Please note: Participants will receive a coupon to download a free multi-media resource. Full participation in the Online Learning Center carries a fee to the school.
Presenter: Terry Kaye (view bio)
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The Engaged Learner: On Task, Challenged, and Collaborative
Tuesday, August 7, second afternoon session (pre-dinner)
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Do your students seem bored in class, distract others, doodle a lot? Perhaps you need to engage them more! Using the latest brain-based learning research we will play through practical ways to build engaging lessons—create interactive lesson plans, use the physical space in interesting ways, build students’ curiosity and hold their attention, and assess learning in unexpected ways. You’ll also discover why the video game model is so compelling as a prototype for your own classes. Applicable to all grades and subjects.
Presenter: Terry Kaye (view bio)
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After the Primer—Where Do We Go from Here?
Tuesday, August 7, second morning session (pre-lunch)
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The question of what to do once students have mastered basic Hebrew decoding skills is the central quandary in supplementary Hebrew education. First, we will examine the best practices for teaching accurate and fluent prayer recitation. Next, we will discuss strategies for connecting Hebrew prayers to the students’ real-life concerns. Finally, we will examine an approach to Hebrew language instruction that enables students to comprehend prayer text more directly.
Presenter: Dina Maiben (view bio)
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The Secrets of Hebrew Reading Success
Tuesday, August 7, second afternoon session (pre-dinner)
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Despite its centrality to the curriculum, Hebrew reading is one of the most controversial and least understood aspects of Jewish education. Participants in this session will explore the system that best leads to full mastery of Hebrew decoding and will learn what the relevant research can tell us about why some students struggle to read Hebrew, and how to help all of them succeed.
Presenter: Dina Maiben (view bio)
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PRESENTER BIOS
Rabbi Mark H. Levine is the Executive Editor of Behrman House. He received a M.Ed. in Curriculum Theory and Development from Temple University and smicha from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Prior to coming to Behrman House in 2009, Mark served for 10 years as the Editor of BabagaNewz Magazine.
Terry Kaye is Vice President of Behrman House and Director of Training and Educational Services. Terry is a leading authority on traditional and innovative Jewish educational practices in North America, especially new developments in educational technology. She provides educational consultation and builds teacher success programs for hundreds of educators each year.
Dina Maiben has worked extensively in the field of Jewish Education, both formal and informal, having served as a Hebrew School director, classroom teacher, youth director, camp counselor, program director, and consultant. She was the founding chair of Monmouth County’s Commission on Jewish Education. Dina has authored nineteen books and more than two dozen journal articles and stories. Nationally recognized for her work in the area of Hebrew reading instruction, her Hebrew primer, Alef Bet Quest, won the Association of Educational Publishers’ Distinguished Achievement Award for World Language in 2010. Her most recent book, Ready, Set…Go Alef Bet!, is the first fully integrated multi-media Hebrew pre-primer. Dina is currently completing her MA in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education at Gratz College, where she won the 2012 graduate prize for excellence in Jewish Education.
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