Creative+Canvas+SU13

Post your creations below with your name and a few words of explanation about how you would use this tool in Jewish Education. DN: I have noted that the embed for Glogster does not stream well. Instead I recommend that you take screenshot and add the link to the image as in Emily's Glogster below. Also, I was surprised that no one chose Xtranormal, then I discovered that in the months since I created this course Xtranormal has been discontinued. It was a great, easy to use tool for making animated films, but this is the way of the Web. I found an article offering some alternatives: [|Replacement for xtranormal] I don't yet see a true parallet to Xtranormal, but hopefully one will be created some day soon.

I created a glogster. I chose the "Lyrics" template and I might use this type of tool to teach a new song, I could share it online and very clearly indicate where the song came from, or I could put the sheet music within the poster so musicians could hear, play and learn it all at the same time. EA



EH - I could use this to make a cartoon for my online class on brain-based education.

This Glog is perfect when teaching students about trope, especially Torah trope. The students can see the names of the trope and what they look like and where they would appear in a word. Then using a text of Torah that they are already familiar with (in this case, V'ahavta), explaining how to sing Torah trope. And the video is an audio recording of V'ahavta sung in Torah trope. [|Torah Trope Glog] IY

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This was created in toondoo. This could be used in any class to create cartoons either by or for the students. Students can show understanding of concepts by creating cartoons. Last year, my 6th grade class made cartoons of selected parshiot. Each group created one cartoon and the cartoons were compiled into a book. I could see having the students use this application instead or in addition. A teacher could use this to create cartoons to use as tools to help students learn any concept. YW

I created this poster on Glogster. I find this to be useful in a Hebrew class setting where I would always have on display the Hebrew letters, the sound they make, and how to write them in script. It is a good tool for the students to always refer to it when reading out loud or doing independent exercises! RR media type="custom" key="23603624"

Jewish Holidays - Elaine Lampert I used a “Poster” glog to make a poster about the Jewish calendar. I would use this to teach about the Hebrew months and when the holidays are. media type="custom" key="23604984"

Adara Brookler-Individualized Hebrew School Planner

I created a Glog that is individualized for a hypothetical student. In an ideal world where every student has some kind of device (computer, smartphone, ipad), teachers could create an individual plan for the day for each student that they could get to on these devices. Many hebrew schools are moving to a more individually paced format of hebrew school so making a glog for each student (which takes like five minutes) with what they are assigned to do for the day could help make a less chaotic classroom and a more sane hebrew school teacher! This could also be useful if a student misses class. instead of having to gather assignments AFTER class, the teacher can send this as soon as they know a student will miss class or has missed class.

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Josh Gischner -- Tanakh Graphic

I created a Glog-graphic which displays the different parts of the Hebrew Bible. I would use this in teaching when showing how large the Bible is and which Biblical characters fall under which book. I could see this graphic being used in most Religious School environments from grades three and up. As the students mature, they could learn more in depth information on this subject and still refer to the graphic while doing it.

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EK: I created a Glogster which I would use to teach about the Jewish call to action. In the videos presented, being called to action is depicted in very different ways. In the escalator video, if this happened in real life, the people would just walk up the escalator. The fact that they don’t walk up the escalator is like a spoof. I would want the student to reflect upon what the video is trying to say about taking responsibility. In the video about the college student who was diagnosed with cancer, I would want the students to reflect about what putting things off may look like in their own life and the fact that we all have the tendency to not appreciate our lives as much as we could. In the video about the young Jew who is talking to potential converts, I would want my students to reflect on what a call to action might mean for someone who is just beginning to be Jewish as opposed to someone who grew up Jewish. Is it the same call to action? What does an upstander mean to them in their own lives? In the video about the Ultra-Orthodox Jews who don’t support Israel, I would ask my students to think about how this kind of mentality may go in complete contradiction to taking responsibility and working on our collective peoplehood might offer. I would want them to think about why this relationship might exist. In the last video about the victims in Haiti, I would want my students to reflect on ways they can take more social action in their own lives in making this world a better place.

I would conclude the lesson by talking about the word for responsibility, Acher-ra-yoot, is like A-Z, Aleph to Tav, it covers all the ground in Hebrew. Responsibility I would teach them starts with the individual, the aleph. Then we are responsible for our brothers and sister, Aleph-Chet, Ah. Then the other, or Aleph-Chet-Raish or other. Then comes the Yud which means follow me. Acheri. Leadership means paving the way. But then comes the Vuv which is more about how being a leader also means connecting to the community on a broad sense. Sometime as leaders you have to also follow. Last in the word is the Tav, bringing us full circle with our leadership discussion. I would use these videos in a high school course on leadership and taking responsibility for our behaviors by being called to action.

@http://www.glogster.com/eliyahu/taking-responsibility-acher-ra-yoot/g-6ki1qcfqjtnvfi7ge8lpfpe

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