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No magic bullet: Technology has much to offer in the classroom, but it can’t fix everything
Jewish Journal
October 20, 2014
I’m sold on technology in the classroom. I really am. I mean, books, paper and pens are a form of technology — they’re just a comparatively inert and messy form.
Passover: Touching Liberation
David Suissa
April 9, 2014
As we were developing the cover story for this year’s Passover issue —“Are we e-slaves?”— I couldn’t help thinking about a little girl in Israel, Amit, who suffers from a neurodevelopmental disorder called Rett syndrome.
Will LAUSD’s iPad upgrade work?
Sam Gliksman
September 24, 2013
The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest public school district in the United States, has approved a plan that will provide every K-12 student and teacher in Los Angeles with an iPad by fall 2014.
Technology makes education omnipresent
Jewish Journal
June 19, 2013
There was a time when students at Temple Israel of Hollywood Day School took annual fieldtrips to Spanish missions in California and wrapped up the experience with a final product that may seem as old-fashioned as the structures themselves — a written report.
App to track Obama’s Israel visit
Jewish Journal
March 11, 2013
Israel\’s Prime Minister\’s Office launched an app to follow President Obama\’s visit in real time.
With an eye on Twitter, StandWithUs releases app for pre-fab pro-Israel messages
Jonah Lowenfeld
May 1, 2012
To celebrate the 64th anniversary of Israel’s founding, StandWithUs released a new social media application that the pro-Israel educational nonprofit hopes will help expand its impact on Twitter and Facebook.
Coming to a seder near you: A haggadah on your iPad
Jonah Lowenfeld
April 4, 2012
This Passover, Jews can still reliably be called “the people of the book.” If sales of newly published versions of the haggadah are any indication, on the first night of Passover, when it comes time to tell the story of the Exodus, most people sitting at seder tables will be holding in their hands a text that consists of printed words and images on paper.
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