I’m sitting in a pizza joint in Palm Beach International, waiting for my flight to the frozen tundra of southern New Jersey. Why would I, a 17 year resident of tropical Florida be braving the Arctic cold of the North East? What would have prompted me to purchased a down jacket – my first since the 1970s? There’s only one answer: looking for tomorrow, today.
I’m on my way to the Jewish Educators Assembly Conference, called “From Sinai to Cyberspace: Exploring the Impact of Technology on Jewish Education”. The Conservative movement (like the Reform next week) is embarking on a journey to investigate the interface between digital learning and Torah. We educators know that something must change. We also know that the process of re-visioning Jewish learning is well on its way. We are in the midst of learning how these Jetson-like tools can work for us today.
I plan on blogging the conference, sharing with you my thoughts, impressions, questions, and maybe even gossip and trivia, if anything pops up. I’ll also be tweeting my experiences at #jea59 (as well as #jed21). If you can’t be with me, freezing your tuches off, at least you can vicariously experiencing how today we take our steps, virtual and real, into the future.
- Bringing the Sand Home – Take Aways From the RealSchool Summer Sandox - July 22, 2013
- Playing in the Sand: Getting Ready for the RealSchool Summer Sandbox - July 7, 2013
- Swimming Lessons - March 4, 2013