iJED 2014

Untitled1This week is a big week for MJGDS Faculty being honored by their participation in national conversations and conferences!

Liat Walker spent time this week in New Jersey participating in a new “iTal AM” think-tank as recognition of our school’s leading role in thinking about 21st century learning.  Andrea Hernandez will be co-presenting on Friday at NAIS about the role of 21st century learning and the teaching of empathy – which came directly from people and conversations from last year’s edJEWcon.  And Andrea will be at iJED as part of the MJGDS team representing our ongoing interests in the future of edJEWcon.  Shana Gutterman has been invited to present at this year’s iJED (the national conference that includes the Schechter Network [see below]) about the work she has been doing with Jewish Interactive in the creation of the amazing “Whack-A-Haman” app that our Middle School helped produce and is now available at all the app stores.  And Talie Zaifert and I co-facilitated a PEJE Webinar on Tuesday about the role of social media in retention and recruitment!  And Karin Hallett had an article accepted in an upcoming publication from Lookstein about the changing role of libraries and the new ways we need to teach students information literacy.

Congratulations to them and to all of us for creating an environment that encourages experimentation and continues to lead the field!  That’s quite a week!

I want to spend just a few more moments talking about iJED…

What’s “iJED”?

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So what’s iJED?

As you can see, it should be something very special!

And as always, you can expect me to be tweeting and utilizing all kinds social media to share our experiences.  The hashtag for the conference will be #ijed14.  I look forward to reflecting on my experience (which I am so pleased to be sharing with Shana and Andrea) upon my return.  I am confident that it will be a conference unlike any other and that there will be lasting impact on our school…and most importantly, our teachers and students.

Author: Jon Mitzmacher

Dr. Jon Mitzmacher is the Head of the Ottawa Jewish Community School. Jon is studying to be a rabbi at the Academy for Jewish Religion and is on the faculty of the Day School Leadership Training Institute (DSLTI) as a mentor. He was most recently the VP of Innovation for Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools.  He is the former Executive Director of the Schechter Day School Network.  He is also the former head of the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School, a K-8 Solomon Schechter, located in Jacksonville, FL, and part of the Jacksonville Jewish Center.  He was the founding head of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Las Vegas.  Jon has worked in all aspects of Jewish Education from camping to congregations and everything in between.

3 thoughts on “iJED 2014”

  1. I look forward to ‘hearing’ all about #ijed14. It is interesting that they are using a ‘flipped’ model – conference outside the box!
    Congratulations to you and all the staff from MJGDS that is attending the conference, presenting and learning. And congratulations on all the other achievements, the highest of which is simply teaching children.

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