The document discusses how the primary goal of Jewish learning today should be to reawaken the Jewish habit of building connections between Jews and other Jews, Jews and non-Jews, and pieces of Jewish knowledge. It suggests using social media to help build these connections by empowering students, teachers, and families to share what they've learned through blogs, podcasts, videos, and other online platforms. A list of recommended social media and educational technology tools is provided.

1. Rabbi Arnold D. Samlan
www.JewishConnectivity.com
@JewishConnectiv

2.  Opinion: The primary goal of Jewish learning today is
to reawaken the Jewish habit of mind of building
connections
◦ between Jew and Jew
◦ between Jew and non-Jewish family members
◦ between Jew and non-Jewish friends and neighbors, sharing
in Jewish experiences
◦ between bits (and bytes) of Jewish knowledge and wisdom
◦ between bits (and bytes) of Jewish knowledge and wisdom
and the knowledge and wisdom of our friends and
neighbors and their cultural and spiritual heritages
◦ Between Jew & Jew and between Jew and non-Jewish family
members

3.  What do you want to be connected with?
 What do you want your students to be
connected with?
 What do you want families to be connected
with?

4.  Social Media Revolution
 Teacher Learning example: @JewishConnectiv

5.  Martin J. Gottleib Day School Blogs
 Somers school podcasts
 Podcast from BBYO & Jewish Connectivity
 MetroWest Jewish Day School Hebrew Rap
 USY Tefillin Video

6.  Blogger (www.blogger.com) – Basic, simple to use site to set up blogs
 Kidblog (www.kidblog.org) – Basic, simple to use site for children’s and class blogs
 Edublog (www.edublog.org) – Basic simple to use site for children’s and class
blogs
 Poll Everywhere (www.polleverywhere.com) – Great site to have kids answer
questions or vote in class
 Animoto (www.animoto.com) – Simple site to create short videos
 Twitter (www.twitter.com) – Great for short conversations, teacher learning,
following smart people to see what they’re doing. Once you set up the account on
the site, use another site, such as TweetDeck or Hootsuite to actually manage it
 Google Maps and Google Earth (www.google.com) – How you really want to teach
geography
 You Tube (www.youtube.com) – Great site to find educational videos and to post
your own
 Wordle (www.wordle.net) – Make word pictures out of documents, stories, etc. Try
it, you’ll be hooked
 Skype (www.skype.com) – Great way to bring guests to your class without
transportation costs
 Podomatic (www.podomatic.com) – Good tool to create and post podcasts
 …and of course, Facebook (www.facebook.com)

7.  How will YOU empower your students to
share what they’ve learned using the power
of social media?