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Use Wordle to Create Vocabulary Word Lists for Torah Study

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Wordle is an amazing tool that I have used in the graphic design part of my life…I didn’t realize that it had great applications for education as well. Wordle creates word clouds based on word usage frequency in a body of text. All you need to do is paste in the text and click “Go” to create [...]

OpenSim – Potentially a Better Option for Virtual Education

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I recently tried Second Life as part of a course I am taking on Educational Technology and, although I felt that the whole thing was very weird, immediately saw the benefits for education. I did, however, feel that the dangers and shortcomings outweighed them and therefore wrote Second Life as an educational tool. Until today… [...]

Wikis and Differentiated Instruction

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I don’t really use Wikis in my classroom. In fact, for a while, I couldn’t understand the hype about their application for education; and then it hit me, most of the educators I interact with (online) teach large groups of students spread out into multiple class groups. This type of set-up is an amazing opportunity [...]

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