What if Technology, Just…Vanished???
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View ArticleLearning to Teach with Encrypted or Discrete Messages
By Yonatan Gordon From the times of Abraham and his Kabbalistic work Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation), the teachings of Kabbalah were passed from teacher to student in complete secret; only a...
View ArticleNine Steps Toward Engaging a Community of Readers
By Yonatan Gordon This article began as a free PDF document sent to the editors and publishers of Jewish publications. Now over four years later, we have expanded it to serve as a supplementary piece...
View ArticleEngaging a Community of Online Learners
Photo Credit: Chezky Altein (2008) of Mendel Piekarski, from Bogota Colombia (Chabad Shluchim Online School Session) By Yonatan Gordon Probably the most basic step toward engaging a learning community...
View ArticleWelcoming All Students to Swim Through the “Water World” of Torah
Photo Credt: SETI.org By Yonatan Gordon Teachers who thought maintaining classroom management in person, now have a new challenge before them. How can a teacher properly manage a community of online...
View ArticleClosing the Teacher-Student Feedback Loop
Photo Credit: doverbroecks.com By Yonatan Gordon In our previous article, we gave some tips for how teachers can formulate a discussion that engages all students. While the details should be conveyed,...
View ArticleTen-Fold Model for Educating and Engaging Teens
Photo Credit: Chabad.org By Yonatan Gordon We mentioned before that a good teacher learns how to include and engage all his students in the class discussion. Now we can we can begin constructing a...
View ArticleDoes the Success of the “Cheetah Chases Impala into Car” Video Convey a...
With well over three million views in a day, the YouTube video “Cheetah Chases Impala Antelope Into Tourists on Safari,” has become one of the fastest growing viral videos. But while watching the...
View ArticleHow do you design a social environment for breakthrough innovation?
The answer I wrote to this question on Quora: Your question seems to relate to the interplay between the individual and the society, or the initial flashes of insights from the inventor, and then the...
View ArticleThe Kabbalah of Educational Workshops
I mentioned to the staff at the 3D Factory in Jaffa that I would try and put some thoughts together related to their business model, so here goes! The idea of educational events—scheduled to begin at...
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