by Ari Yares | Apr 18, 2013 | 21st Century Learning
In an era where we are supposed to be promoting the use of technology, I have to admit that there is one tech tool that I just see as overused and poorly applied. It’s PowerPoint.When I taught instructional technology at Temple University, I devoted a few...
by Ari Yares | Apr 15, 2013 | School Leadership, School Psychology
It has been five years since I last touched a WISC kit or any other testing kit. No, this is not my introduction to a school psychologists’ anonymous meeting, but rather a reflection on the biggest change that I have undergone since handing in my testing kits...
by Ari Yares | Apr 12, 2013 | Design Thinking, Jewish Day School, Schechter School of Long Island
A colleague of mine once referred to tefillah as the third rail of Jewish education. As irreverent as this may sound, it stemmed from a deep-seated concern that as Jewish educators we struggle with this area of the day school experience, not because it is not...
