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Welcome to another new section of
TorahSchool.
Whether you already use
Limmudei Kodesh software in your school or are still thinking about
doing so and need some guidance, these pages will help you to become a
little more informed and better equipped to employ L.K. software in your
teaching.
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There is already a rich
base of software in the arena of Jewish Education. Indeed, the
packages continue to flow on to the market, providing schools with a
variety of products of increasing range and quality.
Nevertheless,
these products are generally designed without the specific needs of
particular schools in mind, with the result that their value and
usefulness in the classroom can be a bit ' hit or miss'.
Furthermore,
it is possible to fall into the trap of sitting pupils in front of these
colourful, tuneful programs without thoroughly investigating their
suitability for our needs, or asking where and how they will they fit
into our schemes of work and what contribution they will make towards
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Under Evaluating
Software, below, you will find a number of pages which contain
evaluation tasks. If you already have these packages on your
school's shelves you can work through the tasks in order to better
familiarise yourself with their content.
These tasks are
designed to guide you through the different programs with a critical
eye. You are prompted to question the products' educational
benefits both in general terms and in relation to your own needs and
goals.
You should develop a feel for this process that leads
you to begin asking questions of your own. In fact, even if
you do not have these particular programs it should be of some value
to read through these tasks in order to help you evaluate other
programs for yourself using similar critical approaches.
The Software
Reviews section will enable you to evaluate products'
potential benefits to you before you go out and buy them.
Resources
is a general listing of any
useful or interesting links which may help you to approach the
challenge of employing software in your teaching more confidently and
/ or effectively.
I hope you find these
pages helpful and wish you success in all of your teaching!
Evaluating Software
1. The Interactive Hagaddah - JeMM ( www.ejemm.com
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2. Living Jewish - UJIA
3. Arba'at Haminim The Four Kinds - AJE
4. Learn to learn Chumash - Davka
5. Hanukkah Activity Center - Davka
6. Let's Keep Kosher - TES
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Software
Reviews
1. Jbop Activity Centre
- JeMM
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Resources
1.
Software Evaluation Form
2.
JESNA.org
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Software
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