I hate "red-eye" flights - with a passion!!
I will do everything that I can to avoid them but with a packed schedule, sometimes there is just no choice - Ya gotta fly at night. When that happens, the reason for the journey had better be worth it. Well, as I write this post at 3 AM on a Jet Blue flight back to Los Angeles from New York, I am happy to say that it really, really was.
I was at a CIJE sponsored training session on an amazing educational app called Ji Tap. Made by the folks over at Jewish Interactive (http://jewishinteractive.org), teaming up with the people at Tiny Tap (http://www.tinytap.it) Jewish Educators and students can now create quality interactive games, digital story books, puzzles, quizzes and interactive presentations - all with Jewish graphics and fonts. The part that absolutely blew me away was how amazingly easy it was to use. On my first use of the app, I had created my very own Jewish themed, fully interactive e-Book in under 3 minutes!!! - REALLY!!
Rather than spend a bunch of words to explain, you just need to watch this short, one minute video.
Now, wait.... THERE IS MORE!!! (I feel like a TV-Infomercial announcer!!)
Not only can you create amazing content! Not only can you have your students create content!! Not only can use other people's created content (when they share it) but the folks at Jewish Interactive have added a platform to push out these creations and track the answers/data for FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS!!! Yes, you heard right - it tracks individual's responses as they play each game, read each book, answer each quiz and match each answer. And if that weren't enough, it reports the data back to the teacher on a well designed student achievement dashboard!
So, if you are a Jewish Day School teacher or a Congregational Supplementary/Complementary teacher, you need to stop what you are doing and download this app!
I have to sign off now as there is turbulence and the pilot has turned on the fasten seat belts light. Did I mention how much I hate turbulence? Sigh...
As always, I solicit your comments on the blogsite.
Yossie
P.S. For CIJE schools, if you would like more information, please contact Faigy Ravitz, Technology Integration Specialist, at fr@thecije.org
Hi Yossie-
ReplyDeleteThe assessment and data piece is not yet available- you might want to note that Coming in the Fall….etc… (that is a guestimate)