Sharefest from the Social Media Boot Camp for Educators

1. SHAREFEST!
Social Media Boot Camp for Jewish
Educators, 2012-13
June 5, 2013

2. American Jewish University
facebook.com/educationmasters.AJU
Miriam Heller Stern and Millie M. Wexler

5. Temple Sinai, Denver
Michelle Schwartz, Mindy Neel and Carly Coons

6. Edah, Wendy Kenin

7. Darim Online Social Media Bootcamp for Educators
RAVSAK Team:
Dr. Idana Goldberg, RAVSAK, Associate Executive Director
Darone Ruskay, RAVSAK, Director of Digital Strategy
Lisa Breslau, RAVSAK Board Member
Kim Cavallo, RAVSAK Lay Leader
Coach: Lisa Colton
I. Goals of Darim Project
II: What did we try?
III. What did we learn?
IV. Next Steps

8. Design Thinking
Discovery
Interpretation
Ideation
ExperimentationEvolution
http://www.designthinkingforeducators.com/ Presentation by: Sarah R. Blattner
Professional
Development
Initiative

9. Discovery: Define Challenge
•Goal-oriented: What will your work produce? Where
do you expect to get at the end of this process?
How might we…?

10. Iterations of PJA Challenge Question...
•How can we leverage social media to enhance student learning and
engagement across the curriculum?
•How can PD support teachers in their integration of social media in
classroom instruction?
•How can we use Social Media to promote sharing and professional
development among our teachers? (similar to what we saw
happening at the Gottlieb Academy)
•How do we help teachers learn about using Social Media options that
are appropriate for their students? (not sure how much is out there;
would require our group to do the research and then share our
findings/ideas with our colleagues)?

11. Interpretation: Survey Faculty
•No surprises
•Time huge challenge
•Willing to do something online
•Wide interests in professional development topics
•One size does not fit all
•BYOD on everyone’s radar—need to explore
•Need leadership
•Lots of varying opinions about equipment
•We must model lifelong learning and make time

12. Final Essential Question
How might we support teachers in
professional development on our
journey towards digital age teachers
and learners?

13. Ideation

14. Resources & Citations
Design Thinking for Educators
http://www.designthinkingforeducators.com/

15. Congregation Shearith Israel
Gail Mizrahi