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Lessons from the Campfire: What Jewish Camps and Day Schools Can Learn from Each Other

Jewish education is a dynamic field with a singular mission: to nurture engaged, knowledgeable, and connected Jewish individuals. Yet,...

The Power of the "Magic Third": Unlocking Transformational Change in Jewish Day Schools

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The Power of the "Magic Third": Unlocking Transformational Change in Jewish Day Schools

In Jewish day schools and organizations, we are accustomed to thinking in terms of the whole: whole organization improvement, whole-child...

Quarterbacks, Teachers, and College – Finding the Hidden Potential Everywhere

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Quarterbacks, Teachers, and College – Finding the Hidden Potential Everywhere

In both a piece for The New Yorker and his book Outliers, author Malcom Gladwell defined what he calls “the quarterback problem.” He...

Personalized Learning with ChatGPT and AI: Empowering Students for Success

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Personalized Learning with ChatGPT and AI: Empowering Students for Success

Note: In the midst of the summer craziness, I chose to rely on ChatGPT as my intern for this blog. ChatGPT drafted it, and I made only...

Emotional Intelligence in the World of AI

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Emotional Intelligence in the World of AI

In a TED Talk called “How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education,” Saul Khan (the founder of Khan Academy) states “The most powerful use...

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Assessment in the World of AI

Edtech expert Jon Neale shared, “ChatGPT is the worst version of this technology we will ever have.” With that in mind, when we think...

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Our Responsibility towards Ethical AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) may or may not be the cause of human extinction sometime in the distant (or not so distant) future. Much has...

Key Principles for Integrating AI into Your Lessons

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Key Principles for Integrating AI into Your Lessons

It seems like every day there is a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool out there, just waiting to be used and integrated into the...

There is No New Thing Under the Sun – Including with AI

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There is No New Thing Under the Sun – Including with AI

“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under...

Ethical Integration of AI: Asking all the Questions

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Ethical Integration of AI: Asking all the Questions

I like to ask a lot of questions. One of my core values is curiosity, and I lean into that heavily, believing that embodying flexibility...

Putting the AI into Your EducAtIonal Philosophy

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organizational operations

Putting the AI into Your EducAtIonal Philosophy

I want to be very clear – you need an educational philosophy. Both you, as an educator and/or leader of an educational organization, and...

Using AI to Redefine what Education Could (and Should) Be

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Using AI to Redefine what Education Could (and Should) Be

I was on the committee for technology integration at my school from 2007-2010 when “bring your own device” was being explored, and we...

Embracing AI into Our Lives (Because it’s Already There)

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Embracing AI into Our Lives (Because it’s Already There)

In his book Start with Why, Simon Sinek discusses The Law of Diffusion of Innovation. He breaks the population into five groups, from...

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organizational operations

Is ChatGPT “Intelligent”?

With the word “intelligence” literally in its name, the question has to be asked – just how “intelligent” is AI? And what is...

How to Not Be Kodak…and Some other Questions Related AI

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How to Not Be Kodak…and Some other Questions Related AI

I’m not an early adopter. I’m just not. I hate change, and, yet, I recognize the need and the benefits – so I approach very cautiously...

Futures Futures Futures: Reflections on the Prizmah Conference

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Futures Futures Futures: Reflections on the Prizmah Conference

Two weeks ago, the great city of Denver (proud Colorado native here) hosted the bi-annual Prizmah conference, welcoming over 1000 leaders...

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