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High Tech; Low Tech; No Tech

I love my digital toys.  I use at different times an iPhone, iPad, and laptop.  I’m going paperless at the office. I was an avid PC Magazine reader until it stopped publishing—ironically put out of business by the internet.  And so my eyes lit up when—reading the presentation schedule for an upcoming conference—I saw a session “Innovate or Die.”

Maybe Not So Easy: Technology and the GA

The General Assembly. Biden. Netanyahu. 4,000 Jewish professionals and lay leaders. High trief food options. Kippot at Café du Monde and on Bourbon St. Where to start? Most notable for me: technology was everywhere. From Shalom Sesame and the engagement of pre-schoolers, to teen programs, to engaging with marginally affiliated Jews in small communities, technology is in everyone’s solution set.

My Rewired Brain

My brain is getting rewired.  I can feel it. I’ve been testing an iPad—the office bought two for evaluation purposes.  As part of my test, I’ve been doing my newspaper reading—the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal—on the iPad.  I try to the papers (why do I call them “papers”?) before work, and then catch up on parts I missed when I get home.  (And, sometimes I skip the arts section, not to mention sports.) So how’s it going?  It’s changing the way I read the paper.  Here’s how:

Skype offering free trial of Virtual Classroom Environment

Teachers around the country seem excited about the potential to use Skype video calling technology to create virtual classrooms that can help offer families flexibility, increase learning time in the face of reduced class hours, reduce drive time to school, serve isolated communities, and personalize learning. And right now, Skype is offering a free trial of their new 10-way video calling feature. The new feature lets you connect with up to 9 other people to see and hear them all at once!

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