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A Gardener’s Guide to Hebrew

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 18 of July, 2016

How a gardening fail showed me that the "best" way to teach Hebrew is just a wrong-headed notion.

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Fear and Loathing and Assessment

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 20 of June, 2016

The prospect of assessing a colleague’s work turns out to be just as uncomfortable for us as receiving assessments ourselves. Here are three tools to help us get rid of our sweaty palms and develop assessment practices that we're willing to use.

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Israel Education: Heroic Story or Honest Narrative?

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 16 of May, 2016

Ari Shavit says our kids feel they've been told a false story about Israel--and that we did it. Now what?

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Textbooks? We Don't Make Those Any More

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 13 of April, 2016

Don't use textbooks? That's ok--we don't make those anymore..

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#Blogelul Day 15, LEARN

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 10 of September, 2014

What is neuroscience telling us now about how we learn?

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Which is More Important, Questions or Answers? Rabbis Tarfon and Akiva Reframed

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 11 of August, 2014

What would Rabbi Akiva say? Are answers more important, or are questions?

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What if the Ten Commandments were Ten Essential Questions?

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 05 of August, 2014

What happens when we consider the Ten Commandment as Ten Questions instead?

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A Bridge from Experience to Meaning

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 10 of June, 2014

What can we do when experience alone is not enough for real learning?

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Have You Thanked A Teacher Today?

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 06 of May, 2014

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. Cynthia Ozick

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#BlogElul 2013 Day 29, Return

Written by Vicki Weber, RJE, 04 of September, 2013

Returning refreshed from #Blogelul

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