JWIT 2005
Judaic Web Institute for Teachers

Judaic Web Institute for Teachers 2005

June 19 - June 30 · Chicago, Illinois

We still have a few spots available.

The Judaic Web Institute for Teachers will be offered in the summer of 2005. The institute is specifically designed for teachers and administrators of Judaic Studies and Hebrew Language in Jewish Day Schools and other related programs.

You can access the online application here.

View or print the JWIT 2005 brochure.

The Judaic Web Institute for Teachers () will help participants create web-based learning materials that can be used by Judaic Studies students globally. Based on the highly successful University of Chicago Web Institute for Teachers program, JWIT will:

• Enable its participants to use the Web as an effective resource and medium for teaching and learning
• Create a national cohort of Judaic Studies educators who will work to integrate technology effectively into teaching and learning
• Produce Judaic Studies WebQuests that will be available for use in Judaic Studies programs world-wide (Click here to learn more about WebQuests.)

We encourage applications from pairs of teachers from day schools, where one member of the pair is a Judaic Studies teacher, and the other is a General studies teacher. Such pairing will allow greater linkages between General studies and Judaic studies, through technology. However, acceptance of any General studies teachers who apply as part of a pair will be contingent upon both members of the pair attending the Institute.

Click here to look at the JWIT 2003 website, including links to the schedule, a list of the participants and their projects, and some resources.

Sponsors

Morris and Rose Goldman Computer Department for Jewish Studies

JWIT is sponsored by the Associated Talmud Torahs ( ATT) of Chicago’s Morris and Rose Goldman Computer Department for Jewish Studies, the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora at Bar Ilan University in Israel, and the Walder Foundation for Learning and Development. Additional partners of the program are the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York and JESNA (Jewish Education Service of North America).

Participants will be technology-using teachers/administrators and librarians/media specialists in Judaic Studies programs located throughout North America.

The tuition for JWIT is covered by a grant from the sponsoring organizations. The conference fee of $350, travel to and from Chicago, and living expenses during the Institute will be the responsibility of the local community through their central agency and the schools employing the teachers.

Dates: June 19 ( 12 noon) – June 30, 2005 ( 1 pm).

Formal instruction: 9 am – 5 pm; Informal learning/practice: evenings

Classes will be held every day except for Shabbat.

Location: Classes will be held in the state-of-the-art Morris and Rose Goldman Teacher Training Lab located at the ATT in Chicago, Illinois.

Accomodations: Participants are responsible for making their own travel and hotel arrangements. The JWIT 2005 Brochure has additional information, or you can click here.

To Apply: Submit an online application; arrange to have a letter of recommendation sent to us, and meet certain prerequisites.

For more information: http://webinstituteforteachers.org/jwit or view the JWIT 2005 brochure.