MORE MORE MORE!
The boys thrived. More content was covered, and it was covered well. We added five more tablets for the remaining boys to join the Chumash curriculum. They then wanted more subjects on the tablets! They became the troubleshooters, as they tweaked and added to the program. R’ Newman recorded additional content areas, including Sichos, Pirkei Avos and Navi. We discovered a hidden gem in this program. The tablets also enabled the children to work on the specific areas they were most challenged by. For example, one student had a hard time with the trup-- now he can sail through the translation, and replay the trup as many times as he needs. One student finds the translation challenging, so he can focus on that, without slowing the progress of his classmates.
Watch this video to see the tablets in action!
More Technology Developments
Open Camera Viewings
We initiated a little( huge) program called“ Open Camera Viewings.” Picture a football game being narrated play-by-play- except this time, it’ s a living, thriving Lamplighters classroom. We invite parents from a particular classroom to visit the school and watch their child’ s classroom- LIVEas Morah Rivkah narrates and explains what’ s happening in that class. The cameras move around the classroom, zoom into the intricacies, highlight social interactions and academic lessons- and parents are able to see, hear and understand what and why Lamplighters students do what they do. A Lamplighters classroom utilizes a unique model and it requires subtitles. The“ Open Camera Viewing” is where we make that happen. The turnout and response was absolutely incredible.
We’ re proud to have the level of transparency, confidence, quality learning and technology to truly bring our parents into the classroom and bring our unique model to life.
Looking to the Future: The Visible Classroom
Our technology library was established in honor of Reb Reuven ben Binyamin A” H Amrami
We at Lamplighters Yeshivah have already formed a lab school community that uses basic science( like Behavior Analysis and Montessori methodoly) for Jewish education. Most of the basic technology needed already exists-- what’ s missing is an open source community that links the science, technology and education. Lamplighters is ready to lead this community with the practical knowledge of what The Visible Classroom’ sscience and technology must be able to do and can furnish the labschool environment needed to perfect the technology and curriculum development process. This year, we received the seed money to kick start this revolutionary project.
Over 20 principals, educators and administrators from schools across the country choose Lamplighters Yeshivah to observe best practices as part of the Doctorate in Education program at Yeshiva University’ s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education & Administration.