My new gig has me working in Microsoft 365. I know this doesn’t make me unique: a quick Google suggests that over 1.3 million US companies use the product, so I know that my discomforts are due to being used to something else, as opposed to serious deficiencies in the product. Still, I’m finding it […]
Again, it’s time to make a change
My time at Hillel Yeshiva has come to an end. As of the new school year, I’ll be joining the team at the Yeshivah of Flatbush’s Joel Braverman High School.
Statistical musings on LeBron and the rest of the universe
I did some statistical analysis. Using Basketball Reference, I pulled the top-ten all-time NBA/ABA leaders in each of the following categories: I then analyzed the number of times players appeared on each list. For example, this graph shows the total number of times each player appeared in any position (1-10) on more than one of […]
A School Tech Director’s Response to the WWDC 2022 Keynote
I’m moving in order, using this summary at ZDNet as my guide, if you want to follow along. TL;DR: Freeform, Continuity Camera and iCloud Share Photo Libraries are exciting additions to Apple’s mature software platforms.
How to talk to GAM
An introduction to working with Google Admin Manager, a command-line interface to the Google Admin Console
Automating the sharing of Google Sheets data
We all know that we can share Google Sheets with people but, at least in my life, those people are often not regular spreadsheet users, so they aren’t comfortable opening a Google Sheet to look for updated data. For example, when we set up online forms (for event registration, lunch signup, etc), the parent volunteers […]
Students, not Technology
A short piece published in the November, 2012 issue of EdJewtopia, a monthly newsletter on complementary Jewish education published by PELIE, the Partnership for Effective Learning and Innovative Education. It followed up on a presentation I gave at Kadima South Florida, a conference on EdTech in Jewish Education they co-sponsored along with Avi Chai. When I work […]
Teaching Talmud with Technology
I just had a remarkable conversation with a remarkable teacher about the remarkable things he and his remarkable students are doing with remarkable tools at a remarkable school. Can I tell you about it? The class is Grade 9 Talmud and the school is, of course, Hillel. The teacher is Hillel’s Rabbinic Head, Chaim Albert, […]
A Case for Educational Technology
A short explanation of what I call “The Learning Equation,” inspired by Daphne Koller’s Death Knell for the Lecture: Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education, published in the New York Times on Dec 5, 2011.