WikiParshia+Assignment

Building A WikiParshia Book - a Hands-On Workshop Reuven Werber - reuw@macam.ac.il

CAJE Conference - ** 8/12/2008 Tuesday 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM - ** Votey 205
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WikiParshia Resource Page

Project Goals-

 * Become acquainted with Wealth of Online Torah
 * Learn How to Search for Online Torah
 * Read Torah & Preserve Bibliographic Information
 * Learn How to Read Torah, Summarize and Choose Appreciated Torah
 * Relate Torah to Your Life
 * Share your Torah Insights with Others (Online)
 * Initiate and Carry on Torah Dialogue Online
 * Express Torah Ideas Artistically (Web 2.0 Multimedia tools)
 * Participate in Creating Torah Project (WikiParshia Book)

= Project Instructions  =

(See example of NC Hebrew Parsha Project Page)  * >                                         
 * Choose Parshia (Torah Portion) with Partner (prior knowledge of parshiot recommended - [|to Parshia summaries] ) - choosing what interests you as a team!
 * Enter team members' names next to your Parshia on the Parshia Page.
 * How to write on your wiki page. (Wiki Help [|handout].)

Search for online Parshia lessons: 1. Open Search (Google – Yahoo, etc.) 2. Locate parshia depositories (according to denomination, personality, etc. and local search. (Use WikiParshia Tags in Delicious - http://del.icio.us/tag/wikiparshia)    3. Customized Search engine –      *  Torah Search Engine - http://4torah.com/          * NC Parsha search -    [|http://www.google.com/coop/cse ?cx=004660615657422669417 %3Agta4-u9ph1g]  media type="custom" key="882723"
 * (Create Customized Search engine)

Find 2-3 Divrei Torah on your Parshia and write the bibliographic information for each Dvar Torah on your wiki page.


bibliographic information:
 * Name of the Website where the DT appears (i.e. Virtual Bet Medrash, etc.)
 * Name of the Author of the DT
 * Title of the DT
 * Date of Publication of DT
 * Web Address (URL) of the DT
 * Short Abstract of DT (a few sentences)

==Choose a Dvar Torah about your Parshia which is meaningful to you. Write the Bibliographic Information about it along with __a detailed summary__ of its content (200-300 words). == Write your discussion of this Dvar Torah especially with regard to the ideas expressed in the DT in relation to you, your feelings, your family or friends, etc.   Add two questions or discussion points about the Parshia to which you would like visitors to your page to relate. These questions can serve as a basis for a dialogue between your readers and you on the discussion area of your wiki.  <span style="color: rgb(21, 24, 224)"> <span style="color: rgb(25, 38, 230)">Add an original artistic expression of your ideas or feelings about the Parshia (picture, song, video clip, narration, etc.) You can use these sites for help:

<span style="color: rgb(40, 29, 226)"><span style="color: rgb(24, 26, 226)">Visit the //Discussion// area of the Parshia pages of two of your classmates and give feedback about their Parshia page. Make the feedback "meaningful" not just "polite". However, make your remarks constructive not insulting. Try to relate to the questions they have raised on their pages. = <span style="display: block; color: rgb(49, 0, 255); text-align: left">   =
 * [|YouTube]
 * [|Flickr]
 * [|Animoto]
 * [|Voicethread]
 * [|Voki]
 * [|Mixbook]

See: "[|Journey to the Drasha Project" - Itim Foundation](in Ivrit) for an idea for a parsha project curriculum. rss url="http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/wikiparshia" link="true" description="true" number="10" ||