We call this section Reflective Pedagogy. It is designed to engage the learner and also increase the self-awareness of the teacher of his or her own relationship to technology, a key element to our most creative teaching. All the key tachlis texts below offer a straight path to your classroom, a ready made tool for immediate use. The symbol next to any unit indicates a suggested prelude of teacher self-exploration through journaling before engaging in a student-focused lesson.
Key Tachlis Texts:
- Tachlis text 1: The Fence
- Tachlis text 2: Personal Stances about Technology
- Tachlis text 3: Exploring Your Relationship to Technology
- Tachlis text 4: Reflective Questions Reprise
- Tachlis text 5: A Hasidic Tale of Two (No, Four!) Pockets
- Tachlis text 6: Expanding Your Relationship to Technology Story
- Tachlis text 7: A Digital Heshbon Ha’nefesh (Soul Inventory)
- Tachlis text 8: Six-word Novels about Technology
- Tachlis text 9: Our Inner World of Digital Traces
- Tachlis text 10: Elijah and the Digital Divide
- Tachlis text 11: The Miracles of Human and Digital Communication
- Tachlis text 12: Information in the Digital Age
- Tachlis text 13: Ahava Rabbah
- Tachlis text 14: Blessings for Being Made Free, an Israelite, and in God’s Image
- Tachlis text 15: On One Foot: The Heart of Text Me via Its Complicated: Scully and the Smart Phone
Enriched Curricular Units
There are three enriched curricular available on the website. In contrast to the other reflective pedagogy tools, these involve a longer block of time ranging from three to ten hours of learning time. The greater time commitment also means an opportunity to explore the topics more deeply.