Take-away Ideas from TTF

There are so many take-away ideas that TTF has provided me, and I am so grateful to have had this experience. I think the overall thing I am coming away with is a deeper appreciation for the importance of integrating technology into Jewish education, and perhaps more importantly how much easier it is to do so than I had expected, and how many more ways there are to do so than I expected.
Learning about the different tools, websites & resources had been invaluable but even more so has been the sharing of ideas. Each kind of technology we learned about - each website, each modality - has sparked so many ideas in me that I am excited to bring to my school, teachers & students. I am so looking forward to seeing how much more our students will enjoy learning with the added fun and creativity that these technology tools and resources will provide us/them. I know that this experience has changed my approach to teaching as I will now always be thinking about how we can weave technology into what we are teaching/doing.
My initial goals going forward are twofold: one is to encourage, teach & empower our teachers so that they can meet the expectation I will now have to see technology integrated into our lessons & classrooms. The second is to create a wikispace for the school to act as a hub for all of our teachers, students, parents, and the wider community and to link all of the technology tools & experiences of the coming year to one place. I'm really looking forward to seeing this come to fruition and to sharing it with the parents, students and community - I think everyone is going to be really excited about it!