by Ari Yares | Dec 19, 2012 | Design Thinking, Jewish Day School
I just watched a Ted Talk by Ben Saunders which concluded with his plans for an upcoming Antarctic expedition on foot. He detailed his experiences doing things that most of us probably wouldn’t even dream about.Watching this talk was inspiring. Now let’s...
by Ari Yares | Dec 19, 2012 | Jewish Day School
In getting ready for my trip to London to attend World ORT’s Wingate Seminar on instructional technology, I thought about a number of things to make sure that I was prepared for the trip. I checked the weather to ensure that I had packed the right kind of...
by Ari Yares | Dec 5, 2012 | Crisis Management, Jewish Day School
Fire drills are one of those necessary evils of school administration. In the jurisdictions that I’ve worked, they have been legally required and it can be a struggle to squeeze the appropriate number in each school year. It’s not that I’m opposed to...
by Ari Yares | Nov 14, 2012 | Jewish Day School
With the start of this week, I have officially entered my post-Sandy life. A little more than a week ago, I was beginning think that the end of days was approaching or at least a recreation of the 10 plagues. After all, between the hurricane, the snow storm, the...
by Ari Yares | Oct 21, 2012 | 21st Century Learning, Jewish Day School, Schechter School of Long Island
I saw a lot of silos last week. It probably had something to do with the fact that I was on a 6th grade trip through Pennsylvania Dutch Country, but I wasn’t just noticing the silos on the outside of our bus. We have plenty of silos inside of our schools, too....
