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=Welcome to Gesher08=

Registration to the Gesher Social Network, a moderated network for Jewish Schools, Students and Teachers around the world, at [|http://gesher.ning.com] is by invitation only, in order to request an invitation the following information should be provided by mail to stsairi[at]gmail.com. **The subject line** of the mail should read **"Gesher student accounts"** The mail should include the following details:
 * **A list** including your Name email address, school name, address, email, website address, school principal's contact information
 * **students' screennames**, and email addresses

How to set up accounts
Once you receive invitations (can take up to 24 hours), you will be able to allow students to register for the site. Approval of registration should take no longer than 24 hrs. After which you and your students will be able to sign in and start "working"

Aims of this Wiki:

 * Planning a [|moderated online collaborative project space and Community] for students of different ages in Jewish Communities around the World. (possibly two seperate communities k4-6 k7-12)
 * To encourage a sense of world wide Jewish Community and Identity, to enable students in small communities to link up with others.
 * To introduce students in Israel to Jewish communities around the world.
 * To create a project which can cater to participants with varying levels of mastery of the English language.
 * The Student Project and Community Space**
 * Ning Moderated Network including**
 * Forums (including file upload)
 * Groups and group forums
 * Moderated Video sharing
 * Moderated Photo sharing
 * Music sharing
 * Personal Profile Page - customizable, includes blog, music player and message board (possibility of embedding outside content)


 * Participation (see here for information on how to join and set up student accounts)**
 * Teachers will join the Gesher Network at [|http://gesher.ning.com] in order to set up student accounts and class/collaborative project groups. (It is possible within the network to set up a group for a specific project between schools)
 * Teachers will also join Gesher08 wikispace in order to collaborate on Lesson Plans and idea sharing.
 * Project Ideas**
 * **Blogs can be used in different ways: in order to write about every day life, what they're learning in school, stories etc.**
 * Schools present different aspects of their communities using the text/media and tools of their choice
 * Various competitions around topics: creating a logo; story writing; comics; animation more...
 * Invited "Guest/expert" forum -

Student work will be posted/embedded/uploaded to the [|Gesher Network] to allow for feedback/conversation/discussion with other participants.
 * Possible subjects:**
 * book clubs, our community, village, school, synagogue, institutions, people, holidays and religious festivals, more....

> Schools, will upload and describe photos of their communities, institutions, jewish celebrations etc. > Other schools, will leave comments and questions.
 * Possible tools for presentation**: Click Here For Examples
 * 1) Discussion Forums
 * 2) Embedded Documents (link to be added)
 * 3) Photo Collections
 * 4) Podcasts (link to be added)
 * 5) Comics, animations, powerpoint presentations, (links to be added)
 * 6) Employ [|voicethread], as a userfriendly tool, which will allow various forms of asynchronic communication, photo, text, voice, sketch, (possibly video ).
 * 1) Students create **video tours** of their synagogues, communities, institutions, videos will be posted , in order to allow feedback (in various forms) from peers. Videos to be posted on dotsub.com or mojiti.com with **transcript**, to allow for translation.
 * 2) Interactive timelines, with embedded media and links, Circavie.com
 * 3) Interactive maps with embedded media and links, many possible applications to choose from