Past Gigs — Batsheva Frankel

Partial List of Workshops, Speaking and Teaching Engagements

Professional development workshops and keynotes

The following is a partial list of the conferences and speaking engagements where I have presented either online or in person in the US and internationally (see below).

Not included on this list: From March 2020 through March 2023 I have given over 150 online workshops and courses to schools and organizations all over the US.

In the US:

The Well (part of the Jewish Education Project), 2024

Supporting Students in Owning & Expressing Their Learning

NewCAJE 2023 - Montclair, New Jersey

Lenses of Questioning 2.0
Activating Big Ideas
Creative and Authentic Assessments

YULA Boys and Girls High School - Los Angeles, CA

Robo-Teachers Unite: Making AI Work for Us

NewCAJE 2022 - Virtual Conference

The Secret Power of Story Framing
Learn and Take - Lessons to take home: T’shuvah with my Dor L’Dor Delivery partners Sandra Lilienthal and Sari Kopitnikoff

NewCAJE 2021 - Virtual Conference

Lenses of Questioning 2021
Beyond Padlet: How Wakelet and Storyboard Will Rock Your In-Person or Remote Classes

Deeper Learning 2021 - Virtual Conference

If You Build It, They Will Play: Critical Thinking Games - 41/2 hour Deep Dive

Beyond Multiple Choice 2021 - Virtual Conference

Game-Based Assessments

JEA Days of Learning - Virtual 2021

Battle of the Big Ideas: Tanach and Tefillah
Creative and Authentic Assessments

ISTE 2020 - Virtual Conference

Gamifying Humanities: Battle of the Big Ideas

Soundtrap EDU with Matt Miller 2020

Using Improv and Theater Techniques to Unleash Creativity

Watch my session with Matt Miller and Natasha Jain here.

NewCAJE Summer of Learning 2020 - Virtual Conference

Creating Engaging Online Lessons with Easy Tech Tools
Deeper Learning with Padlet
Creating Classroom Community Online and On Site

GameLevelLearnCon2 - Los Angeles, CA:

If You Build It, They Will Play: Deeper Learning Games

Dynamic Engagement Conference – Denver, CO:

Keynote workshop - Bringing Judaism to Life with Active Learning
Icebreakers and Community Makers
Relationships, Engagement and Other Keys to Successful Classroom Management

GameLevelLearnCon18 – Los Angeles, CA:

· Battle of the Big Ideas: Gamifying History and Humanities

· Real Game Changers: Critical Thinking Games

Hebrew Union College – MaED program, Los Angeles, CA:

· Using Games and Gamification Effectively

Deeper Learning Conference - San Diego, CA:

· Lenses of Questioning

California Association for the Gifted Conference - San Diego, CA:

· Lenses of Questioning

American Jewish University, MaED and MAT programs –Los Angeles, CA:

· Lenses of Questioning

· Using Filmmaking to Find Meaning

· Game-Changers: Using and Creating Effective Games

· Experiential and Active Learning

Consortium of Jewish Day Schools - Orlando, FL:

· A Part, Not Apart: Using Technology to Connect Communities

Consortium of Jewish Day Schools – Seattle, WA:

· Lenses of Questioning

Consortium of Jewish Day Schools – Rochester, NY:

· Lenses of Questioning

Ascending the Mountain - Builders of Jewish Education, Los Angeles, CA:

· Game-Changers: Creating Effective Games to Promote Higher Order Thinking

NewCAJE10 – Portland, OR

· Lenses of Questioning parts 1 and 2

· Giving Props to Torah study session

· PBL and Pesach

· Tackling T’fillah

NewCAJE 9 - Hartford, CT:

· Ice-Breakers and Community Makers

· Lenses of Questioning

· More Good Questions: Integrating Lenses of Questioning with Technology

· Ve-etchanan: Fate, Free Will, Miracles and Murder

NewCAJE 8 – Moraga, CA:

· Teacher’s Toolkit: Putting it All Together

· Good Questions Are the Answer: Lenses of Questioning

· God and Other Big Ideas

NewCAJE 7- Napperville, IL

· Game-Changers: Using and Creating Effective Games

· Teaching Parashat HaShavuah: Creating Experiences that Make the Text Come Alive

· Lenses of Questioning

· Reimaging Your Religious School

NewCAJE 6 – Hartford, CT

· Hey, What’s the Big Idea? Innovative Tools to Engage Teens in Important Issues

· Creating Critical Thinkers: Learn about the Lenses of Questioning

· Will the Real PBL Please Come Forward

NewCAJE 5 – Los Angeles, CA

· What’s So Jewish About Project Based Learning?

· Using Filmmaking to Find Meaning

· Exploring Enduring Understandings Through Interactive Experiences

NewCAJE 4- Dudley, MA

· Hey, What’s the Big Idea? Innovative tools to engage teens in important issues

· Exploring Enduring Understandings Through Inter-Active Experiences

· Creating Connections to Jewish Text

Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School – San Diego, CA:

· Integrating Technology to Enhance Not Overwhelm

International:

Deeper Learning China - Virtual Conference for over 250 educators in Shanghai in December, 2020

Creating Critical Thinking Games

Limmud Festival 2018 (UK) – Invited International Presenter - Birmingham, England

· Lenses of Questioning

Investment in You – Teacher Development Day – London, England

· Tackling T’fillah

· Creating Lasting Connections to Sacred Writings: Text Activators

The Movement for Reform Judaism -London, England:

· Keynote Speaker: Questions for Critical Thinking

· Engaging Students Through Critical Thinking Games

The Movement for Reform Judaism -Manchester, England:

· Keynote Speaker: Questions for Critical Thinking

· Engaging Students Through Critical Thinking Games

Career Link (Educators from Japan training in Los Angeles /Zoom meetings from Japan):

· Lenses of Questioning

· Teacher’s Toolkit

Judaic talks, scholar in residence and classes:

Shabbat UK at Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation – Edinburgh, Scotland (2019) – Scholar in Residence

Dinner Drash: Judaism- What’s a Smart Woman Like Me Doing in a Religion Like This?
Family Learning: Megilat Ester Torahgami
Lunch Drash: Love is in the Details – V’yechel/Pekudai
Seudah Shlesheet: Storytelling Tish

University of Edinburgh Jewish Students’ Society :

Shame and Blame: Torah and Social Media – An interactive text study shiur that addresses issues with social media using the tools of Torah.

Limmud Festival 2018 (UK) – Invited International Presenter, Birmingham, England

· Giving Benefit of Doubt: The Game Show

· Family Game Changer: Workshop for Families

· Toraghami and Tequila

Pico Shul (Los Angeles)

Rosh Hashana 2019: The 10-Day Gratitude Challenge
Yom Kippur 2019: Why Bother?
Rosh Hashana 2018: Sometimes it’s a Little Bit Country, and Sometimes it’s a Little Bit Rock and Roll
Yom Kippur 2018: Ideas on Teshuva to Reflect on from Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Shavuot 2018: God’s WAZE
Rosh Hashana 2017: Becoming the Person I Could Have Been
Yom Kippur 2017: All for One and One for All
Shavuot 2016: Shame and Blame: Torah and Social Media
Rosh Hashana 2016: Our Job Interview for the Coming Year
Yom Kippur 2016: Start Building
Rosh Hashana 2015: Our Cosmic Job Review
Yom Kippur 2o15: A Journey with Avinu/Malkeinu
Shavuot 2015: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Yom Kippur 2014: Jonah’s Guide to Meaningful and Meditative Prayer
Shavuot 2014: Hearing Oneness