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		<title>The Linkerview: Booth babes? Really??</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[...“We were surprised by how many people came to talk to the booth babes about the products, choosing them over the company representatives wearing formal company tags. Not to mention the sheer number of people standing around just gawking at them.
You know, we invested a lot of energy thinking about ways to attract people to the booth. CES is a large event and we had to compete for visitors’ attention. The Kinect is famous enough for people to look us up, but it turns out all you really need is a couple of models and you’ve got people crowding around you all the time. People walk for miles in such shows. There is so much to see. They stop where they see something nice, pretty, and attractive. Apparently that’s all you need, no special effects”...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=1035&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Linkerview: The Path to Publishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“...if you love something and you are passionate about doing it – you should do it. Don’t let the rejections and setbacks along the way slow you down. Each of us is making a personal journey. I realized my capacity for handling rejection so I chose my path. You should choose yours. Whether luck played a part in it shouldn’t make a difference”.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=1028&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Linkerview: Abusing the Holocaust Memory</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week my friend, Vincent Mespoulet, a history teacher in France and the founder of "Hors Les Murs" (School beyond Walls, an international online education community), posted a link to a Le Monde article on his wall. It was a news item dealing with the Jewish orthodox demonstration in Jerusalem, which used the yellow star of David as a tool to express their feelings: “A demonstration shocks Israel”, the title read....Why did you post it, Vincent?
“To share ...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=1019&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toying with Words: Education, Learn, Teach, Hanukkah</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[...If education is about teaching and learning, let’s see what “learning” can tell us. From about the 13th till the 19th century the verb “learn” was used for “teach” as well. That’s a curious thing. In Hebrew “teach” is “LAMED” and “learn” is “LEMAD”, and they share the same root.

Note that “education” isn’t related (grammatically) to neither, in Hebrew too. The word “education” translates to “HINUKH” in Hebrew, which derives from the root of “to initiate”, or “renew” or “rededicate”. What do you know? The holiday we’re celebrating now is called “Hanukkah”. It commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple (the 2nd temple) during the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Do we want our kids “re”-anything? I don’t....<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=995&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Education is Rooted in The Past</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been following me you probably know that I am very passionate about the future of education. Having three extra-ordinary kids forced me into thinking deeply and widely about the state of education and learning and where we are heading. I got really excited by Greg Whitby’s “we have got to change the DNA of education” and by the famous TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson who stressed the same idea and explained we need a “revolution and not just evolution” in education. And while I totally agree with the spirit of change and futuristic idea and would LOVE to break the walls of the classroom, here I am, equally ecstatic by this ancient method of education and the way it works. Does innovation lie in the past after all??

Well this is the basis of the Waldorf Education:  

“Learning is interdisciplinary, integrating practical, artistic, and conceptual elements. The approach emphasizes the role of the imagination in learning, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component. The educational philosophy's overarching goals are to provide young people the basis on which to develop into free, morally responsible and integrated individuals, and to help every child fulfill his or her unique destiny… Schools and teachers are given considerable freedom to define curricula within collegial structures.”

Wait, this seems to correspond perfectly with one famous 21st century education revolutionist’s words, Sir Ken Robinson. Did you check out his TED talk “Do schools kill creativity?”.

My son’s school doesn’t kill creativity. Through creativity it has re kindled his curiosity and learning. And surprise surprise, now he even enjoys the experience.

The only question remains: what is so complicated in this method that prevents other schools from applying similar principles?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=982&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Age Of Hiring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday a job fair for the 60+ took place in Tel-Aviv. They say it’s a first. I read the story by Guy Grimland on The Marker (Hebrew) and all I could think of is how quickly we’re all getting there. To this age. A year ago I founded a startup company with a partner who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=979&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saying Thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admire the Thanksgiving concept. Really, having a holiday dedicated to saying thanks and being appreciative of what you have is really a fantastic idea. Too often we find ourselves busy with what we don’t have, haven’t yet achieved, what we’re mad about and miss a lot. We talk about what frustrates us, or makes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=937&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travels With My Family &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://ortals.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/familytravels2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With A Camper In New England It was a first attempt, and a pretty good experience. We decided to rent a camper for our long route through New England. This turned out to be a really smart decision. We had all the convenience of, well, a small mobile home really. The camper felt nicer, better [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=918&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travels With My Family &#8211; Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fall we decided to take a family vacation in the US. Packed the family – one husband, one 17 year old daughter, one 13 year old son and one 9 year old son and went for the longest vacation we ever dared to take: 23 days. Some of it was re-visiting places for me and my daughter.

Revisiting has its own charm. The exchange of meaningful looks between us girls, or the enthusiastic chase towards a familiar site we visited 3 years ago. But most of all, it is so important to know you can return. That good times, or good vacations, aren’t a “once in a lifetime” occurrence. It’s so good to know you can do it again.
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		<title>September 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This September is very eventful. The ongoing social demonstrations and protests across the country continue. The school year opened. The Palestinians intend to declare their independent state. A game, from Israel, “Shaker” won Techcrunch Distrupt in San Francisco. Saveby has launched and running a successful alpha version. And by the end of the month we, that is myself, hubby and kids, are on our way to a first ever family vacation in the US.

There were so many topics to write about, I just kept starting and never got to finish any of my posts.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=903&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Could better global education save us from terror?</title>
		<link>http://ortals.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/edandterror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already. I will never forget this day. None of us will. We have been living under a terror attack ever since. Watching a 6 years old going through a public body search at Frankfurt airport, or an old lady struggling to take her shoes of for the security [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=891&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reply: Why Index believes Israel is about to have its moment</title>
		<link>http://ortals.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/itsmoment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[...He also mentioned a CEO who traveled to the US once a month, if I remember correctly, and people in the US west coast he met with regularly were not even aware of the fact that he wasn't based in the US.
What??? Really?
Yes. After all there are phones, email, Skype...
Still, there are challenges in running an international web venture from our small country, 7-hour time-zones apart from the east coast. I know. I am facing those challenges daily, though thankfully I have a NY based partner. That does not prevent the question from popping at every meeting "so, are you planning to relocate?"....<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=878&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t you know you&#8217;re talking about a revolution</title>
		<link>http://ortals.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/talkingaboutarevolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[...We’re living at a time of revolution, but it’s really a stage in human evolution. One that has to happen no matter what government you have....Think Tsunami and volcanoes erupting are scary? The human tsunami wave that’s going to flash the globe is scarier than all. If governments won’t speed up deep reforms processes and come up with reasonable solutions to their people’s distress, nuclear power is going to be the least of this planet’s worries.
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		<title>That Writing Bug!</title>
		<link>http://ortals.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/that-writing-bug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Or-Tal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started to write this blog it was a gentle entry back into the creative writing world. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember. I wrote my first book when I was 9 years old. It was called “The Terrific Ten”, and was written under a heavy influence of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=852&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Community of Responsible Parents</title>
		<link>http://ortals.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/resparentcommnty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ortals.wordpress.com/?p=847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an endless effort, building a community. I&#8217;ve been at it for months now. Bootstrapping our startup, Saveby, means it&#8217;s up to us, two founders, to fulfill at least 6 positions in it. If that sounds difficult consider the fact those two founders are at two different time zones, 7 hours apart. We do our best [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ortals.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5848523&amp;post=847&amp;subd=ortals&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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