Seminar Booklet 2016

My name is Karen Donner Asscher. I was born
and raised in what was then Rhodesia, today known
as Zimbabwe. I was an active member and leader
in the Jewish Youth movement Habonim which for
me was an important foundation to maintain Jewish
identity in the diaspora. I made Aliya with my
parents at the age of 17. Today I am a mother of 9
years old twin boys; I live in a small village called Mizpeh Hilla, with
around 160 families.
I studied at the Hebrew University for a Master's Degree in Special
Education. Later in my professional life I specialized in the integration of
computers in education and went on to be a mentor in this field.
I currently lecture at Levinsky Teacher Training College, training
teachers to integrate computers in education, and work at a special
school called "Meytar" which caters for children with emotional
difficulties. At our school I hold the position of Project Coordinator, and I
also teach Computers and English. We are a small intimate school of
only 40 students, each of whom has a personal learning and
development program.
I am constantly on the lookout for programs or projects that promote our
school goals and those of each student, and that is how I chose to join
the School Twinning Program. One such program, which I coordinated
until this year, is the G2G (Generation to Generation) program. In the
program students are paired with Jewish seniors for mutually beneficial
learning. The seniors broaden their Internet and computer skills, while
the young students learn the value of personal and collective narratives.
Together they document personal, family and community stories.
Contact details:
Email: keren.donner@gmail.com
Mobile: +972-52-273-8767
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