CaTECHchesis with TECH Tools

Copyright © 2012 Interactive Connections

Sr. Caroline Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF

Los Angeles Religious Education Congress 2012

Voice Infusing Life

March 22-25, 2012

CaTECHesis with TECH Tools


Go Green

Add BITLY URLs here…..

http://www.worldwatch.org/resources/go_green_save_green


My Rocking Moment


… In your classroom…at home on your desk…in

your pocket…available at the library…cyber cafe’s

and more

TOOLS


Tools


Digital Tools


My Goals today are to . . .

Demonstrate

Talk about

Encourage you

Highlight different tools to try

And to just open up the conversation with you!


Opening Prayer

PowerPoint Demonstration



Have you ever received something marvelous

for which you did not ask?






Please share with one person YOUR EXPERIENCE of the

GREAT LOVE GOD HAS FOR US


Please Remember

Tools are important, but there is more to

this than meets the eye!


Scripture

Doctrine

Morality

Sacrament

Prayer

Liturgy

Social Teaching

Faith Formation Content

Still Includes…

from the Catholic School Religious Education Curriculum

Evaluation Matrix by Brian Lemoi


"All of these tasks are necessary. As the vitality of the human body

depends on the proper function of all of its organs, so also the

maturation of the Christian life requires that it be cultivated in all

its dimensions: knowledge of the faith, liturgical life, moral

formation, prayer, belonging to community, missionary spirit.

When catechesis omits one of these elements, the Christian faith

does not attain full development.

General Directory for Catechesis, paragraph 87

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cclergy/documents/rc_con_ccat

heduc_doc_17041998_directory-for-catechesis_en.html

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cclergy/documents/rc_con_ccatheduc_doc_17041998_directory-for-catechesis_en.html







Reading

Prayer

Discussion

Classroom

Instruction

Retreats

Traditional Methods


Social Networking

Digital Storytelling

Blogging

Curating Information †

Web 2.0 Tools †

21st Century Methods


“Pathfinders” Story…


Creating

Evaluating

Analyzing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering

HIGHER ORDER SKILLS

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http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy


Create and share Videos or Podcasts

Evaluate by Blogging, Surveys

Organize and analyze with multi media creations, mashups

Applying with Cloud Computing

Summarizing with Twitter or Facebook

Remembering with Delicious

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Web 2.0 Technology

http://www.openeducation.net/2008/04/11/blooms-taxonomy-and-the-digital-world/


Collaboration

Interaction

Information Access

Removes Barriers

Address Different Learning Styles

Inspiration

Creativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/floatingeyeball/5486383534/sizes/

l/in/photostream/


Photo by Ihtatho – labeled for reuse

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ihtatho/627226315/sizes/l/in/photostream/


How Can You Apply What You will

Learn to

Your Catechetical Setting?

10 Great Ideas








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Web 2.0 Technology



Social Bookmarking: Delicious

• Online Bookmarking

•Place holder

•Free

•Store

•Share

• Database of Links

http://www.delicious.com

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http://www.delicious.com/


http://www.delicious.com/ccerveny






CURATION

Curation is becoming an increasingly important term and for good reason: the online world is increasingly messy, muddled and full of blind alleys. - Tom Foremski

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/curation-versus-aggregation-represents-human-web-versus-machine-web/1569

http://www.zdnet.com/search?q=tom+foremski





















What is curation?

Curation is a person or persons,

engaged in the act of choosing

and presenting things related to a

specific topic and context. - Tom

Foremski



































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Web 2.0 Technology



Online Meeting: SKYPE

• Video Calling

• One-to-One (Free)

• Group (Fee)

• Computer

• Phone

• Television

http://www.delicious.com

2

http://www.delicious.com/


http://www.skype.com

http://www.skype.com/



http://bit.ly/i8Dk59




Resource

http://bit.ly/yBa9FJ

http://astore.amazon.com/interacconnec-20/detail/0132610353








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Presentation Tools: Slideshare

• Share PowerPoint or

Keynote Presentations

• Hosting Service

• Free Service

• Embed Option

http://www.slideshare.net

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http://www.slideshare.net/



http://www.slideshare.net










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Web 2.0 Technology



http://www.wordle.net/

Word Cloud Generator

Requires Java enabled

Free to use in any way

Open to all

Once saved, it’s public

Not filtered – take your

chances!

Word Cloud Generators: Wordle

http://www.wordle.net 4





Prayer








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Online Survey Tool

Free w/ Google Acct.

Web-based – URL

Embed it in webpage

Spreadsheet or Form View

Question Types

Analytics

Online Surveys: Google Forms 5










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Discovering the World of Catholic Treasures

Through High-Tech Treasure Hunting:

Geocaching

• GPS Hide and Seek Game

•Cross-Curricular Applications

•Interactive

•Creative Problem-Solving

•Long-Term Activity

•Trackables, Virtual Caches,

and real Caches

•Great Family Fun!

http://www.geocaching.com

6

http://www.geocaching.com/

http://www.geocaching.com/



http://bit.ly/xDnijI


Image by bobnrenee

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobnrenee/276928677/sizes/l/in/photostream/








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Digital Storytelling: Voicethread

•Create a Story using

images, audio, video

•Collaborative

•Educator Account

•Privacy Options

•Easy, Engaging and

Creative

7 http://voicethread.com

http://voicethread.com/

http://voicethread.com/










Summarizing with Google Docs


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File Sharing: Google Docs

•Online Word Processing

•Online File Sharing

•No More E-Mailing Versions

•1 GB Free Storage

•Some Formatting Limits

•Not a Round-Trip Ticket

8 http://docs.google.com

http://docs.google.com/

http://docs.google.com/









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Mashups: Glogster

•Creative

•Free/ Ad-free

•Educator Account

•Multimedia

9 http://glogster.edu

http://glogster.edu/

http://glogster.edu/

Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections http://cmcivor.edu.glogster.com/claudiasglog/

Prayer

http://cmcivor.edu.glogster.com/claudiasglog/








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Podcasts: Yodio

• Creative

• Free

• Add Voice to Photo

• Multimedia

• Uses a Cell Phone

• Post via: Yodio Marketplace,

publish to Web, Embed in blog,

Email to Families

10 http://yodio.com

http://yodio.com/

http://yodio.com/


http://bit.ly/FRyoWC

http://bit.ly/FRyoWC


Tools Used 10


http://bit.ly/FRzory





Cards: Spiritual Messages

• Creative

• Free

• Add a Message

• Evangelize

BONUS

https://www.catholicgreetings.org

/default.aspx

AmericanCatholic.org

https://www.catholicgreetings.org/default.aspx




Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell

Phones to Education -

http://bit.ly/oBo5Fl

Teaching Generation Text: Using Cell

Phones to Enhance Education -

http://bit.ly/y7MwHu

Resources






Image by Claudia McIvor


Image by Erin McIvor

After hearing about ten new tools,

what new life for YOUR ministry is

emerging?


Caroline Cerveny, SSJ, TOSF, D. Min.

Email: [email protected]

Blog: http://acyberpilgrim.org

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Thank You for Attending this

LA Congress Workshop

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