CaTECHchesis with TECH Tools

Faith Formation ContentStill Includes…  Scripture  Prayer  Doctrine  Liturgy  Morality  Social Teaching  Sacrament from the Catholic School Religious Education Curriculum Evaluation Matrix by Brian LemoiCopyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

"All of these tasks are necessary. As the vitality of the human bodydepends on the proper function of all of its organs, so also thematuration of the Christian life requires that it be cultivated in allits dimensions: knowledge of the faith, liturgical life, moralformation, prayer, belonging to community, missionary spirit.When catechesis omits one of these elements, the Christian faithdoes 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.htmlCopyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

HIGHER ORDER SKILLS Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering LOWER ORDER SKILLS http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+TaxonomyCopyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

Web 2.0 TechnologyHIGHER ORDER SKILLS 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 DeliciousLOWER ORDER SKILLS http://www.openeducation.net/2008/04/11/blooms-taxonomy-and-the-digital-world/Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

 Collaboration Interaction Information Access Removes Barriers Address Different Learning Styles Inspiration Creativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/floatingeyeball/5486383534/sizes/ l/in/photostream/Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

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/1569Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

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 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/curation-versus-aggregation-represents-human-web-versus-machine-web/1569Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

Word Cloud Generators: Wordle http://www.wordle.net 4  Word Cloud Generator  Requires Java enabled  Free to use in any way http://www.wordle.net/  Open to all  Once saved, it’s public  Not filtered – take your chances!Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

Online Surveys: Google Forms 5  Online Survey Tool  Free w/ Google Acct.  Web-based – URL  Embed it in webpage  Spreadsheet or Form View  Question Types  AnalyticsCopyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

Discovering the World of Catholic Treasures Through High-Tech Treasure Hunting: Geocaching http://www.geocaching.com • GPS Hide and Seek Game •Cross-Curricular Applications •Interactive •Creative Problem-Solving •Long-Term Activity 6 •Trackables, Virtual Caches, and real Caches •Great Family Fun!Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

Digital Storytelling: Voicethread 7 http://voicethread.com •Create a Story using images, audio, video •Collaborative •Educator Account •Privacy Options •Easy, Engaging and CreativeCopyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

Web 2.0 TechnologyHIGHER ORDER SKILLS Create and share Videos or Podcasts Evaluate by Blogging, Surveys Organize and analyze with multi media creations, mashups Applying with Cloud Computing Summarizing with Google Docs Remembering with DeliciousLOWER ORDER SKILLS http://www.openeducation.net/2008/04/11/blooms-taxonomy-and-the-digital-world/Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

File Sharing: Google Docs 8 http://docs.google.com •Online Word Processing •Online File Sharing •No More E-Mailing Versions •1 GB Free Storage •Some Formatting Limits •Not a Round-Trip TicketCopyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

Podcasts: Yodio 10 http://yodio.com • Creative • Free • Add Voice to Photo • Multimedia • Uses a Cell Phone • Post via:Yodio Marketplace, publish to Web, Embed in blog,Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections Email to Families

Resources  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/y7MwHuCopyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

Caroline Cerveny, SSJ, TOSF, D. Min.Email: c.cerveny@verizon.netBlog: http://acyberpilgrim.orgTwitter: https://twitter.com/ccervenyRENetwork: http://www.digitalcatechesis.ning.com Copyright © 2011 Interactive Connections

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