Teaching theology with technology

Opening Prayer
A prayer before logging onto the internet:
Almighty and eternal God, who created us in Thy image and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful, especially in the divine person of Thy Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, Bishop and Doctor, during our journeys through the internet we will direct our hands and eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee and treat with charity and patience all those souls whom we encounter. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer by Fr. Z, What Does the Prayer Really Say?, http:// wdtprs.com/blog /
St. Isidore of Seville (d. 636) is the patron saint of computer users, the Internet, school children, and students. (Source: http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-isidore-of-seville )

About the Presenter
Jared Dees
Adolescent Catechetical Specialist
at Ave Maria Press
Email [email_address]

One new educational technology I will try in May 2010: Notes on tech I already use: Other new tech to check out:

Advanced Organizer
Examination of tools and technology for:
Direct Instruction (Lecture)
Individual Assignments (Handouts)
Graphic Organizers
Videos
Student Research Projects
Collaborative Learning Projects

Direct Instruction
explicit teaching using lectures, demonstrations, and discussions of material for learning.
Effective PowerPoint Presentations
Using a SMART Board

Using PowerPoint Effectively
Advanced Organizers
Move beyond copying…
Provide copies of slides with questions
Use pictures, quotes, videos etc. for discussion
Review notes at the end or the next day
Less is more
Use PPT to guide your lesson plan
*Online tool: Slide Share www.slideshare.com

Classroom Resources @ www.avemariapress.com
Each textbook has chapter PowerPoint Presentations that can be presented, adapted, and used for your lectures.

SMART Boards
SMART Board Notebook VS. PowerPoint
PowerPoint Slides + Whiteboard
Save all your written notes
Draw diagrams, visually represent information
Interaction with worksheets
Interaction with Graphic Organizers
Screen shots (websites)
*Online tool: SMART Technologies http://smarttech.com/us

Interaction with Worksheets

Interaction with Reading Guides

Interaction with Reading Guides/Graphic Organizers

Interaction with Graphic Organizers

Interacting with the Board

Visual Representations of Information

Individual Assignments
Handouts
Reading Guides
Word Searches
Crossword Puzzles
Graphic Organizers
*Online tool: Resources for Catholic Educators: www.silk.net/RelEd/

Handouts, Reading Guides, PowerPoints, Crossword Puzzles, Maps, Tests, Links of Interest
Classroom Resources @ www.avemariapress.com

Graphic Organizers
Google Docs: Drawing
Gliffy.com: www.gliffy.com
Exploratree: www.exploratree.org.uk
Education Place: www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizers
Holt: http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm

Video Presentations
YouTube: www.youtube.com
TeacherTube: www.teachertube.com
SchoolTube: www.schooltube.com
GodTube: www.godtube.com
Vimeo: www.vimeo.com
Outside da Box: www.outsidedabox.com

YouTube Suggestions
Some channels/subscriptions to check out:
Vatican: http://www.youtube.com/user/vatican
USCCB: http://www.youtube.com/user/usccb
Catholic News Agency/catechesis: http://www.youtube.com/user/catholicnewsagency

Jesus Christ Video Collection
Created in conjunction with Outside da Box:
See www.avemariapress.com for sample videos

Research Projects
Search
Best Resource Sites
Note-taking tools
Fighting Plagiarism

Doing the Re search
Google
Google Scholar
Google Books
Others
Vatican www.vatican.va
USCCB www.usccb.org
Catechism of the Catholic Church www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm
Catholic Answers www.catholic.com
Catholic Encyclopedia Online www.newadvent.org/cathen/ (©1917)
Catholic Education Resource Center www.catholiceducation.com
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org

Organizing the Research
What did we do in the past?
Streamlining the concept:
*Evernote
Microsoft OneNote
Google Notebook
Microsoft Word Document
Google Docs
Delicious: www.delicious.com
Diigo: www.diigo.com

Fighting Plagiarism
Google search “exact phrase” with quotation marks
Other sites:
www.plagiarism.org
Glatt Plagiarism: http://www.plagiarism.com/self.detect.htm
www.plagiarismdetect.com
http://www.checkforplagiarism.net/
www.doccop.com

Group Work Collaborative Learning
a form of peer learning in which students attempt to learn something together.
Online Collaboration Tools
Group Presentations
Group Research Projects

Online Collaboration Tools
Facebook (yep, you can’t stop it)
Google Docs : Document, Spreadsheet, Drawing
Wikipages
Blogs : Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, Weebly, and more…
Moodle
Edmodo www.edmodo.com
TodaysMeet : www.todaysmeet.com

Student/Group Presentations
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Publisher
Google Docs: Presentation
Zoho Show: www.zoho.com
Animoto: www.animoto.com

Assessment
Ave Maria Press Textbook Tests available at www.avemariapress.com
Google Docs Forms
Online quizzes
Online surveys (pre-assessment)
Creating Rubrics
Rubistar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org
*Online tool: Quizlet: www.quizlet.com/subject/religion

Resources for Lesson Plans
Ave Maria Press :
www.avemariapress.com
Subscribe to the Engaging Faith blog :
http://engagingfaith.blogspot.com
And sign-up for the bi-weekly eNewsletter

Sharing your Stuff
Blogs : Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, Edublogs
Websites : Weebly, Google Sites
SlideShare.com
Docs.com
Scribd.com

eBooks
The future of textbook publishing?
Ave Maria Press and eBooks
Usability and Versatility
Interactivity
Jesus Christ Series I and II

Questions/Comments?

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