ebooks evangelisation

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Source of image http://brainden.com/images/jesus-face.jpg
Experiencing the ever - present and ever - loving Jesus in the
electronic age.

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http://www.xt3.com/library/view.php?id=13234
“It falls, in particular, to young
people, who have an almost
spontaneous affinity for the new
means of communication, to
take on the responsibility for the
evangelization of this ‘digital
continent’
(Pope Benedict XVI, Message for
the 43rd World
Communications Day, New
Technologies, New
Relationships. Promoting a
Culture of Respect, Dialogue
and Friendship, 2009).
Can we use digital resources and ebooks in Evangelisation?

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I have become interested in news media with a Church perspective.

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https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-catholic-herald/id443933947?mt=

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I have also become more interested in Biblical sites.

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https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/garden-tomb-3d-interactive/id674523259?mt=

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I have also become more interested
in the work of the new Pope. https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/the-pope-app/id593468

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https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/vatican.va/id61I have also become more interested in
the role of the Vatican

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If I ever get to visit the Vatican! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vatican.va-ar/id86659048

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https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bread4today/id657306650I am trying some new ways of
praying and reflecting on my
life.

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jesuitprayer/id540380545?m
I am trying some new ways of praying
and reflecting on my life.

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https://www.diigo.com/index

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Microsoft / Creative Commons images.
https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

15. https://docs.google.com/a/rok.catholic.edu.au/document/d/1BqihpykxUrc2JJw83rucDScgD90aibo
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Some advice

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/112-bible-maps-65-bibles-commentaries/id434354795?mt=8
Where possible I have included purchase details for
your convenience.

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It is advised to select and use e - resources that complement
our Catholic Education Office Faith Curriculum
documentation and teaching approach.
http://www.newreligioncurriculum.com/religion-curriculum.html

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http://religioncurriculump-12.weebly.com/learning-bytes.html
We acknowledge that there are useful lists of electronic resources in
other Catholic Education Dioceses outside our Diocese.
Learning path - Resources tab / Digital Resources / Apps / Apps for Prayer / 10 Apps to
support RE.

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23. http://www2.softlinkint.com/?au/overdrive
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I work on school library and centralised ebook projects.

24. I’m not qualified to engage in detailed theological debate.
But consulted with DCEO Faith Education.
I do know where to look for resources.
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http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Eduard-Frankfort/A-Theological-Debate.html

25. There are far better human information sources on theology and
curriculum:
- Your parish priest and parish peers qualified in theological content.
- Staff in the Diocesan office or in your school trained in Faith Formation or
Curriculum.
- Informative theological texts in the Catholic Education Office Resource Centre
which can be found at this portal.
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https://libwest.rok.catholic.edu.au/oliver/login/

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This presentation embraces both print and electronic text.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BK_2VULCU
It’s a Book by Lane Smith – Book Trailer (is it an ebook.

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For a more serious treatment of the debate.
http://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2013/12/19/government-ebooks-made-easy-and-sometimes-free/

30. ELECTRONIC OR PRINTED – NOTHING BEATS A GOOD
BOOK.
Electronic or printed – Nothing beats a good book
http://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2013/12/19/government-ebooks-made-easy-and-sometimes-free
• The revolution going on in the publishing industry nationwide with the
astonishing growth of ebooks.
• The rumours of [print’s] death are greatly exaggerated
The Case for Preserving the Pleasure of Deep Reading - It’s not about the cover or
format. Its all about the content.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/06/the-case-for-preserving-the-pleasure-of-deep-reading/
• Recent research has demonstrated that deep reading—slow, immersive,
rich in sensory detail and emotional and moral complexity—is a distinctive
experience, different in kind from the mere decoding of words.
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31. Parents and teachers should look for e-books that enhance and
extend interactions with the text, rather than those that offer only
distractions.
What Types of E-Books Are Best for Young Readers? - Heather
Ruetschlin Schugar and Jordan T. Schugar, West Chester University
• Parents and teachers should to look for e-books that enhance and
extend interactions with the text, rather than those that offer only
distractions; that promote interactions that are relatively brief rather
than time-consuming; that provide supports for making text-based
inferences or understanding difficult vocabulary; and that locate
interactions on the same page as the text display, rather than on a
separate screen….
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/what-types-of-e-books-are-best-for-young-readers/
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32. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/booksonline10
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33. one computer learning environment, with a heavy use of
etextbooks, indicates that ebook circulation reading for pleasure
has plateaued.
“I use my iPhone for keeping up with my friends.
I use my school devices for classwork.
I use the web for my research.
When I want to read for relaxation I prefer to use a paper book.”
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My turn to share

35. I enjoy ebooks.
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https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/meet-mary-mackillop/id592982998?mt=11

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App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fantastic-flying-books-mr./id438052647?mt=8
Award winning animated movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vftMo1-cfWE
Book http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13083239-the-fantastic-flying-books-of-mr-morris-lessmore
Augmented Reality https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imag-n-o-tron-fantastic-flying/id534396897?mt=8
I enjoy ebooks.

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bibleworld/id750627897?mt=8
I look forward to reading

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Your turn to share

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In groups of 4 or 5 discuss either:
•Do you use ebooks in your religion classes?
•What types of ebook resources have you used in Faith
Education?
In each group please appoint a reporter (the person who has the
most recently purchased a car!)
1. Reporters could you please write the titles suggested on the
reporting template provided in the workshop.
2. A list of resources will be emailed to participant email addresses.
If you would like a copy please complete the email template.

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1. Reporters could you please write the titles suggested on the reporting template provided in
the workshop.
2. A list of resources will be emailed to participant email addresses. If you would like a copy
please complete the email template.

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43. Without critical reflection and background knowledge you could use a
Gutenberg etext like this.
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Project Gutenberg free ebook. Scanned and in HTML
format. No interactivity.
Content and authorial purpose is questionable.
Text originally written in 1867 in a genre of scientific
rationalism.
Book relied heavily on the Gospel of John.
It depicted Jesus as a man but not God, and rejected the
miracles of the Gospel.
It promoted racial ideas and infused race into theology and
the person of Jesus by depicting Jesus as a Galilean who
was transformed from a Jew into a Christian, and that
Christianity emerged purified of any Jewish influences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Renan

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Without critical reflection and decision making on technology
expenditure you could get also confused about finding
suitable ebooks?

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eBooks are electronic texts available in a
digitally encoded format readable via an
electronic e-reader device.
They contain hyperlinks, images, or audio,
and greater interactivity between reader
and text.
Google Play https://play.google.com/store
ITunes apps http://www.apple.com/au/itunes/
Android apps

46. Look widely for Android
apps.
Look closely at the url to
locate android apps that
are not in:
• Google Play
• Apple app store
• Major ebook platform
providers
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47. Even if we focus on the Apple ipad look widely for the alternate
ebook providers that can be used to read ebooks on an ipad.
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48. From a library viewpoint:
Ebooks also includes any paper texts converted to digital format
(downloadable / fixed or editable formatting / narrated voice-over.)
“Scanned texts in the Public Domain” (Internet Archive / Project
Gutenberg / Google books.)
“Read-along with narrator texts” (YouTube.)
“Etextbooks” – (file downloads / either server or cloud based / fixed
formatting through to highly interactive editable formatting.)
“Borrowable ebooks” – available from
- a municipal public library (Borrow Box) http://
www.bolindalibrary.com/uk/digitaldownloads.aspx
- a centralised Diocesan ebook library (Overdrive) https://www.overdrive.com/
- an institutional subscription to a school (Wheelers) http://www.wheelersbooks.com.au
/
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49. BUYING EBOOKS.
Buying for 20+ ipads
Use configurator app a Mac for the master image and a
sync - charge trolley to simultaneously configure and push
out apps / download a set image / recharge the devices.
Teacher planning to select appropriate etexts. Some
schools either give an iTunes card to parents for home
downloading and chargeback through fees.
Use Apple volume licensing or school licencing to
purchase required apps at a discount.
Set up bandwidth prioritising for key software applications
to go through first or bandwidth splitting to proportionally
allocate a set percentage of bandwidth for the devices
during normal business hours.
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There is a bewildering number of Appstore apps found under the search
terms “Jesus” and “Catholic.”

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Selection criteria.

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https://catholicebooks.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/free-ebook-st-augustine-friendship-and-catholic-e

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Ecclesiastical Authority

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Mauro Dalu (Official Rep) 12 months ago
Hello Joanne,
Our apps contents are officially licensed and authorized by the
International Commission on English in the Liturgy and by the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Our Bible App carries the "imprimatur" of the New American Bible.
The Liturgy of the Hours audio is produced according to the "approved" general
instructions, which represent our reference and set the boundaries of our "creative
freedom".
Our podcast and apps are used regularly by ordained people.
That said, you should also be aware that our Liturgy of the Hours production is a work-
in-progress as we record new audio and implement the new translation of the Missal for
the concluding prayers, therefore whenever we get pointed to typos and mistakes, we
promptly correct them in a continuing effort to improve the prayer experience of our
community.
As a side note, I do not know of any app that has received an official,
formal recognition by the Vatican in terms of an "approval".
Many apps, including ours, have received words of appreciation from
the clergy, and some of them in written form. That does not
necessarily imply any app or podcast received an official "approval" or
"endorsement" from the Catholic Church.
Thank you, Mauro.
https://getsatisfaction.com/divine_office/topics/church_appoved
App publishers - their
purpose and context.

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So what criteria should we use?

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What other criteria should be used to evaluate the
effectiveness of resources?
Turn / Pair / Share /
Report what the other person said!

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May we return to this earlier discussion?

58. I promised earlier… May I develop this now?
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http://www.newreligioncurriculum.com/st-mary-of-the-c
Learning path – Teacher Background Information / Saints / Saint Mary
of the Cross MacKillop /
https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/meet-mary-mackillop/id592982998?mt=11
http://www.newreligioncurriculum.com/religion-c
Home page
Saints

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https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/meet-mary-mackillop/id592982998?mt=11

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http://www.newreligioncurriculum.com
/childrens-literature.html
Children’s Literature
Wilfred Gordon McDonald
Partridge

62. YouTube - narrated / voice over / “ebooks” /
produced by scanning software / with a shifting
camera “point of view” / uploaded. Copyright
secured by licence. Has an activity guide.
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http://www.storylineonline.net/wilfrid-
gordon-mcdonald-partridge/

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http://religioncurriculump-12.weebly.com/learning-bytes.html
We acknowledge that there are useful lists of electronic resources in
other Catholic Education Dioceses outside our Diocese.
Learning path - Resources tab / Digital Resources Tab / Apps Tab
/ Apps for Prayer or 10 Apps to support RE.

64. http://teachingre.weebly.com/ap
ps-for-prayer.html
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http://teachingre.weebly.com/10-apps-to-
support-re.html

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https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/insight-
timer-meditation-timer/id606067144?mt=8

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https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/my-church-
meditate-in-prayer/id474368673?mt=8

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https://resourcelinkbce.wordpress.com/re
sourcelink-resources/prayers-and-
reflections-page/
Ebook self - publishing BCE – Libraries
- ebook
Published their own prayers
in an ebook format.
Used a uncommon
format.
Good instructions.

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https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/itunes-u/id490217893?mt=8
iTunes

69. Educational K-12 iTunes - Aligning Re and the Australian
Curriculum – Tasmanian Catholic Education Office .
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http://libguides.acu.e
du.au/content.php?
pid=162413&sid=13
71932
Student
membership
needed.
ACU search portal
to look at ebook
holdings

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http://cradio.org.au/
Learning path / Home page search field / Use the search term ‘ebook’

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http://cradio.org.au/category/shows-and-audio/catholics-read/page/3/
Learning path / Home
page / Topics tab /
World listing / Books
Films and the Arts /
220 books?

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https://www.gutenberg.org/

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/overdrive-media-console-
library/id366869252?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app
/borrowbox-
library/id562843562?mt=8
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78. HTTP://AUSRML.SDP.SIRSIDYNIX.NET.AU/CLIENT/EN_GB/DEFAULT/?
RM=EBOOK+AND+EAUD0%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7C3%7C%7C%7CTRUE
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ds
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Central ebook repository – Softlink Oliver / Overdrive
Multiple school licence. Americanised content with increasing Australian content.
Looking currently at trialling a centralised Diocesan ebook library linked through
your primary Oliver library software. Available initially to Oliver primary schools
and then other users.
Overall database has 300,000+ titles with 60,000 titles suitable for P to 12.
Adopted in 4 other Dioceses. $2.70 per user in first year and $1.40 per user
after that.
“Value for money” issues identified already are:
•Can the WAN bandwidth performance carry the downloads?
•Establish how students can authenticate against the central repository logon
both at home and school through TASS protocols.
•Establishing a school based and Diocesan selection committee deciding on
readability levels / numbers of copies / inclusion of textbooks into the fiction
database / ACARA content appropriateness for ebooks / who pays?

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https://libwest.rok.catholic.edu.au/oliver/login/

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Apps need to be available in many formats

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http://www.wheelersbooks.com.au/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UaGzppft1g