Ten+Great+Ideas+for+Your+Catechetical+Classroom

**Ten Great Ideas for your Catechetical Classroom Using Web 2.0 Tools**
Assignment #1 What is Unique About Web 2.0 Tools?

Assignment #2 Embedding and Tagging in Digital Catechesis

Assignment #3 What Tools Might You Use in Your Ministry and How?

Assignment #4

= = =Please add your example of a great tool for catechetical ministry below. Here is a tutorial video that will explain to you how to embed a video in wikispaces. = =media type="youtube" key="LA2tD-j7Q0U" height="315" width="420" = = =

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== (Note: Sheila, the problem with embedding this Vimeo video was related to the Internet browser. When accessing wikispaces from Firefox, there was no problem embedding the HTML code. I was not able to embed using IE, however. Live and learn! If students have problems embedding video, try using a different browser. - Claudia) ==

Thanks, Claudia! That's good to know. Most of the computers at the college where I teach also have a Firefox browser. I had trouble with it on my own PC, so uninstalled it three years ago.
=Sr.Sheila Patenaude: I liked the following vimeo tool, showing how African and other students in developing countries can really have a voice for change in their country, by videotaping and putting onto a social network their dreams, hopes, aspirations, plans, and vision for the future. = = "I] am the Net" Trailer for "I am Africa. This is my story..." from Richard] C Close</a> on Vimeo</a>.</p]=

Webinars - Joe Paprocki does great webinars that provide incredible catechist formation. [|http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/webinars/#intermediate]

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Animoto offers a free 30 second video tool, with options to upgrade to longer videos with a paid account. This is a great tool for students who are just starting to discover the fun of digital storytelling. Animoto also allows you to insert digital video clips, and they offer a good selection of legal background music. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">This Animoto video was created with an upgraded account.

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**[|Tagxedo.com]**

Like Wordle, Tagxedo allows you to paste in any words, apply shape, color, font and orientation, and then creates a word cloud for you. Here's an example of a word cloud using the words from an article about parish twinning. The words used most frequently are the largest words. Can you guess the name of the person featured in this article?



Image Chef []

Another online tool that offers all kinds of creative items that can be embedded in your wiki, Image Chef allows you to create word mosaics (word clouds), mini slideshows, photo frams and a sketchpad. Here's a word mosaic using the text of John 3:16. Note that this is an ad-supported site and you must be 13 or older to sign up.

Joanna Haston Catechist's Journey, mentioned above, is a part of the larger - with a lot more publication and resource material information and other blogs and 3-Minute Retreats - Loyola Press site... [|LOYOLA PRESS A Jesuit Ministry : Home]


 * Edmodo** is a free social learning Web 2.0 tool that you can sign up for at Edmodo. My impression is that it is a virtual classroom, where quizzes can be taken, assignments can be delivered and graded, links can take students to a variety of learning sites, videos, etc. outside the classroom. Below, I have pasted an Edmodo tutorial. **(Madeleine)**

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Also, here is an interesting story:
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Wanted to do at least one You Tube video:
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Lorraine S. DeLuca
I found this through a search on Delicious. Prezi is a way to make your presentations more interesting, and it is free to use.

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