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Assignment #4 **Mobile Devices and Ministry - Developing Classroom Projects for Cell Phones**

Expected time to complete: 30-60 minutes Read through pages 111 - 167. When you find a project that you feel you can adapt, then go to the wiki to briefly describe how you might adapt this project to your audience. ====Remember to select the "Edit" button, and add your assignment information. When you are done, be sure to click on "Save." ====

They can also use their new Collaboration tool for teamwork on proposals. This week they gave team oral presentations on projects for recycling, separate smoking areas, and other common social causes. Much of their preliminary work was done on their cell phones, so for my July summer course I could encourage them to add insights or practices on proposed team projects from their own religious or spiritual backgrounds (or lack thereof). || I could also see this being used by RCIA Neophytes after the Easter Vigil to create a thank you to the parish that could be shown on Pentecost that contains reflections on their journey and how they have been welcomed into the community. ||
 * YOUR NAME ||  || YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ||
 * Example:Susan ||  || Twitter (pages 116-117). There are several ideas here that could be used with my RCIA candidates. I'll need to give this some thought. I'm wondering if after our class gathering, when the candidates are home, if they would "Twitter" a message to our group (using a hashtag) with a comment about what was most important to them in the session. Or, perhaps what they may still ahve a question about or ???. As I said, I need to give this some thought. ||
 * Sheila ||  || I don't yet have the book referred to, do not work in parish ministry, and teach young adults of various or no religious affiliation. Beginning this summer, when we all get used to using our new Canvas learning management system, I would like to encourage them to use their smart phones to text YouTube video links and use the new Conversation tool (similar to text messaging) to share personal insights from their own religious or spiritual tradition, This would have to be done in relation to course content in a public college, however, to respect First Amendment separation of church and state. But the learning module on Business Ethics would be quite appropriate for this.
 * Lorraine ||  || I do not have the book but based on one of the lesson plans from the website //From Toy to Tool,// the Local Scavenger Hunt and the website Murmur, I could see adapting it for use with the PCLs and RCIA Coordinators of the diocese concerning the Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica which was renovated and rededicated several years ago. Different PCLs and RCIA Coordinators could research some aspects of the Cathedral Basilica, such as the windows, altars statues, Stations of the Cross, front doors, etc. and use their cells phones to record the information while showing the item(s), as also share some memories they have associated with the Cathedral Basilica. This then could be shared throughout the diocese to be shown to students or RCIA Candidates before the Rite of Election.
 * Paul ||  || The project that I came up with is focused on the social justice teachings of the church. Using a platform like KiKutext I would set up the project to archive the contents participants contributed. First, I would suggest students look up the 7 themes of Catholic Social Teaching and pick one they would like to focus on and share it by cell phone. Then the students who picked the same one would be assigned to collaborate and begin to find news items together that reflect in either a positive or negative way on the theme they chose. Also, using their cell phone cameras they would take pictures of things around them in their own communities that reflect the themes. Because parents have access on Kikutext, they would also be able to be exposed to the project and perhaps benefit by becoming more familiar with Catholic Social Teaching. When the class meets, they would be asked to download their own pictures as a slide show that relates to the theme being discussed. The archived info on KiKutext would be available to continue the discussion as to how news items and their pictures tie into the CST theme they have selected. ||
 * Madeleine ||  || Chapter 4 in //Tools to Toys . . .// offers several easily adaptable lesson plans. The one I thought I might try to use first is called PhotoMapping. This lesson asks students to "use their cell phones to take pictures of different geographical locations in the local community." Once they have done this, they "send their pictures to a class Flickr account, where they will be able to put them on a Flickr map. A map is an excellent way to track where things exist or occur. For example, in one of the classes I just finished teaching, a group of my wildlife management students studied the problem of white-nose fungus on bats that is beginning to be seen in New Mexico caves. This fungus has killed many bats in other states and is an emerging problem in our state. My students wanted to use maps to track the problem, but because it is so new, none were available. If they had known how to use their cell phones to make photomaps, their oral presentation would have been more interesting and current. What I need to think about now is how I can adapt these tools to an adult ministry. In the past, I have facilitated Bible study, JustFaith, and RCIA groups. I also have taught Adult Confirmation classes. What I will do next is still up for grabs. Looking forward to exploring possibilities. ||
 * Joanna ||  || Again, just setting up in preparation of getting the book and doing the reading. ||
 * Joanna ||  || I would like to adapt Lesson Plan 20 - //Mobile Homework Help Blog// by putting a blog on the Office webpage on which folk throughout the diocese could ask liturgical, RCIA and art & environment questions from their computers or their cell phones. I would want to expand the blog features to include a calendar, news and resources, as suggested. ||

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