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Assignment #3 What Tools Would You Use and Why?

Part 1 Tell us how you would use one of these tools in your ministry. Include your name next to your example.

Example: Wordle As a team-building exercise, I would ask my youth ministers to each submit several words that they feel describe themselves. I would compile the words into a Wordle that would illustrate the combined gifts, talents and strengths of the team. (Claudia)

=Delicious= TweetDeck SlideShare Wordle VoiceThread Skype GoogleForms Geocaching GoogleDocs Glogster

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">PLEASE POST YOUR EXAMPLE HERE:

Amy- I have already used some of the top 10. I LOVE delicious! I am working on using Wordle, GoogleForms and GoogleDocs in my office. In my Pathfinders I want to learn to be more proficient on Glogster. I am really excited about applying what we have been learning. I would also like to do a year long pilgrimage using Geocaching.

Sister Ann I use gloster for my media and values class. The students do thier music report on gloster. I love it because I do not have to pin up all those posters and then beg the girls to claim them we we fnish the unit..

Beatrice I have used Wordle with our RCIA children to talk about Eucharist. They loved it. I also used it with the Catechists to show them how use it with the students. They used it in other ways. I am looking forward to using Slide Share with my Catechists. We have to find new ways of educating them and I believe this might be one way.

Pat I just starting using Delicious, Skype and Tweetdeck. I have used GoogleDocs and Google Forms in the parish office. I really enjoyed working with these tools and can't wait to apply them to the parish ministries.

I would definitely use Wordle...I think it goes really well with prayers in which you meditate on Scripture and see if a word stands out to you. Jennifer

Glennell Skype - Used for small group, connect home bound members, connect children with elderly parents as well-being check in. Voice Thread - Use a religious image to generate discussion on liturgical theme for Catholic Women's Club, example: The Virtues of Mary.

Jose SlideShare - I would like to develop an interactive SlideShare presentation featuring a tour of our church Espiritu Santo. I would proposed to incorporate this in the RCIA ministry.

Cindy I would like to see Glogster used for an expression of faith by first communion and confirmation candidates.

Diane I do a lot of presentations using PowerPoint, so I bet some people could benefit from me posting them! :)

Kristi I've used Google docs to share resources with other area DREs when we collaborate on events, like VBS (resource sharing) or a women's retreat (co-sponsored). Also, here's an alternative to the Travel Bugs: [] It's a set of 12 cards, with bible verses, for $8 (+sh?). I found them originally through groupon (standard quotes).

Pam Emery I love Glogster for creating classroom posters. A great tool - especially in using school classrooms for Faith Formation classes where we cannot put "paper" posters on the wall. Also use wordle for bookes of the Bible - students can be asked to put them in order. PS: love your faith-quotes, Kristi! Thanks.

Walt ===Voicethread - I would like to develop a mentoring team for our Sacrament students, so they can put their thoughts about the process together and share insights. It would be led by one of my HS seniors who is strong in their faith and wants to help other teens in their faith walk. Already used Glogster & Googledocs for our YM survey. Will post that soon=== <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Part 2 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Time to show off something you have done! Go to the Ten Great Ideas page of our class wiki and add your own example of a great collaborative online tool. It can be one from our list, or one you have discovered on your own. We have added a few to get you started. You will have to use your skills at linking and/or embedding a widget to complete this assignment.

OK here is my first attempt to upload to youtube. It is a short intro to all the changes in the Pathfinders program. We had LOTS of changes from last year. I hope it works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50AFZgq6RGA

Just added a widget and linked some assignments to our parish website. It will bring you directly to our wiki. Pat [|www.stscholastica.org]

Glennell I just commented on a Voice thread and want to embed it somewhere but can't get it to embed. So I have docked the code here until I get it worked out. I will be back to pick this up in a minute. Glennell O.K. the Voice Thread is on Digital Catechesis. This tool would work well as a focus for religious discussions on articles of faith. I have created a Voice Thread and it is embedded on the Wiki page. Thank you, Claudia. []

Diane I made a Wordle of the Nicene Creed from the Third Edition of the Roman Missal. Can you find the word "consubstantial'?

Kristi I can't find it anymore, but this year when our RCIA elect did their reflection and preparation for each scrutiny, they each turned in one sheet of a handwritten prayer. We use those to craft the following week's prayers during liturgy. This year, I also just typed them all into wordle (as is), so when they were breaking open the ritual and experience of being prayed over, they also had a visual image as the locus for their reflection. It also helped them see their common overlap areas (larger words!).

Pam Used Wiki to communicate with fellow DFFs; http://dffretreat.wikispaces.com/ Also, just played with Glogster - what fun! []

Walt - we are using wikispaces as a meal planning page for our Faith Formation nights http://lifefoundations.wikispaces.com/Tuesday+Night+Dinners <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Returnto assignment page <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Returnto [|blog]