Sacramental Preparation with Digital Creativity

Caroline Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF @ccerveny

President and Founder of Interactive Connections

Faith Based Educational Technology/Digital Catechesis

Center for Church Management: Villanova University

Technology Summit II: Technology in Parish Life ● October 14, 2014

“For the first time we are preparing students for a future we cannot clearly describe.” – David Warlick

http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/

Our Shared Problem...

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New and emerging technologies...

http://www.weirdthings.org.uk

...are often met with opposition.

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Young people’s out-of-school experiences with technology can mean that students

find the presentation of school curriculum less challenging, less

relevant and less engaging.

Source: http://community.learningobjects.com

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Education is changing for young people as they experience self-directed learning,

(mostly outside school) about things that interest them.

Source: http://community.learningobjects.com

http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/

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“The wish to preserve the past rather than the hope of creating the future dominates the minds of those who control the teaching of the young" - Bertrand Russell

http://flickr.com/photos/shu1/6065783/

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Does education need reform?

Half of teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a month, and one in three send more than 100 texts a day, or more than 3,000 texts a month. (2009 statistics)

Source: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx

http://blog.roadandtravel.com

Mobile phones are the natural communication

tool of choice for younger users.

Are we preparing this generation for the future

or for the past?

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Multimedia brought the world into the classroom...

www.canada.com

Smart technologies will take the classroom out into the world.

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What are the needs of today’s faith learners?

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/56155476@N08/5667863948/

Generating Content

Sharing Content Organising Content

Personal Web Tools

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10 Tools for Digital Creativity in Sacramental Preparation

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Things to consider…

• Are we talking about catechist creativity or pupil creativity?

• Blocked?

• Accounts

• eSafety

• Sharing work

• What if the internet isn’t working!

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1. Wordle: http://wordle.net

Create word clouds

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How to do it

• Paste in text OR paste in the URL of a website

Create

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Prayers in Spanish

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Name of this saint?

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Class Lectio Divina

LK : 57-62

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Confirmation Intro

Text From: http://www.americancatholic.org/newsletters/mm/ap0898.asp

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Ideas for using Wordle • Starters • Introduce a topic • Introduce, learn, memorize, revise or practice

religious vocabulary • Saints – email link(s) about saint to child/family.

Then create Wordle from text. Use as review. • Scripture Prayer – Lectio Divina – create Wordle

using phrase/word from reading. • Word Clouds and Prayer • Confirmandi create a “Saints” Wordle • Other?

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2. Image chef: www.imagechef.com

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How to do it

Create an

account

Choose Visual Poetry

Choose your shape and type in

your words

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How could I use “Text Square” or “Visual Poetry”?

• Confirmation: Quote of your Confirmation saint.

• Anointing of the Sick - In the Rites of the Anointing of the Sick, the priest anoints the sick person on the forehead, saying, “Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit. Amen.” He also anoints the sick person on the hands, saying, “May the Lord who frees you from sin save you and raise you up. Amen.” The “raising” refers to spiritual healing, as well as any physical healing that may take place.

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3. Padlet: http://padlet.com/

Create a wall of

sticky notes

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How to do it

Create an account

Build your wall

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Key points from a

lesson on

Reconciliation

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http://padlet.com/ccerveny/eucharist

Collaboration

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Other uses

• Invite the class to brainstorm how being married can be a path to holiness for the married partners and how a couple’s relationship can be a sign of God’s kingdom of love, peace, and justice for others. Ask two students to record on PADLET the ideas that are generated. Point out that married couples live their lives together, sharing—as the vows they make on their wedding day proclaim—faithfulness, good and bad times, sickness and health. They promise to love and honor each other all the days of their lives.

• Brainstorming ideas • Collaboration for catechists in your Parish/ in other parishes • Other…

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4. Animoto: http://www.animoto.com

Upload photos or

videos

30 seconds free

People can write

comments

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How to do it

Create an

account

Start your

trial

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How to do it

Choose a

style

Click

Create

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How to do it

2) What

does

UPGRADE

mean?

1) Click

Create

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What does UPGRADE mean?

2) What

does

UPGRADE

mean?

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How to do it 1) Add

images &

text

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2) Your

options

How to do it

Preview

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How to do it

1) Stats

2) Comments 3) Conversation

starter

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Possible uses

• Baptism Ceremony: Parish FB Page w video created by parish youth.

• Confirmation projects: Parish FB Page w video created by Confirmandi

• Reconciliation: Examination of Conscience - http://www.loyolapress.com/an-examination-of-conscience.htm

• And…

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5.Smore: http://www.smore.com

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How to do it

Create an

account

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How to do it

Start a new

flyer

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How to do it

Choice 1 Choice 2

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Mini website to spread the word

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Possible uses

• Invites for Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Confirmation, Marriage preparation

• Invite to the actual event

• Other…

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6. ToonDoo: http://www.toondoo.com

• Easy to use

• Pupils can create

their own accounts

• Choice of layouts

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How to do it

Account

needed

Choose Toondoo maker

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How to do it Choose Toondoo maker

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How to do it Select layout

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How to do it

Confirmation

Video

Choose Video

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How to do it

Choose Characters,

Backgrounds, and

more…

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How to do it Video Summary

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How to do it

Check out your

options…

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How to do it Email from student

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What about an essay summary?

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7. Volunteer Spot: http://www.volunteerspot.com

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Learn more about it

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8. Google Forms: docs.google.com/forms and Flubaroo: http://www.flubaroo.com

Catechists , do you... • Not have enough time for grading? • Want useful measurements on student performance? • Need a free solution to help?

If so, then Flubaroo can help! • Grade online assignments in under a minute! • Get reporting and analysis on student performance! • Email students their scores.

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Learn more about it

http://www.catechesis20.org

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9. Mixbook: http://mixbook.com

Once created…

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Once created…

A Collaborative Project

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Once created

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Once created

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Once created

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10. Glogster: www.edu.glogster.com (Educator accounts available)

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• Introduce a topic

• What have you learned about this topic?

• Icebreakers or Getting to Know You

• Student of the week + inspirational quote + student comments

• Parent Support

• Saint Biographies

• Service Projects

• And….

Possible uses

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Photo by Leo Reynolds - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00 Created with Haiku Deck

More information

ACyberPilgrim: http://acyberpilgrim.org

Catechesis 2.0: http://catechesis20.org

Digital Catechesis Ning:

http://digitalcatechesis.ning.com

Email: c.cerveny@verizon.net

Twitter: @ccerveny

Thank you!

E: c.cerveny@verizon.net B: acyberpilgrim.org T: @ccerveny

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0:

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Caroline Cerveny, ssj-tosf c.cerveny@verizon.net

anytime personalised anyplace

http://ithalas.com

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Personalisation of learning means ensuring that individual differences are

acknowledged

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Generating Content

Sharing Content Organising Content

Blog Mashup

Wiki

Tagging

Personal Web Tools

E-portfolio

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Personal Learning Environments

Personal Learning Environment

Personal Learning Network

Personal Web Tools

Source: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.html

PLEs are not only personal web tools and personal learning networks. PLEs

are much wider than this, taking in experiences and realia, as well as learning through TV, music, paper based materials, radio & more formal contexts.

Learning content is not as important now as where

(or who) to connect to, to find it.

PWTs are any web tools, (usually Web 2.0) chosen

by learners to support their lifelong learning.

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