Str. Pius X School

November 3, 2009www.catholicYMblog.com

Our youth love luxury, they have bad manners; contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.

Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households.

They no longer rise when elders enter the room.

They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food and tranize their teachers.

They no longer rise when elders enter the room.

They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food and tranize their teachers.

- Socrates (470 -399 BC)

Class of 2013

Class of 2013

• The Green Giant has always been Shrek, not the big guy picking vegetables.

Class of 2013

• They have never used a card catalog to find a book.

Class of 2013

• Salsa has always outsold ketchup.

Class of 2013

• They have never had to “shake down” an oral thermometer.

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• McDonald's has always been serving Happy Meals in China.

Class of 2013

• There has always been a Cartoon Network.

Class of 2013

• We have always watched wars, coups, and police arrests unfold on television in real time.

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• Britney Spears has always been heard on classic rock stations.

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• They have never been Saved by the Bell

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• Most communities have always had a mega-church.

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• The NBC Today Show has always been seen on weekends.

Class of 2013

• Brett Farve has always been a quarterback in the NFL.

Class of 2013

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Communio et Progressio, published in 1971, highlighted a quote from Pope Pius XII's 1957 encyclical letter Miranda Prorsus, the Pastoral Instruction on the Means of Social Communication. It reads that "The Church sees these media as gifts of God' which, in accordance with His providential design, unite men in brotherhood and so help them to cooperate with His plan for their salvation" (2)

Technology is never merelytechnology. It reveals man and his aspirations towards development, it expresses the inner tension that impels him gradually to overcome material imitations.

Technology, in this sense, is a response to God's command to till and to keep the land that he has entrusted to humanity, and it must serve to reinforce the covenant between human beings and the environment, a covenant that should mirror God's creative love.

Human freedom is authentic only when it responds to the fascinationof technology with decisions that are the fruit of moral responsibility.

Hence the pressing need for formation in an ethically responsible use of technology.

Moving beyond the fascination that technology exerts, we must reappropriate the true meaning of freedom, which is not an intoxication with total autonomy, but a response to the call of being, beginning with our own personal being. (70)

We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Hebrews 10:25(NAB)

Social Media

What is Social Media?• A conversation powered by

technology between people. • The conversation is not centralized or

controlled. It is powered by the desire to share information and learn.

• It cannot be successful unless you listen before you respond.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIOClX1jPE

% Using Social Sites

• Gen Y (Millennials): Ages 18-32 67%• Gen X Born: Ages 33-44 36%• Younger Boomers: Ages 45-54 20%• Older Boomers: Ages 55-63 9%• Silent Generation: Ages 64-72 11%• G.I. Generation: Age 73+ 4%

Sites Covered

Facebook• Q: Why is it important for me to be on

Facebook, or at least understand it?• A: Students are there.

• 94% of McNally Smith students use Facebook at least once a month.

• 91% of McNally Smith students use Facebook at least once a week.

• 72% of McNally Smith students use Facebook daily.

Facebook Friend Lists• Privacy Settings according to lists/groups

Twitter• Twitter is microblogging. You have 140 characters to get your message across.

• It’s not just for people, businesses and bands are using Twitter to keep their followers up to date.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o&feature=channel_page

Blogs

• Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.

• A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic.

• The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs

What do I write about?

• Start by reading blogs on subjects you’re interested in.

• Think of a subject you would like to write about.

• Set up a blog and start writing, there is no right or wrong way to start getting your ideas out there.

RSS Feeds/Reader

• RSS Feeds are a great way to watch what people are saying about you or your brand online.

• Find a RSS Reader that you like, I use Google Reader (www.google.com/reader)

• Twitter Search: Search for your brand or name and subscribe to the feed.

• Google Blog Search• Serph (www.serph.com)

• Pope Benedict XVI said in his 2009 Message for World Communications Day:

• It would be sad if our desire to sustain and develop on-line friendships were to be at the cost of our availability to engage with our families, our neighbours and those we meet in the daily