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How YouTube Can Increase Students’ Awareness of God

September 2, 2011
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How YouTube Can Increase Students’ Awareness of God

A while back I wrote a post about using YouTube videos in the Catholic classroom. Here’s one of my favorite YouTube videos to use at the beginning of the school year to help students be more aware of God’s presence. It can also be used in faculty meetings to help remind teachers to look...

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First Thoughts on the iPad 2 for Teachers

June 29, 2011
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First Thoughts on the iPad 2 for Teachers

After eight months of using the iPad, I had the chance yesterday to learn about and use the iPad 2. The local school district sponsored a workshop called iPad for Educators: Batteries Included, and a new iPad was included in the cost of the class. The title of the workshop was slightly misleading, however....

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Digital Storytelling: The Nativity

December 14, 2010
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Digital Storytelling: The Nativity

A huge tip of the hat to Fr. James Martin, SJ and Deacon Greg Kandra for sharing the following video (by the way, in case you haven’t heart, Deacon Greg’s blog has a new home at Patheos):

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2 Beautiful iPad Apps for Catholic Educators [and Free Wallpaper]

October 27, 2010
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2 Beautiful iPad Apps for Catholic Educators [and Free Wallpaper]

On the same day CNS reported Pope Benedict’s announcement of a 2012 synod on the theme of “new evangelization,” my wife surprised me with an iPad for my birthday. In keeping with the spirit of the Holy Father’s announcement, I’d like to share a few iPad apps that might interest Catholic educators. The following...

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Blogs by Catholic Teachers, Principals and Catechists

August 30, 2010
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Blogs by Catholic Teachers, Principals and Catechists

The good news is that there are Catholic teachers, administrators and catechists who are willing to share their wisdom, knowledge and experience with anyone willing to follow their blogs. The bad news is that there are so few of these bloggers out there. Currently, there are over 7,000 elementary and secondary Catholic schools in...

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Advice for Catholic School Web Site Design

August 23, 2010
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Advice for Catholic School Web Site Design

About fourteen years ago, my eighth grade class and I created the first Catholic school website in our diocese. It was 1996, and I paid $50 for a web page editor and spent hours trying to make menu frames work while my students wrote content. We were very proud of that site, and of...

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