You may be familiar with classroom news podcasts like CNN’s Student News, but what you might not realize is that the Archdiocese of Boston produces a similar show each week for Catholics called Newsbreak. Each episode is around five minutes long, a perfect length for showing to students in grades 6-12. New episodes air...
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...
What is the biggest challenge you see facing Catholic education today? In the following interview excerpt, Alan Grant of Sts. Peter and Paul School in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, issues a call to active evangelization by Catholic schools: I guess the biggest challenge that I’d like to pose to those involved in Catholic schools...
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, this week’s video is a retelling of St. Patrick’s life from the adorable series Give Up Yer Aul Sins. Cathal Gaffney directed this short which takes recordings of school children telling Bible and saint stories and animates them in a documentary style. This one of the cutest films...
Fr. Roderick Vonhögen of SQPN fame has published a very comprehensive list of Catholics on Twitter. He’s divided the list into several categories: Popes, bishops and dioceses Priests Deacons Seminarians Religious Catholic Media Personalities Podcasters Catholic bands Other Catholics Resources Organizations Commercial I’d love to help him add to his list by giving him...
Wesley Fryer has published a presentation he made on Copyright for Educators. Wesley was named an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2005 and in this slide show he gives teachers important information about the impact of copyright law on the classroom. Copyright for Educators View more presentations from wfryer. (tags: librarian library)
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