{"id":771,"date":"2010-04-14T09:08:14","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T16:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=771"},"modified":"2010-08-05T18:38:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T01:38:45","slug":"maddies-story-inspirational-video-from-an-aspring-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/maddies-story-inspirational-video-from-an-aspring-teacher","title":{"rendered":"Maddie&#8217;s Story: Inspirational Video from an Aspiring Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-774\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-774\" title=\"Maddie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Maddie-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maddie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maddie hopes to be a Pre-K teacher someday, just like thousands of other college students. What makes Maddie&#8217;s hope unique is, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story:<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"264\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Op2PygEu5Fk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>\nMy favorite line from the video: &#8220;She has broadened what I understand as the Body of Christ.&#8221; I hope to see Maddie visiting this site some day as a Catholic educator.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ideas for using the video in the classroom:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inspire students to talk about their own limitations and how they can overcome them;<\/li>\n<li>Show it before beginning a unit on the dignity of all human life;<\/li>\n<li>Introduce the video before teaching about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpd.org\/views-news-policy\/policy\/church\/bishops\/pastoral\">US Bishops&#8217; Pastoral Statement on People with Disabilities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maddie hopes to be a Pre-K teacher someday, just like thousands of other college students. What makes Maddie&#8217;s hope unique is, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story: My favorite line from the video: &#8220;She has broadened what I understand as the Body of Christ.&#8221; I hope to see Maddie visiting &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/maddies-story-inspirational-video-from-an-aspring-teacher\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Maddie&#8217;s Story: Inspirational Video from an Aspiring Teacher&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,39,15],"tags":[70,8,47,26],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catechesis","category-feature","category-news","tag-disabilities","tag-inspiration","tag-pro-life","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-cr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1446,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/blogs-by-catholic-teachers-principals-and-catechists","url_meta":{"origin":771,"position":0},"title":"Blogs by Catholic Teachers, Principals and Catechists","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"August 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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