“Shortest eLetter Ever” Vol. 02 Issue 05 and a half

This eLetter is meant to be short. Real short. But here are a couple
replies I got to the last issue that are Advent timely. I will only
send these extras when I believe you may want to know they exist, and
we are within a time crunch. We want to respect your time and email
capacity :-)

***Advent Addenda of the day (thank you Ms. Rosanne Coffey, Fr. Mark
MacGregor and Mr. Lee Nagel):

Where's the Line to See Jesus? I almost like Becky's demo version
better than the polished official version... (ADDED NOTE: dang, after a while, the demo version was removed.)
[REMOVED BY THE USER] demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OExXItDyWEY official

I want to share a link to a short video about Advent, spirituality and
the Latino traditional procession called Las Posadas. This new video
is produced by students at Gonzaga University. It's about young
people, the Lopez family, who are the cutest mariachi in America, and
their informational and invitational message about participating in
Las Posadas. This is an Advent procession from Mexico that retells the
story of Joseph and Mary searching for shelter. The novena of Las
Posadas runs December 16-24. It will educate folks who do not know
about Las Posadas and reach others, particularly a Latino population,
who do celebrate it. Please share this in your eLetter, as I believe
it fits the spirit of your ministry quite well. Here's the link to
America's Cutest Mariachi & Las Posadas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MIXBPsrN7Y

Busted Halo's 2010 Advent Surprise Calendar reveals a short quotation
for each day along with a "microchallenge" -- an easily doable but
meaningful task to help you make the most of the Advent season (http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/advent-calendar-2010).

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 02 Issue 05

***Media literacy quote of the day (thank you Sr. Rose Pacatte):
How Did They Do That?
One of the key concepts of media literacy is that all forms of media
are constructed. Grown-ups know media doesn't just happen, but
audiences young and old seldom consider just who decides how a story
is told and all the steps that go into making media. Without
diminishing the enjoyment of media, we can understand processes that
can demythologize what media present as normal. Choose an age-
appropriate DVD movie the students are familiar with and show the
extra feature on how the film was made, then talk about it especially
why the filmmakers chose to include or delete scenes.

***YouTube Videos of the Day
Advent? Let's join the Conspiracy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVqqj1v-ZBU
and don't forget the lions lying down with... well, hugging folks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em5caMx-IJg
The Bible seems to prefer "the leopard shall lie down with the kid
(Isaiah 11:6)" anyway! This would be a good clip to show, and then
discuss how misquotes can go viral, the message being about the same.

***Blogpost of the Day (thank you Sr. Caroline Cerveny)
Check out http://wp.me/p19Xys-1x - The Future of Our 21st Century
Catechist: How Technology May Transform Faith Teaching, complete with
video support!

***YouTube User of the Day (thank you Ms. Linda Kaiser)
Check out the videos of OblateMedia, if you haven't already! Here is a
video on the Rite of Confirmation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZXu_r4KMI

***Advent Mediations for the Season
Catholic Digest offers a link to short video meditations for Advent at http://www.catholicdigest.com/media.html. This page includes photo galleries as well as the video link to more
videos.

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