***Youtube video tip for the day:
Indescribable at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlKhw_o6kzE is a
glorious sync video depicting God's authorship of all creation,
including math, physics, and science! Very positive!
***Media literacy tip for the day (thank you Sr. Rose Pacatte!):
When teaching kids about faith and media, do honor their media
opinions, experience and learning; motivate your students through
inquiry and discovery.
(cf. Media Minfdulness: Educating Teens about Faith & Media, by G.
Hailer, R. Pacatte, St. Mary's Press, 2007)
***Book suggestion for the day (thank you Ms. Tricia Tranel):
The Catechist's Magic Kit: Eighty Simple Tricks For Teaching
Catholicism To Kids, http://tinyurl.com/33ebdem
One of my favorite resources is "The Catechist's Magic Kit: Eighty
Simple Tricks For Teaching Catholicism To Kids" by Angelo Stagnaro,
Crossroad Publishing Company, ©2009. The tricks are fully explained
and most are easy to perform using household items. The tricks
correspond to the topics of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, so
it is easy to find a trick for almost every formation session.
Explanations are provided for making the connection between the trick
and the theological or spiritual truth being shared, and kids of all
ages (and adults!) sit up and listen whenever I bring out another
magic trick.
***eResource for the day (thank you Sr. Caroline Cerveny and
Interactive Connections)
Check out Interactive Connections's (IC) first quarterly eNewsletter
at http://tinyurl.com/38oqclz! IC addresses the "the need to gather
faith leaders, teachers, catechists and all who would be interested in
a faith-based educational technology ministry (pg. 1 of IC's
eNewsletter)."
***Tech Tool for the Day:
What the heck is Twitter, really? Here is a great, short introduction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
... but it is a bit outdated. When it talks about sharing personal
notes, think about sharing other short bits of serious information,
like great videos you've found, news articles, websites, coupons and
good books. My favorite so far is from Terry Freedman, http://twitter.com/terryfreedman
, an English educator, who "tweets" ed-tech resources.: (BTW, you can
follow me at http://twitter.com/timewelch)
If any links do not work, simply copy and paste them into your
browser's URL field, making sure no spaces accidentally get into it.
(Welcome PCL Forum members! This eLetter is a free service from the
National Association of Catechetical Media Professionals,
www.nacmp.org. It is meant to be short. Very short. If you would like
to "unsubscribe", simply reply to this eLetter and let me know. It
will only hurt my feelings slightly! Blessings! Tim Welch,
President, NACMP.)
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