Monday, December 10, 2012

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 04 Issue 3

***Immaculate Conception, history and description, video of the Day (thank you, Ms. Janet Gray)

***Jutice and Stewardship video of the Day (thank you, Sr. Maureen Crosby!)

***Creation Stewardship video of the Day, Gangnum Style (thank you, Ms. Anita Fischer via Ms. Lori Dahlhoff)

***Free App of the Day(thank you, Ms. Susan Wallace!)
Check out the Advent & Christmas Daily Blessings app from Holy Cross Family Ministries. This Advent/Christmas App is available on iTunes [http://bit.ly/TClAoV] for Apple devices, Google Play [http://bit.ly/UfKrjh] for Android 2.3, and at a mobile site for other smart phones [http://m.FamilyRosary.org/Xmas].

*** Cutest Theological Reflection on the Reign of God video of the day(thank you, Sr. Rose Pacatte!)

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 04 Issue 2

*** "God is Great Indeed" Video of the Day (thank you, Sr. Maureen
Crosby!)
http://youtu.be/dxCRIF0m79w

*** StoryCorps Video of the Day (thank you, Mr. Dan Hollenhorst)
http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/the-tough-questions

*** QR (Quick Response) Codes explanation and tool of the Day
http://www.qrstuff.com/qr_codes.html (Use QR Codes? see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2rVYvylvZc)

*** YouTube "Digital Natives" video of the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZCMkAB875I

*** Web 2.0 Free Image Creation and Photo Effects Tool of the Day
http://www.pixlr.com

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 04 Issue 1

*** YouTube "God done Good" video of the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAQxNVQF_I0&nofeather=True

*** Blog Suggestion of the Day (thank you Ms. Rosanne Coffey)
http://www.melanniesvobodasnd.org/ Check out this post: http://www.melanniesvobodasnd.org/2012/07/30/sensitivity-the-art-of-the-small/

*** "Like Wordle Word Cloud Maker? You'll love this" Resource of the
Day (thanks again, Rosanne!)
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2011/09/8-word-cloud-makers-for-teachers/

*** Serious Stuff to Ponder and Pray about of the Day (thank you Sr.
Rose Pacatte)
http://sisterrosemovies.com/how-to-talk-to-children-about-the-aurora-tragedy

*** Children's Prayer Resource Suggestion of the Day (thank you Ms.
Kathy Ward)
http://www.loyolapress.com/pray-me-a-story-kit-series.htm

*** Web 2.0 Motivational Poster Maker of the Day
http://bighugelabs.com/motivator.php

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 03 Issue 8

*** Welcoming Catholic Video of the Day (thank you Mr. Mike Hayes)
http://googlinggod.com/2012/05/31/are-you-welcomed-at-your-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-welcomed-at-your-church
or http://youtu.be/saN4m3OZ3wE

*** Positively Pro-Life Video of the Day (thank you Mr. Kent Schmitz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THAaNPIxEek

*** "Internet and Shallow vs. Deep Reading Article of the day
http://www.readability.com/articles/ieimrpmh (there may be a brief
advertisement when you click on this link, you can skip it by clicking
on the upper right "Continue to page>>" link

*** Email efficiency tips of the day (thank you Ms. Lori Dallhoff)
Inbox Zero: Action-based Email (59 minutes: provides plausible reasons
for developing an email management system then outline a simple
repeatable pattern to implement it) http://inboxzero.com/video/ also
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9UjeTMb3Yk
5 Easy Steps to Inbox Zero (10 minutes: illustrates using gmail) http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+inbox+zero&mid=1948F68866387D4388EC1948F68866387D4388EC&view=detail&FORM=VIRE5

*** Power of the Internet and Digital Storytelling video of the day
(thank you Ms. Annie Welch, Mr. Luis Sanchez, and a bunch of others)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U

*** Web 2.0 Tools for Catechesis site of the day (thank you Sr.
Caroline Cerveny)
http://catechesis20.wordpress.com/


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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 03 Issue 7

*** Paschal Mystery Video of the Day
http://www.wimp.com/withoutcrying/

*** Lent (to Easter) Video of the Day (thank you Ms. Brenda Kresky)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFWVLL2Y3dY

*** Britain's Got Talent Video of the Day (thank you Ms. Kristin Jurek)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IS2OKqq1w Just when I thought I had
seen enough of these videos. What a great video to talk about
ministry, truth telling, gifts, values, peer pressures, etc.

*** Wordcloud Tool (like http://www.Wordle.net) to Explore of the Day
http://tagul.com It is presently free (and beta, so quirky). But
cool. You can make each word a link to another website!

*** Online Utility of the Day (thank you Sr. Caroline Cerveny)
Have a video file, and you want to extract only the audio... as in a
music video perhaps? Try http://media.io/ You simply upload your
video file, the site extracts the audio, and coverts it to the file
type you select. You can also convert audio files to other types,
like .wav to .mp3

*** TEDx Talk of the Day (thank you Sr. Janet Schaeffler
Designing for Generosity? Seems to me that there is something oh so
Catholic in this vision! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpyc84kamhw


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Thursday, March 1, 2012

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 03 Issue 6

*** 'God is so Big' site of the Day (thank you Mr. Dan Hollenhorst)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ - wonder what kind of Powerpoint your
students can make of these!

*** 'Online schedule a date with colleagues easily' resource of the
day (thank you Ms. Brenda Kresky and Mr. Bryan Reising)
http://www.doodle.com

*** Lenten Reflection of the 40 Days (thank you Kathy Ward)
http://40theseries.com Great model for telling our Story, and for
allowing folks to engage....

***Franciscanesque blog of the Day
http://www.judyjeub.com - Check out her "Snow Coming to Minnesota"
post, and, oh, l love the poem about Stew

***iPad/iPod/iPhone App for Digital Storytelling of the Day
If Big Al can do it, so you you! Have your students' Sock Puppets tell
THE Story! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-puppets/id394504903?mt=8
Oooo, this just in! Check out Puppet Pals app too at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals/id395844666?mt=8
Cheryl Smith from the Diocese of Syracuse had two grandchildren
create Prodigal Son shows at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SND5xLBkCss&context=C3581cebADOEgsToPDskIYdfhsAgR_9-nmbE0KVOTl
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxIiNTH94Ts&feature=youtu.be

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Monday, January 30, 2012

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 03 Issue 5

***'New Translation' Catechetical Aid of the Day (thank you Ms.
Rosanne Coffey)
Teaching "consubstantiation" to youngsters. See http://www.rtjscreativecatechist.com/videos/27/

***Slideshare.net shared slideshow of the Day (thank you Rev. Jerry
Schik, osc)
http://www.slideshare.net/pcuadra/lectio-divina (note: make sure you
look through other PowerPoint presentations there from people like http://www.slideshare.net/ccerveny
and http://www.slideshare.net/jdees )

***Youtube video of the Day (thank you Sr. Janet Schaeffler)
I'm Human: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJymVGJ3Eag

***America Magazine Resources
Check out their slide, video, print, and podcast resources. I like
Sacred Art Slides at http://www.americamagazine.org/content/slideshows/arssacra/index.html
and The Visitors at http://www.americamagazine.org/content/video/video-index.cfm?series_id=1134

***iPad App of the Day
What can you or your learners do with stopmotion (claymation) or
timelapse photography. Check out http://boinx.com/istopmotion/ipad/.

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