Monday, September 28, 2015

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 07 Issue 1

*** If God is Love Video of the Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26en95whUAk

*** Free Catechetical / Theological Discussion Tool of the day.
Imagine asking your group or class a multiple choice question. They hold up a card, rotated to register an "A", "B", "C" or "D". You point your iOS or Android phone/tablet at the group, and scan the whole group at once. "Plickers" reads each answer and assigns it to the person holding it up, graphs the answers for a quick overview, and even sends it to a computer that can be connected to a Projector so all can see the results. Free and cool, cool, cool! https://plickers.com/

*** Curated resources of the Day Part 1 (Thank you Joyce Donahue!)
http://theliturgicalcatechist.weebly.com/sacraments.html

*** Curated resources of the Day Part 2
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html

*** 'What if Teachers had an ESPN type Sports Center?' Parody of the Day (and what if catechists were treated like this?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkHqPFbxmOU I'd us this in catechist training!

*** Blogpost of the Day. Talk about relating a multimedia effort to our faith! (Thank you Sr. Maureen Crosby!)
http://www.melanniesvobodasnd.org/2015/09/28/playing-for-change/


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Thursday, May 14, 2015

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 06 Issue 5

***Vimeo Video of the Day (thank you, Lori Dahlhoff)
Lori wrote, "Are you familiar with Shaun the Sheep? This 7 minute clip reminded me of what we often do to catechists by giving them the book and thinking they have everything to teach effectively" https://vimeo.com/46908571

*** Reflections created by Ministry Students and Instructors
http://blog.seeingtheword.org/ There are many reflections to choose some, some in pdf, some in multimedia, many springing from the Saint John's Bible. Check out a reflection on Emmaus at http://blog.seeingtheword.org/?p=1774

*** Best Practices: a Catechist-Created Video of the Day (thank you Kris Maehren)
Kris used iMovie, Google images and Youtube Videos to create this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsIyFlvxLwA

*** Video Creation Tips of the Day
https://vimeo.com/videoschool/101

*** Digital Storytelling Tools of the Day
Vimo is a cool app that allows you to add text and some effects to video... with the capability of moving the text/effects with the action.
iOS - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vimo-video-+-motion-sticker/id952050883?mt=8 I cannot find an Android version. You can see a brief demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5-nEJLeEZc Watch the "Wow" move with the book.

*** Cartoon Creation Beta Site of the Day
Check out http://www.animaker.com I just started playing, so have no recommendation at this point, but looks promising.

*** New NACMP.org Look of the Day. Check out our transitional website at http://nacmp.org as we transform who we are.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

“Shortest Catechetical Media/Tech eLetter Ever” from NACMP Vol. 06 Issue 4

*** Info-graphic Creation Tool of the Day (thank you, Ms. Marge Babcock)
Info-graphics created by Marge Babcock and Cheryl Smith with cool tool http://Easel.ly can be seen at
http://newnacmp.weebly.com/conference-information.html.

*** Videos on Grief for the Day
http://www.willowgreen.com/HealingPromise/CentraCare.asp?p=Video1&k=lQo6D12X0pGLy0vLdh1o

*** Instant Communication Tool for Chatting from Your Website of the Day! (Thank you, Mr. Joe Ferriero)
https://www.purechat.com/tour

*** Tech tools to find God of the Day (Thank you, Ms. Tricia Tranel, and of course Mr. Eric Groth and Outside da Box)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404&v=OshqCNua6Cs

*** Lenten Resources of the Day (Thank you, Fr. James Martin, SJ)
https://www.facebook.com/FrJamesMartin. He will be highlighting Lenten Resources over the next few days.

*** Social Media, Technology, New Media. etc. learning opportunities of the day.
1) Loyola Institute for Ministry's 'New Focus Area in Digital Culture and Ministry'. See page 2 of the PDF at
http://www.lim.loyno.edu/sites/lim.loyno.edu/files/LIM_Express_Special_Edition_February_2015.pdf#focus
(Thank you Dr. Daniella Zsupan-Jerome)
2) Saint John's School of Theology's summer class, 'Practices of Spirituality Amidst Digital Cultures', July 13-17, 1:00-4:15 PM daily
http://www.csbsju.edu/sot/courses-by-semester/summer-2015
(Thank you, Dr. Mary Hess)
3) Digital Discipleship Bootcamp. Registration for Winter/Spring Semester is presently closed, but go to http://ddbcformation.org/
and fill out the form on the bottom to receive updates and information on the summer sessions.
(Thank you, Sr. Caroline Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF)

*** New NACMP.org Look of the Day. Check out our transitional website at http://nacmp.org as we transform who we are.


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(This eLetter is a free service from the National Association of Catechetical Media Professionals, http://www.NACMP.org. It is meant to be short. Very short. It is also archived at http://nacmp.blogspot.com. 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)