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Assignment #1
Expected time to complete this assignment: 10 minutes

In your studies during this course, have you discovered ways that catechists and ministers are already using technology in teaching or learning about their faith? Please use the five categories below and add examples that show Web 2.0 technology applied to __any__ ministerial setting. You may refer to something that is already in place in your own parish or school, or you may list something you have discovered somewhere else.


 * Socialization **
 * EXAMPLE: In my youth group, I am using FB as a means to encourage our youth to stay connected with one another (Your Name)
 * Jonathan Sansgaard: We use Facebook to stay connected to people we meet on our Summer Servant Trips.
 * Carolina Helsel: Our church uses Facebook as a form go communication for our LifeTeen, Adult a Faith Formation, and for general church information.

**Collaboration**
 * EXAMPLE: I am using a wiki to work on a parish-wide project to help ministry leaders feel more connected. We are sharing ideas about how to reach the youth population in our parish. (Your Name)
 * Jonathan Sansgaard: Planning to use a wiki for our next Confirmation campout, allowing chaperones and high school junior guides to plan/volunteer for different things on the schedule for the weekend.
 * Carolina Helsel - Our PSR Office uses Yammer as a way to communicate our weekly lessons to our PSR families and to encourage related discussions.


 * Creativity **
 * EXAMPLE: Our parish is posting links to videos on our parish Facebook page that highlight different ministries. Because there is a place to showcase them, the ministries feel encouraged to take on this creative endeavor. (Your Name)
 * Jonathan Sansgaard: My colleague created a YouTube station that has videos of each of his Basics of Christianity classes. That way, people can watch the videos ahead of class and have more time for discussion.
 * Carolina Helsel - We use weekly PowerPoint presentations in our 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade classrooms that directly connect to the lesson being taught.


 * Authenticity **
 * EXAMPLE: I want to create a VoiceThread to encourage senior high youth to voice their experience of World Youth Day (Your Name)
 * Jonathan Sansgaard: Working on having groups of youth - junior and senior high - produce their own promotional videos.
 * Carolina Helsel - Our LifeTeen youth ministers, along with our audiovisual staff, always put together amazing videos that promote the beginning of a new teaching segment. They are shared during our LifeTeen mass as a way to get the teens excited about kicking off a new series.


 * Sharing **
 * EXAMPLE: I would like to share my opinions with Catholics in other countries about a book we are reading at the same time. (Your Name)
 * Jonathan Sansgaard: Weekly blog post by my colleague that is followed by 1000 people currently.
 * Carolina Helsel - Our LifeTeen kitchen crew shares the donations needed to make dinner for the teens every Sunday during their LifeNights via volunteerspot.com. This allows for parents on the email distribution list to easily see and sign up for food donations.