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Assignment #3
Expected time to complete the written part of this assignment: 15 minutes. Please allow extra time for reading chapter 3 in Toys to Tools, or browse its website.

Religious education and ministry have not kept up with the educational technology options that you will find used in other subject areas. However, what we do have are best practices in these areas that can be easily adapted to fit your situation. There are many projects in chapter 3 that could be easily adapted to use in your parish. Take time to read through chapter 3 (Pages 23-70). Find one project that you would like to adapt to fit your audience and ministry.

Once you have found a best practice that you want to adapt, very simply describe what you are planning to do in the table below.


 * ~ NAME ||~ Description of a Project ||
 * Sample || I am adapting the Murmur Project, Page 24, for HS youth. I will create a learning plan where you go over the project, assist them in how to do a good interview, determine who will create the web site, where you will upload the podcast files and more... ||

Maria Lai, CSJ - p25 in Toys to Tools I would like to create three Parents' conferences for our first communion parents using Conferencing. I think it is a great idea to inform the parents. Using the basic knowledge of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, parents can better support their children towards the preparation for the Sacrament of Eucharist. The Conferencing idea helps the parents to get hold of the information whenever they wish in their own home.

Teresa Burns I browsed the website and found Socrative for Mobile Polling. This sounds like a good resource for polling learners of all ages. I can even see the possibilities of using it for adult learners as a quiz to begin a process of dialogue.

Ivy Foo I searched the apps and found "CLASS CHARTS". Would recommend this to the PSR teachers since we have had two students brought into the DRE office for inappropriate behaviour on the first day of PSR class ( one by the mom of a kid who is the PSR teacher herself). The app helps: Improve Student's Behaviour, Recognize Achievement. This helps for effective teaching and learning.WHERE and WHO the students sit with really make a difference in a classroom.