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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... ||

Mary Amore: In my line of ministry, I deal exclusively with the spiritual life of adult men and women, who usually are encouraged to "unplug" on retreats and formation sessions. That being said, I can see where Socrative Mobile could be adapted to fit my teaching needs. I especially like the ability to offer attendees a question, and then break them into small groups for collaborative sharing all on a mobile device.

Anne Renkes: I'm thinking of providing a list of "Church Tour" vocabulary words for students (working in groups) to look up on the internet and write a brief 2 sentence description and then go find it and then using their cell phones take a video of the item and the student giving the description. It could then be compiled into a podcast to be placed on our parish website.

Staci Stroud: I envision using Socrative Mobile or the like to ask parishioners some poll-type questions (what is your preferred method of communication, how often, etc. etc.)