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Eucharistic Miracles - Prezi Frenzy
At the same time that my Religion 3 classes are working on a RAFT my honors classes are doing a project on the Eucharistic Miracles Expo on our hallways. So what to do? I saw plenty of students from...
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Persuasion - Priestly Debates
So after the marriage chapter we moved on to the chapter on the priesthood and for some unknown reason I decided to have classroom debates. I divide the teens into 6 groups and we had 3 topics and I...
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Naked Bodies in Art - Whole Class Collaboration
Well while my regular classes worked on their debates I challenged my honor classes to create one single presentation (using Google Docs Presentation) on the used of the naked body in media and art....
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Don't Bring a Notebook Please
Don't bring a pen either I told my students and absolutely never print anything! We are going paperless! I even wrote on the board "This is a paperless classroom"and then handed out my syllabus on...
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A Smart Use for SmartArt
One of the features I really like of Microsoft Word 2010 is the SmartArt graphics (it's in the insert tab) which have many different categories and shape for organizing ideas. It is really quick and...
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Mindmapping with Google
Collaborative mindmaps are great for brainstorming as a class and last year I used MindMeister but then my free trial expired.... This year I intended to use Mind42.com which is free and works just the...
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Can YouTube Teach? A Baptism Project
One of the things that I want to teach my students this year is to discern sources of the content they find on the internet. An especially difficult website for this is YouTube where the...
View ArticleEucharist Videos Project
This year I once again did the Eucharist on YouTube project and it was more successful! There are is key step I added that made things go smoother and that was a project planner. I found a great...
View ArticleChurches, Rites and Liturgies
A great video project that I did with my honor students also on the topic of the Eucharist dealt with a much tougher topic and required lots more research. After spending the entire chapter studying...
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Web 2.0 and 2nd Grade Religion Class
I am really exited to share with you the work of Mrs. Fisher's 2nd grade class. Mrs. Fischer attended my presentation at the OCCUE TechFest last month about Web 2.0 in the Religion classroom. I was...
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Is ADD the Problem?
I know that most of my posts are about sharing lessons but today I want to share with you a video that I have watched several times and I just think there is a lot of truth to it. There are two parts...
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Vocabulary Web - Don't just memorize!
Have you ever wondered what you could do with the vocabulary lists at the end of a chapter? Sure we all have tried crossword puzzles but can we go beyond that? Flashcards, sentences, and the like may...
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Command YouTube
This year's final project was another video project but a lot more complex that the Eucharist videos. The rationale was the same, there was very little came up on YouTube that when you searched any...
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Infographics in your Classroom
I can't believe it has been a month since school started, it has been so busy! Thankfully my seniors had me last year so they are already have their Evernote and Blogs set up. So I decided to start...
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Pixton: Worth Paying for It
I rarely advocate a website or tool that is not free but this year I decided to give Pixton for Schools a try. I have used Pixton for Fun a lot in the past but wanted to assign longer projects without...
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Socrates in Your Classroom
Socrative might not actually be Socrates but this Web 2.0 tool and App is a great way to implement the wise man's method of teaching via discussion and dialogue. I'm ashamed I have not told you about...
View ArticleAwake During Lectures
Now that things have settled in my life and I have become the EdTech Specialist at my high school I have more time to share new tools, I also have more time to research new tools and not just for...
View ArticleVideo Quizzes
Videos are a great tool for teaching but if not used properly they can be a waste of time. These days if there is a video I really want students to see and learn from I do not show it in class,...
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Classroom Websites Made Easy
It's amazing how fast educational technology is growing, I was in Grad School in 2012 and learned about Wikis, Blogs, Google Sites, Weebly and so much more but never really delved into the whole new...
View ArticleQuiz Games and Healthy Competition
I'm sure many of you have heard of Kahoot the website for creating review games to play in class, a great alternative to old school Jeopardy. I have used it myself countless times in my classes and the...
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Technology is a Language not Just a Tool
The success of last week's assignment made me realize that technology is not just a tool that makes learning easier for our kids ... technology works because it is their language! Now all languages in...
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How a Song can Teach
Usually my way of using a song in class is to show them the YouTube video and then write s journal entry which is fine and good but at most they give the song 3 min of their attention. Well it all...
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Not all Free Resources are Really Free
As I was preparing my lessons I wanted an easy to use online video making website for the students to use.I remember a link I bookmarked from Twitter "10 Fantastic Creative Multi-Media & Video...
View ArticleA Different Set of Tools...
It has been a while since I write because I no longer teach Religion, I teach Computer Science instead. Since I became the Educational Technology Specialist I can only teach two classes and the school...
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