Social+Networking+-+Examples

Expected time to complete: 30 minutes. Please note that this assignment has __two parts.__

__Part 1 __

Find and post at least one example of how Facebook, Twitter, or any other social networking platform can be used to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, promote social justice, bring relief to the suffering, or in some way built up the Body of Christ. Your example can be a link to a relevant article, a copy of a post you found on a SN site, an event you discovered, or a link to a video. The object here is to create a list of positive uses of social networking media. //Remember - no cheating//! You are NOT allowed to use Google or You Tube for this assignment; search only through //Facebook, Twitter or Digital Catechesis//.

Part of this assignment is also to learn how to post a link on our wiki. Please follow the instructions (below) to post your homework and create a live link.

For this assignment, you will need to create live links using the "Link" button above. Here are the steps to do this: Please sign in, select the "Edit" button, and add your example below. When you are done, be sure to click on "SAVE."
 * Find the article you want to link to and COPY the URL to your clipboard
 * Post a Facebook status update, Retweet, or post on Digital Catechesis, sharing the resource you found.
 * Go back to this page and in "Edit" mode, type in some descriptive text.
 * Highlight the text you want to link, and click on "Link" in the edit navigation bar.
 * In the dialog box that opens, click on "Web Address."
 * Enter the URL of the article to which you are linking.
 * Click on "Add Link"
 * Be sure to SAVE your work!

Here's an example:

I found a great video on Digital Catechesis. It's entitled "Sacred Earth" [|Take a look]. - Claudia []

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I found a great site on twitter@catholicspirit. http://issuu.com/thecatholicspirit/doc - Susan Noble = = We are always looking for ways to rejuvenate and re-energize, found a great way to turn webinar into an online retreats at "[|Amazing Catechists]" - Rose Mary Saraiva

Great article I found this on twitter on the coming home network How Pope Francis is promoting this in his everyday routine plus a catchy tune from times past- [] Tom Harrmann

I found this video of Digital Catechesis and begin to think about if we can ignite them to evangelize in a way that ignites their population just how many people/youth they will be able to touch. It is a New Day in Evangelization! Angela Jackson [|http://digitalcatechesis.ning.com/video/social-network]

Since we couldn't Google (phew - that was hard not to do that!), and my interest is using social media for Catholic evangelization, I decided to search in Facebook using the phrase "Catholic voice". I came across a wonderful presence called "Catholic Voices USA" whose mission states: //"The mission of Catholic Voices USA is to put the Church's case in the public square."// In looking over their site, I was really touched by the article " [|Top ten quotes from Pope Francis’ first WCD message about social media]" - amazing!!!!! (Dee Lopez)

Looking to work on the Spiritual Exercises this Lent. A few helpful sites: [|The **Spiritual** **Exercises** – IgnatianSpirituality.com;]I also found this reflection on Ignatian spirituality (linked with health) MakingAllThingsNew.com (Lois Locey)

Lent is here. Let's find out more about it! Tanya LeSane . http://digitalcatechesis.ning.com/video/ash-wednesday-lent-in-two-minutes-1

Claire McManus Here is a post I shared on my FB account and reposted to DDBC Group that is a photo of a page from the Bible with a passage from Phillipians 4: "Give your worries to God" Phillipians 4

Christmas may have passed but I loved this video through Digital Catechesis: []. It is about lifting the spirits of the homeless through a random act of kindness. (Melissa Findley)

Susan Noble I found this post on facebook that one of my friend's post. It is about God is with me and his word is the voice in my life. [|You say... God says....]

__Part 2__ Now that you have some experience in three social networking sites, we would like to know how you are planning to integrate some kind of networking media into your classroom, professional development, or other catechetical setting. Please write a brief paragraph below about your "dream plan" to integrate social networking in your ministry. It can be a visionary paragraph, or it can be practical steps with bullet points. Be sure to include your name.

Susan Noble- Dream Plan I would like to create a Facebook page for my Youth Ministry parents, so they can keep in touch of what we are doing in class and have questions and reflections to go over with their youth when they are at home the rest of the week. Have reflections daily reflections for the parents so they can continue to learn about their faith and spread the gospel message to others.I want to excite as many as I can about their faith.
 * __Post your plan here__**

Rose Mary Saraiva - Plan for networking: Using a dedicated Facebook page for our faith formation program, where parents can be updated with the child's lesson each week, what they can be doing at home, and online assignment to tie it all in to the lesson. Also a forum where the Gospel can be broken open each week, a Lectio/Visio Divina online. (I like the approach! so many of our parents have FB accounts! SC)

Tom Harrmann - How this can work for me As the DRE at a small rural parish in central Ohio I can see using a FB page to stay in touch with my teacher, parents, students, parish members. Postings about lives of the saints, news of world wide happenings involving our Catholic church, ideas of how the parish can get involved in things locally, see how it all ties together and how we are part of a greater whole. Many of the parents, teachers, and students have FB this would be a great way to connect, spread the Gospel and see the larger picture.

I would like to show our parish the power of social networking in fundraising by using Facebook, Twitter, Crowdfunding, Texting etc…. Using these techniques to connect with other parish communities in the country could prove to be very powerful in sharing ideas and raising money. In a parish community that is connected with Social Networking it also allows more accessibility and interest to partner with businesses, both profit and non-profit, to raise money. It is also my vision that if our parish is progressive in utilizing social networking we will be able to relate to the youth and young adults and this will ignite an excitement in them, especially by encouraging and ensuring them that the Catholic Church is as progressive as their counterparts.
 * Angela Jackson - Dream Plan**

Dee Lopez - Dedicated parish FB pages I'm with Rose Mary ... I would like to create a dedicated parish FB page for those in Adult Faith Formation to keep them inspired and helping them embrace their role as evangelizers in the 21st century. I would also like to create a dedicated FB page for the parents of our RE children (preschool through grade 8). We keep telling them they are the primary catechist(s) of their children, but they always feel ill-equipped. What is still a struggle for me is determining what should be place on a FB page versus a regular web page.

Lois Locey - Using social media to promote Lent Parishioners I am closed to have suggested and prodded me to create a social media plan for Lent. That would include creating events and posts on Facebook and Twitter. Also inpcluded would be placing questions for reflection. See where else we can get the message across, and if we can put some "boosts" to our neighbors on facebook. It begins with Ash Wednesday and continues each week through Holy Week. I would then proceed to do this in the other seasons of the year -- from the ordinary to the extraordinary!

Tanya LeSane Digital 101 I know that there are many ways to spread the Good News. In fact, I have used a lot of different methods to bring people closer to Christ. But I never felt comfortable with using social media to engage my parishioners. But being a part of this class has increased my comfort level in the digital world. My parish has a Facebook page. I hope to add pertinent links for the different liturgical seasons. I realize this is a small way of spreading of the gospel. But I believe as I continue to grow in my social media skills, I will truly be embracing the digital world.

Claire McManus--Connecting to Catechists around the diocese I would like to create a means by which I can offer formation and support to catechists. Many DREs talk of their frustration that they can't get their catechists to come to formation or meetings, and they don't want to over-burden their already busy lives. We have so many poorly trained catechists that it is impacting the quality of our religious education. If I can find a way to engage them through social media I might be able to give them information about the Catholic faith that they need to know, and share best practices so that they can be more effective in the classroom.

My "vision" for social media use within our parish community is to present a cohesive message filtered through all mediums as to not confuse our audience. Taking visitors through a journey that is supported by each social media tool and have easy access to information that they may find relevant. Ultimately frequenting these tools to stay in touch with what's happening in the Church and applying the teachings to their daily lives. (Melissa Findley)

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