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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.

to collect a dollar amount from their circle of influence and take a picture of that person. The person’s picture will then be uploaded on our website as a part of the movement. || Findley || The Exit Ticket app is very interesting. I can see myself adapting this tool for ministry leaders using their three levels of interactivity //(pre assessment, in the moment assessment, and exit out of ministry assessment)//. ||
 * ~ 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... ||
 * Tanya LeSane || I could adapt the ClassWith.us Parent-Teacher Communication Tool to my Religious Education classes. When students do not show up I would like to communicate with the parents and find out if the child was sick, etc. I believe a personal contact makes the parents feel more accountable. Also Socrative for Mobile polling would help the student get missed information and when they come into class that could answer pre-class questions. ||
 * Angela Jackson || My project will be creating a plan to engage our parish to use their cell phones to create a financial movement within the Diocese and the community. Each parishioner with a cell phone will be asked
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 * Claire McManus || I will look into the //Explain Everything// App to make presentations that can be accessed form my iPhone. //Explain Everything// is a multimedia presentation app that goes beyond the capabilities of Power Point. I would like to try using the next time that I have a presentation that usually requires that I bring a laptop. ||
 * Lois Locey || I would like to find something like [|ClassWith.Us A New SMS Parent-Teacher Communication Tool] that would work with parishioners to enhance commuication. I heard about FLOCKNOTE, which allows you to text parishioners with upcoming events. I would like to try that. Currently we rely on sending emails each week. Many people are use their phones to read these mails. Pastoral Council has talked about reformatting them so they are conducive to be read on SMARTPHONES. ||
 * Rose Mary Saraiva || Socrative looks like a simple to use app. I like using it interactively while class is in session. The use of opening up the class with a question, will allow the catechist to get feel for what the class understands. This will be a great tool that will allow even the quiet students to share, because only the catechist would know their response. It also saves time by allowing the students to check in on line making attendance taking a breeze. I will definitely be sharing this app with the 5-9 grade catechists. ||