Ten+Great+Ideas+for+Your+Catechetical+Classroom+Using+Web+2.0+Tools

Click here to read the inspiring ideas posted in the Question box during our webinar.
Assignment #1 What is Unique About Web 2.0 Tools?

Assignment #2 Embedding and Tagging in Digital Catechesis

Assignment #3 What Tools Might You Use in Your Ministry and How?

Assignment #4 Ten Tools Survey

= PART 2 OF ASSIGNMENT #3 - POST YOUR EXAMPLE BELOW HERE = == Note to all DDBC participants. We have left the contributions of previous class participants for you to see. There are some great tools here. When you are ready to embed your example, please add it anywhere on the page BELOW. There is a note about embedding Vimeo videos in red below. ==

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**Annimoto** []

Animoto offers a free 30 second video tool, with options to upgrade to longer videos with a paid account. This is a great tool for students who are just starting to discover the fun of digital storytelling. Animoto also allows you to insert digital video clips, and they offer a good selection of legal background music. This Animoto video was created with an upgraded account.

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**[|Tagxedo.com]**

Like Wordle, Tagxedo allows you to paste in any words, apply shape, color, font and orientation, and then creates a word cloud for you. Here's an example of a word cloud using the words from an article about parish twinning. The words used most frequently are the largest words. Can you guess the name of the person featured in this article?



Image Chef []

Another online tool that offers all kinds of creative items that can be embedded in your wiki, Image Chef allows you to create word mosaics (word clouds), mini slideshows, photo frams and a sketchpad. Here's a word mosaic using the text of John 3:16. Note that this is an ad-supported site and you must be 13 or older to sign up.



My impression is that it is a virtual classroom, where quizzes can be taken, assignments can be delivered and graded, links can take students to a variety of learning sites, videos, etc. outside the classroom. Below, I have pasted an Edmodo tutorial.
 * Edmodo** is a free social learning Web 2.0 tool that you can sign up for at Edmodo.

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YouTube example
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Prezi is a way to make your presentations more interesting, and it is free to use.

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== (Note: If you are trying to embed a Vimeo video you may run into difficulties. The problem with embedding a Vimeo video is related to the Internet browser you are using. When accessing wikispaces from Firefox, there was no problem embedding the HTML code. I was not able to embed using IE, however. Live and learn! If participants have problems embedding video, try using a different browser. - Claudia) ==

I discovered **Weebly**, a webpage and blog combo that is free and easy to use. I created a webpage for our Parish Catechetical Leaders that I use to curate resources and also have links to **GoogleForms**, which I use to collect the annual Religious Education Stats. (Claire McManus) Fall River Catechetical Leaders

We had a disciple volunteer use his videography talents to help us create a video and had it posted to our parish website [] (Melissa Findley)

I have seen oovoo used at our Diocese and I thought it would be nice to see the difference between oovoo and Skype. The one main difference is that you do not have to download oovoo to still talk with your friends. They can use the web browser. Also oovoo allows you to upload recorded video directly to your youtube once it is recorded. Oovoo also has a web video chat feature which allows you to embed video onto your blog website or social networking site (Tanya LeSane)

media type="custom" key="25874374" I decided to use imagechef to make a word cloud. I simply used the name of my church. I love the visual effect it makes with using only a few words. Angela



I also used imagechef to make a word cloud. I used the words from the Suscipe (The Ignatian Prayer), something I thought we could use in the parish -- put the prayers in an attractive manner. -- Lois



I have used weebly to create an interactive website, blog and forum for parents, guardians, students and catechist. - Rose Mary Saraiva
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