Digital tools and methodology are pretty intertwined these days in the education world. However, when your students arrive in your classroom, do you appeal to the Digital Immigrant or to the Digital Native? Are you able to connect your students to their faith with the everyday digital tools and methods that are available today? Is Digital Discipleship possible in your classroom? Come to learn about a tech tool arsenal that is becoming increasingly popular and widely used. Connect with your students using new methods and some fun!

1. Caroline Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF
President and Founder, Interactive Connections
North and Northwest Metro Deanery
Catechist Conference
Opening the Doors of Faith with
Digital Tools and Methodology

2. Doors of Faith

3. Workshop Focus
1.Digital Citizenship and Social Media
2.Tools for Projects
3.Learning Activities

4. Digital Citizenship
1. National -
http://www.usccb.org/about/communications/social-media-guidelines.cfm
2. Diocesan Policy
3. Parish or School Policy
4. http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/

5. DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
and
Social Media

6. Digital Citizenship and Social Media
 People all over the planet interact using various technologies.
 This interaction has created a digital society.
 In any society,it is expected that digital citizens act in a certain
way—according to accepted norms,rules,and laws.
 Most of today’s youth are entirely comfortable with technology,but
are they using it appropriately?
 Do they understand their roles and responsibilities in digital
society?
 Do they know how to be Digital Disciples and Digital Citizens?
Source: Bailey and Ribble: Digital Citizenship in Schools

7. A View of Teenagers Today
• 95% of teens spend time with
friends face to face
• 93% of teens ages 12-17 use the
Internet
• 68% send instant messages
• 65% use social networking sites
• 64% of online teens are content
creators

8. Other Models and Resources

9. Social Networking Demographics
38
77 75
57
30
19
10 7
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
12-14 15-18 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Percent with a Social Networking Profile
Source: Pew Internet

10. Tools for Projects

11. 7 Tools for the Digital Classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiU4eCosPMQ

12. Buzz: How could you use?
1. Comic Life
2. Skype
3. YouTube
4. Awesome Screenshot
5. Poll Everywhere
6. QR Codes
7. Explain Everything

13. http://catechesis20.org

14. Intro – Learn - Suggestions

15. Learning Activities

16. Embrace Social Media

17. Twitter (Class Account)
Ask a question, invite students to respond back to the question.
Twitter records the conversation.

18. ePals

19. ePals Global Community
http://www.epals.com
Distance learning projects by sharing video, image, or audio feeds of
“a typical celebration of Baptism” or “a typical Lent Stations of the
Cross,” and they can use the blog with their ePal to communicate
experiences back and forth.

20. SCVNGR – http://scvngr.com

22. SCVNGR
What scavenger hunt could you set-up in your parish? Local area? Is a
church pilgrimage possible? Other?
What about engaging your parish youth ministry group in creating
and setting up the scavenger hunt for your junior high students OR
FORA FAMILY EVENT?

23. Oral History Project
What oral history project could you do in your parish?
Using ipadio for a podcast from a cellphone: http://ipadio.com
…and Blogger: http://www.blogger.com
See pages 76-77, HelpYour Child Learn with Cell Phones andWeb
2.0, by Liz Kolb. Order at: http://bit.ly/16uomF7

24. Photo Mapping our Saints
Kids use their cell phones to take photos of images of saints around
your city/town. (over several months with a deadline). Using
http://www.flickr.com
See pages 78-79, HelpYour Child Learn with Cell Phones andWeb
2.0, by Liz Kolb. Order at: http://bit.ly/16uomF7

25. Resources

26. Digital Discipleship
 How do we model that we are a Digital Disciple?
 Explore – Digital Discipleship!
http://www.slideshare.net/ccerveny/digital-discipleship-
9985142 or http://slidesha.re/X9rWwf
 See Digital Discipleship -
http://convergemagazine.com/digital-discipleship-1090/

27. Questions or Comments?
 Email: c.cerveny@verizon.net
 Twitter: @ccerveny
 ACyberPilgrim.org
 Catechesis20.org
Slides 5, 6, 8 & 9 from: Digital Citizenship and Social Media in the Classroom and Life