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

== 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. 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) ==

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Barbara E

[] Barbara, this is a great Sliderocket presentation. Thanks for sharing! I hope all the participants take a look. - CM Like that a couple of tools were used in the presentation itself; yet presentation was clean and simple - Susie

Kathleen Kirkpatrick []

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Amy Acker Mobley Edge Registration Form from google drive

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also an Animoto I made for an upcoming prayer service

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Rachele Deering []

Daren Goodridge SKYPE- this is an excellent tool for online meetings both local and international. It is also good for file sharing and it's free to use. media type="skype" key="Daren Goodridge" ARG0="call_green_white_153x63.png" height="63" width="153"