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Assignment #1
Expected time to complete this assignment: 10 minutes

In your studies during this course, have you discovered ways that catechists and ministers are already using technology in teaching or learning about their faith? Please use the five categories below and add examples that show Web 2.0 technology applied to __any__ ministerial setting. You may refer to something that is already in place in your own parish or school, or you may list something you have discovered somewhere else.


 * Socialization **
 * EXAMPLE: In my youth group, I am using FB as a means to encourage our youth to stay connected with one another (Your Name)
 * FB groups are the most commonly used mediums to share information and keep in touch among the youth of my Diocese (Daren Goodridge)

**Collaboration**
 * EXAMPLE: I am using a wiki to work on a parish-wide project to help ministry leaders feel more connected. We are sharing ideas about how to reach the youth population in our parish. (Your Name)
 * Drop Box is used especially by the Youth commission to share information especially about events in their planning stages. (Daren Goodridge)


 * Creativity **
 * EXAMPLE: Our parish is posting links to videos on our parish Facebook page that highlight different ministries. Because there is a place to showcase them, the ministries feel encouraged to take on this creative endeavor. (Your Name)
 * With the sharing of videos concerning Catholicism on Facebook and the realization that they are effective means of reaching young people this has encouraged the use of short videos and the creating of short videos from our young people as a means of connecting with each other and displaying their creativity as it relates to their Faith.


 * Authenticity **
 * EXAMPLE: I want to create a VoiceThread to encourage senior high youth to voice their experience of World Youth Day (Your Name)


 * Sharing **
 * EXAMPLE: I would like to share my opinions with Catholics in other countries about a book we are reading at the same time. (Your Name)
 * I think that blogging would be a great means of sharing ideas on what is happening in our church. Hopefully it would give us a wider perspective when we can see our ideas displayed on screen to compare. We may also be able to get global perspectives to specific issues through blogging