LA Congress Tech Center Presentation: Ave Maria Press 2011

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Teaching Theology with Technology

Los Angeles Religious Education Congress

Tech Center

Jared Dees

Digital Publishing Specialist

at Ave Maria Press

E-mail jdees@nd.edu

A Ministry of the Indiana Province of Holy Cross

Advanced Organizer

1. Online Classroom Resources

2. Weekly Lesson Plan and Prayer Ideas

3. Etextbook Tips & Tutorial

4. Incorporating Video

Online Resources at www.avemariapress.com/resources

Handouts, Study Guides, PowerPoints, Crossword Puzzles, Maps, Tests and more!

Classroom Resources blog: www.avemariapress.com/engagingfaith

Online Resources

A Ministry of the Indiana Province of Holy Cross

Textbooks to eTextbooks

www.avemariapress.com/etextbooks

Benefits of eTextbooks • Students are comfortable

with technology

• No more heavy backpacks

• Technology = engaging

• Students can create and connect with eBooks

eTextbook Capabilities

• Projecting the book in front of the class

• Examining pictures

• Highlighting, note-taking, linking, book-marking

• Searching within the text

Incorporating Other Tools

Note-taking: – Evernote – Microsoft OneNote – Google Notebook – Microsoft Word Document – Google Docs

Online Collaboration Tools

• Facebook (yep, you can’t stop it) • Google Docs: Documents,

Spreadsheets, Drawings• Wikis: Wikispaces, PBWiki • Blogs: Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad,

Tumbler, and more…

A SMART Board is

more than a projector

Think beyond PowerPoint

The Advantages of SMART

Boards

For example: https://www.avemariapress.com/resources/7/2157/

Jesus Christ Video Collection

Created in conjunction with Outside da Box. See www.avemariapress.com for sample videos

Using YouTube

• YouTube and the Jesus Christ Serieswww.youtube.com/avemariapress – Jesus 1:

http://www.youtube.com/avemariapress#g/c/B0452875DFA96E0C

– Jesus 2: http://www.youtube.com/avemariapress#g/c/DB6C6EEC5B83F7F7

Tech in Prayer: There’s an App for That

Stations of the Cross iPhone AppBased on the book, John Paul II’s Biblical Way of the Cross by Amy Welborn and Michael Dubruiel; Illustrated by Michael O’Brien

Cost: Free

Coming Soon: Spanish Version

Ave Maria Press Presents: Tech Tips

www.avemariapress.com/techtips

• Weekly Tips and Tutorials • How To Videos • Audio Interviews • Multimedia Resources

Online Resourceswww.avemariapress.com/resources

Engaging Faith blog: www.avemariapress.com/engagingfaith

Bi-weekly High School eNewsletter

www.facebook.com/HighSchoolReligiousEducation

Silent Meditation & Prayer

• Turn off projectors • Close your computer • Ask kids to really turn their phones off • Go to the chapel

• No distractions…