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8:00 Mass 8:45 Refreshments

9:15 Keeping Up With the Net Generation A passionate student is a learning student. Using digital media students are building their own learning experiences, constructing meaning, and collaborating in teams to solve authentic content-based problems. Teachers who use these empowering technologies are discovering we can have rigor without sacrificing excitement.

10:15-10:45 Stretch Break

10:45-12:00 Schooling for 21st Century- Unleashing Student Passion Evidence based on exemplary practices in education suggests that new models of teaching and learning have the power to improve educational outcomes dramatically. Come learn how to have it all—including both creativity and rigor—when delivering your common core enhanced curriculum. The secret: Focus on student passion and interest.

12:00-1:00 Lunch.

1:15- 2:00 Schooling for 21st Century- Unleashing Student Passion

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 * //Why be a Connected Educator?//**

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=Articles and Resources= http://teach.com/education-technology/education-connection http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2007/11/13/10tln_nussbaum-beach_web.h19.html http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2011/04/20/interview_nussbaum-beach.html?tkn=QQSFIvBufG4qp2Pb7fRNbsDuMCwwcFTJ0d9b&cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS2 http://plpnetwork.com/2012/04/24/howard-rheingold-sheryl-nussbaum-beach-talk-passion-based-learning-teaching-teachers-and-connectivism/ http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol6/611-nussbaum-beach.aspx http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/11/18/interview-of-the-month-sheryl-nussbaum-beach/ http://www.techlearning.com/article/no-limits/44886 = =
 * Getting Started- 31 Days of Connected Goodness**
 * https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38904447/starter-kit-final.pdf**
 * Twitter Handbook**
 * The Creative Guide for Teachers Using Twitter**
 * //Today’s Teachers Must Become Connected Educators//**
 * //We Might Be Giants//**
 * //Passion Based Learning for the 21st Century//**
 * //A Futuristic View of Education//**
 * //Interview//**
 * //Assessing 21st Century Learning//**
 * //No Limits//**

=Resources with a Catholic Flavor= "When people exchange information, they are already sharing themselves, their view of the world, their hopes, their ideals. It follows that there exists a Christian way of being present in the digital world: this takes the form of a communication which is honest and open, responsible and respectful of others... I would like then to invite Christians, confidently and with an informed and responsible creativity, to join the network of relationships which the digital era has made possible."

- Pope Benedict XVI, Message for the 45th World Communications Day, 5 June 2011

https://twitter.com/#!/news_va_en http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062811-pope-twitter-ipad.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC8s44MRGVA&feature=youtu.be http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/confession-a-roman-catholic/id416019676?mt=8 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/02/catholic-church-blesses-iphone-app-as-aid-for-confession/1#.TzurNrSICXs http://www.xt3.com/ http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=37479 http://catholictechtalk.com/?doing_wp_cron=1329310348 http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/communications/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20120124_46th-world-communications-day_en.html
 * Pope's Twitter Account**
 * Pope uses iPad, Twitter to launch new Vatican website**
 * Vatican Website**
 * Confession App**
 * Social Network**
 * Catholics Online**
 * Catholic Tech Talk**
 * Message about World Communications Day**

Here are 16 social media stats that are particularly insightful for Catholics and our Church: Matthew Warner 1) “By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers…96% of them have joined a social network.” Are we meeting them where they’re at? 2) “Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web.” 3) “1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met via social media.” 4) “If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest.” Do we need an “Archdiocese of Facebook”? :-) 5) “On average, online students out perform those receiving face-to-face instruction.” Is the Church teaching online as much as we could? 6) “80% of companies use LinkedIn as a primary tool to find employees.” Still looking for a job anyone? How about is your parish using LinkedIn to find the most qualified and passionate employees? 7) “What happens in Vegas stays on YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, etc.” Thank goodness for the confessional. 8) “Wikipedia has over 13 million articles…some studies show it’s more accurate than Encyclopedia Britannica.” Have Catholics been writing these articles? Contributing to them? Making sure they are correct? 9) “There are over 200,000,000 Blogs.” How many of them are Catholic? 10) “Facebook USERS translated the site from English to Spanish via a Wiki in less than 4 weeks and cost Facebook $0.” How can the Catholic Church or the parish accomplish such feats on limited budgets? 11) “78% of consumers trust peer recommendations.” How many peers are recommending the Catholic Church on social media? 12) “25% of Americans in the past month said they watched a short video…on their phone.” Is the Church doing enough to create these videos? And to create them well? 13) “35% of book sales on Amazon are for the Kindle when available.” How many of our great Catholic treasures (books) have been digitized and made available on the Kindle and other electronic formats? 14) “24 of the 25 largest newspapers are experiencing record declines in circulation because we no longer search for the news, the news finds us.” Are we as a Church going out and finding people? Or are we just waiting for people to find us? 15) “More than 1.5 million pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) are shared on Facebook…daily.” How many of them reflect the Gospel? How many share the fullness of Truth? 16) “Successful companies in social media act more like Dale Carnegie and less like David Ogilvy - listening first, selling second.” Is the Catholic Church present enough in social media to be listening? And are we listening first?

For the next generation, the social web is defining sex, marriage and family. The Church must be a force there. The social web is on the cutting edge of education and communication. The Church must be on that edge. The social web is developing the language that future generations will speak. The Church must speak it fluently. Social media is changing the world. The Church must be fully present there to help guide that change.

Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/16_social_media_insights_for_catholics/#ixzz1mSEJvWXX

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