My friend Victor Valdez, a DRE in Mountain View, CA, sent me this link about an 8th grade language arts teacher in Iowa who invited his students to select a name from the CNN Heroes finalists so that he could arrange for them to speak with him or her using SKYPE.
Eighth Graders Learn Big Lessons from CNN Heroes Assignment
Victor astutely suggests that this would be a great idea for a religious education class in a parish that has Skype technology. Think about it: a class could have a conversation with a missionary in a far away country or with the bishop of their diocese or of a distant diocese or even with a Vatican official! I’m itching to try this idea out before the end of the year!
What others ways can you see using Skype technology for religious education?
P.S. If you have trouble viewing the video above, click here.
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