Catholic Education - Anytime, Anywhere
What will a student do on a typical day when home sick from school? They might rest, sleep and if feeling up to it, perhaps watch some television or surf the web. One Harrisburg public school student went online and attended a religion class being delivered online by the bishop from his diocese. He then wrote to the bishop to express his profound gratitude and suggested that the classes be widely publicized so that students in all schools could benefit.It is critically important that anytime anywhere learning is available to students. Learning anytime any where is here to stay. Education is adapting in many exciting ways and Catholic education is too! Changing times call for innovative strategies. Surely this applies to teaching the faith to our young people as well.
High School Student Involvement in Online Learning
http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_news.html In fact these online classes are being offered to all seniors in Catholic high schools in Harrisburg during Lent. Harrisburg's Bishop Joseph McFadden is teaching 6 classes online on selected Wednesday mornings. A blend of teaching and interactive discussions, each of the classes is being archived and posted to the web.
Topics delivered to date:
March 16, 2011 - Faith, Life and Prayer as the students enter the next phase of their life. March 23rd, 2011- Friendship with God and Others
Dates of Classes:
March 16, 23, 31, April 6, 13, 20The Harrisburg diocese, the Philadelphia Archdiocese and other dioceses across the state of Pennsylvania are now or are becoming part of the Pennsylvania Regional Wide Area Network which connects schools across the state to a high speed network and excellent online resources.One Philadelphia area school is currently on the network (Pope John Paul, Royersford) and 8 additional schools will join this year.How will religious education take to online spaces to lead today's young people? It will reach them wherever they happen to be. We see new examples every day!
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