Monday Musings

March 29, 2004

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

1.    Study Abroad to Paraguay:  Summer sessions abroad for Spanish teachers is a two-week workshop in language and linguistics in Asuncion, Paraguay.  The purpose of the program is to provide selected students with an opportunity to analyze and practice the Spanish language in a natural linguistic and cultural context, and to receive university credit for that experience.  The program is intended primarily for Spanish teaching; however, application is open to undergraduate and graduate students from Spanish and other disciplines who have demonstrated ability in the use of the Spanish language and a need for this type of course.  For more information and application, visit http://people.cohums.ohio-state./edu/morgan3/ssast04.htm.
        Dates of the workshop:  July 5-24, 2004.

2.    OCSS Conference:  Engaging Students in a Changing World (April 22-24).  The Ohio Council for Social Studies 2004 Conference - "Engaging Students in a Changing World" -will feature keynote speaker Mrs. Denie Martiolli, NCSS President on Friday evening.  Preconference sessions on April 22 will include:  Social Studies Standards, History Alive! and Multiculturalism.  The meeting will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Akron.  For more information and registration, please visit:  http://www.ocss.org/annual_conference.htm.

3.    Spring/Summer Masters Courses at ODU:  Ohio Dominican University is offering the following courses in its new Masters in Education in Curriculum and Technology degree program.  (Call 614-251-4615 to register and for more information).
            Edu. 505 - Technology & Learning
            Edu. 521 - Psychology of Learning
            Edu. 561 - Educational Research Methods
            Edu. 511 - Curriculum/Instruction
            Edu. 501 - Current Trends in Education
            Edu. 582 - Mentoring, Collaborating and Communication through Technology

4.    Weekly Religion Ideas, March 24, 2004 - Easter:  Standard I: E-15;
Standard II: C-4,6; Standard III: B-4,8,9

For Teachers - Easter is such a marvelous season to teach about the new life we have received from our baptism and also as we look around and see the new growth in ourselves and in nature.  It is a time to realize what salvation means to us as an individual and community.  The entire mystery of Jesus Christ, his life, death and resurrection is salvific for us.  We are saved from sin and death.  Since Jesus has passed through these, because of our Baptism into Christ, we also have passed through these.  Our lives are transformed through Jesus who helps us experience God's saving presence.  Before Easter, however, there is Holy Week when we celebrate the paschal mystery of Jesus' death and resurrection.  Helping students understand according to their age level, the importance of this liturgical time and the mysteries it celebrates lays a good foundation for their later life.

For the Classroom - Videos to use:
    VC 7176    The Beginner's Bible:  The Story of Easter    PreP
    VC 6225    What is Easter    PreP
    VC 6659    Jesus Promises    P
    VC 6581    Charles Caterpillar    PI
    VC 6573    Easter Is    PI
    VC 6632    #4 Holy Week Crossing and #5 Resurrection Road     PI
    VC 6713    He Is Risen        I
    VC 6416    Happy Easter    U
    VC 6604    Story of Benjamin Burro    I
    VC 6682    Holy Week        U
    VC 7011    Jesus-A Kingdom Without Frontiers
                        #23 Jesus Dies on the Cross
                        #24 The Resurrection of Jesus
    VC 6685    Jesus and His Times:  The Final Days    JSA
    VC 6680    Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me    JSA
    VC 6587    Two By 4        JSA
    VC 6173    Seeking Jesus in His Own Land            JSA
    VC 6938    The Passion    JSA
    VC 6144    Jesus the Redeemer    A
    VC 6483    Jesus and the Gospels  #4 Interpreting the Resurrection  SA
                      #6 The Cross in the Gospel of Mark    SA
                      Tape 2  John the Beloved Disciple
                      #7 The Passion Narratives    SA
                      #8 The Resurrection Appearances of Jesus    SA

Resources - Who Is Jesus:  An Introduction to Christology, by Thomas P. Rausch (Liturgical Press, 2003) Chapters on the Death, Resurrection of Jesus and on A Contemporary Approach to Soteriology (Salvation).  Word Become Flesh Dimensions of Christology, by Brian O. McDermott (Liturgical Press, 1993) Chapters on the Death, Resurrection, Jesus Christ, God's Total Self Gift, Jesus Christ, the First of the New Humanity, Jesus Christ as the Personal Mediator of Salvation and Liberation.  April/May Issue of Religion Teacher's Journal.  "Forty Ways to Make the Most of Easter".

5.    Final Reminder:  The Diocesan LPDC meets Thursday, April 1 at Saint Anthony School.  Teachers who need to submit IPDPs or who seek CEU credit for various activities should send materials to the Diocesan Department of Education Personnel Office, 197 East Gay Street, Columbus, OH    43215.

 

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