WEEKLY ROUND UP 4/28/17

NCEA Monthly Feature School: Saint Patrick Catholic School in Meridian, MS Improving Fire Safety and Arson Awareness for Faith-Based and Community Organizations Forget Everything You Learned in School Catholic School Educators: Call to Discipleship NCEA is pleased to share its new weekly reflection series “Catholic School Educators: Call to Discipleship” for the new liturgical year. […]

Improving Fire Safety and Arson Awareness for Faith-Based and Community Organizations

The following article is a re-print of the FEMA (federal Emergency Management Agency) email. Preventing Arson at Houses of Worship May 9th, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. EDT Register Here Each year for Arson Awareness Week, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) gathers and shares information to raise awareness of arson or youth fire-setting and provide individuals […]

Forget Everything You Learned in School

The following article is a re-posting of Ken Willers article, Forget Everything You Learned in School – published April 20, 2017. Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. -Albert Einstein The need for 21st Century Learning may […]

Weekly Round Up 4/21/17

Collaboration for Common Mission: Use of Social Media Networking to Proclaim Sports and Spirituality 3.0: Success in Sports Engage Your Students With BreakoutEDU (No) Know Instructional Tools Make Teaching Better Technology Personal Litany of the Saints Catholic School Educators: Call to Discipleship NCEA is pleased to share its new weekly reflection series “Catholic School Educators: […]

Collaboration for Common Mission: Use of Social Media Networking to Proclaim

The following article was contributed by Ryan Lombardozzi, NCEA Social Media Coordinator. Nancy Caramancio, Abigail Greer and Sarah Yaklic presented on how organizations and schools can utilize social media to spread and proclaim their Catholic faith as tools of collaboration and how to measure the reach and engagement of their efforts. The stories you share […]

Sports and Spirituality 3.0: Success in Sports

The following post was contributed by Ryan Lombardozzi, NCEA Social Media Coordinator. How should prayer and spiritual formation be incorporated into the athletic community? Three Assumptions of Coaches: Love Your Sport Working With Young People – is a source of joy Transformation The spirituality of coaching begins with supporting one another through: Praying for your […]

Engage Your Students With BreakoutEDU

The following post was contributed by Ryan Lombardozzi, Social Media Coordinator at NCEA. What is BreakoutEDU and why should it be implemented in your classroom? According to Breakout EDU, BreakoutEDU is an immersive learning game platform that facilitates teamwork and critical thinking to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open a locked box. During Barb Gilman and […]

Personal Litany of the Saints

The following post was contributed by Adam Zoeller, theology department chair of Saint Xavier High School in Louisville, KY. An avid listener of sports talk radio, I enjoy listening to analysis of college basketball and college football on my way to and from work.  The updates, statistics and regular phone calls from fans are entertaining.  However, […]