Maria+Antonia+Amao+Capstone+Project

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 * Capstone Proposal Project 2016**


 * Project Contact:** Maria Antonia Amao, Diocese of San Bernardino, Department of Ministry Formation Institute


 * Project Title:** Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Diocesan Web Page


 * Project Description:**

The Diocese of San Bernardino and the office of Catechetical Ministry are supporting a new method teaching our faith called the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. Presently we have seven parishes starting or preparing to start this wonderful work. This particular approach to faith formation utilizes the educational principles of Maria Montessori. This work honors the spiritual development of the small child recognizing that the youngest child is already in a relationship with God. Catechists are trained to observe, respond to spiritual needs and recognize that the inner Teacher is the Holy Spirit. Young children cannot read but they can listen to the Word proclaimed and work with tangible but indirect materials that become their meditation. Mary’s house, Elizabeth’s house, The Bethlehem stable, the Temple, a miniature sacristy with articles from Mass are just some of the materials the children work with, sources come from Scripture and Liturgy. Many pastors, directors and coordinators of Catechetical Ministry including catechists have expressed an interest but the Directors and Pastors are just hearing about it. It is urging that we create a web page that they can take a look for themselves if this is something their community might be interested in. The only site to check out is the National Catechesis if the Good shepherd web site [|__www.cgsusa.org__], but as diocese we need to offer our own information and be more connected with our community following the diocesan guideline of social media.


 * Project Goals:**


 * To bring people in communion with Jesus Christ through the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd using technology.
 * To find the best possible ways to respond to Directors, Coordinators and Catechist of catechetical ministry in this specific mission of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
 * To provided information for Pastors, Pastoral Coordinators, Priest, directors, Coordinators, Catechists and parents
 * To invite the entire Catechetical Ministry Offices in the diocese to consider participating in training
 * To promote the growth of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.
 * To approach to teach our faith to the children, including those with special needs.

The audience will be Pastors, Pastoral Coordinators, Directors and Coordinators of Catechetical Ministry, Catechist and Parents.
 * Audience:**

w I will plan the areas that I want to cover for the web page of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. w Contact directors and Coordinators of Catechetical ministry to see their necessities. w Contact Certified Catechist in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd to develop a plan to create and present feedback to establish a design that meets the goals of the new web page. w Collect and create the content of the web page. w Look for approved pictures, photos, music, etc. w Develop the site map. w Create the web page. w Submitted the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd web page for the approval
 * Timeline:**

Phone Cell phone Email Web Page Go to meeting Facebook Computer, laptop Internet access
 * Technology Tools:**

The Diocese has their own web page for each office and budget to cover office expenses, I will used the budget of the Diocesan Office of Catechetical Ministry.
 * Budget:**

Diocesan Director of Catechetical Ministry is required for approval.
 * Approval:**

@Maria Antonia Amao's Essay Page ( If you click in my name maria Antonia Amao's Essay Page)will be appear the fist that I post). Thanks

Starting the classes in DDBC was difficult for me at first time. Was difficult for me to understand some technological concepts, completely everything was new for me, especially because English is not my first language. Starting to take each class of each module was easier. Now I can say that I can use several social media like as: wordpress, animoto, wikispaces, Facebook, twitter, and others. Those web pages that have tutorial were more useful for me, such as: [], [|https://animoto.com/create#] that were the ones that I used more. I liked wordpress, animoto and facebook, wix to use in the ministry, they were very useful for me to use them in my ministry and to share them with other catechetical leaders. I plan to apply what I learned in the ministry of catechesis in any opportunity that I have. It is important that in our ministry with catechetical leaders and catechists, me and them use technology, today it is important, this means to have better communication with the people that we work, it is effective. Most of the catechetical leaders and catechists have smartphones, have a loptap or ipod and it may be easier to reach the people that they and I serve. I understanding a little bit more tsocial media and now applied the of ISTE Standars, firstly to be able to add information to the Oficial facebook page of the office, I motivated catechetical leader and catechists to follow us on Facebook, guide them to search and download information from our official office web page. The official web page of the office was not used before, but now the people look the web page for information. Being creative when using facebook, designed videos in animoto, using wordcloud in our flyers, and most important as a leader feel confident that I am able to use technology. I am very excited to have learned to use these resources and to be able to put them into practice in my ministry and in my personal life. Everything was new from facebook, twitter, animoto, wordpress that are the ones that I am using and putting into practice. I am also guiding and motivating the directors and coordinators of the ministry of catechesis to use them in their parishes to have a better communication with the community that is part of their ministries. I can’t believe that I learn a lot.
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Maria Antonia Amao's Article


 * La Tecnología en el Ministerio **

 En la actualidad la tecnología se ha vuelto parte de la vida de la gran mayoría de las personas, y excluir la tecnología de nuestro ministerio pastoral es excluir una parte de la comunidad. El llegar como ministerio a todas las generaciones es importante y para hacerlo debemos de saber utilizar los medios que se nos ofrecen.

 La diócesis de San Bernardino, como todos los que sirven en un ministerio quieren llegar a todas las personas y viendo la necesidad de que todos debemos estar actualizados especialmente en cómo utilizar la tecnología se encontró a Digital Discipleship Boot Camp(DDBC) que nos ayudaría en conocer, saber y aprender más de cómo utilizar la tecnología, como crear historias por medio del video interactivo (animoto, Mixbook), diseñar plataformas de manera gratuita en wikispaces , Wix, wordpress, como utilizar los dispositivos móviles, utilizar medios de comunicación como Facebook, twitter y mucho más.

 En impresionante y motivador ver que lo aprendido en DDBC lo podemos poner en práctica para servir a los demás de la mejor manera, en mi caso la oficina diocesana tiene su propia página web pero la oficina no tiene completa la página web y vi la necesidad de crear para la oficina de Catequesis una página web para informar a la comunidad sobre la nueva metodología que se está utilizando en nuestra diócesis ofreciendo la catequesis de los niños y jóvenes “La catequesis del Buen Pastor” ya que es relativamente nueva y se necesita informar a catequistas y padres de familia sobre que es, cuando y donde se ofrece, por qué y el cómo. Al preparar la plataforma y diseñar la página sobre “La Catequesis del Buen Pastor” decidí enviársela a la directora de la oficina de Catequesis y mi sorpresa fue que a la directora de la oficina le gustó la idea y le pareció muy bien, así es que lo único que se tenía que hacer era poner el link con la página que la oficina tiene, desde ahí ellos podrán hacer los cambios necesarios como actualizarla, modificarla, agregar o quitar información.

 Pero también es muy importante recordar y tener presentes cuales son las pólizas y reglas a utilizar cuando se diseña y trabaja online, ya que hay derechos de autor, copyright, en las cuales hay que ser muy cuidadoso y también hay que tener conocimiento de lo que nos permiten en nuestro lugar de trabajo e instituciones nacionales relacionadas como la USCCB.

 A todos aquellos que tienen pasión y están entregados en su ministerio les recomiendo que utilicemos la tecnología para el bien común para gloria de Dios.

 Maria Antonia Amao