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• For the most current data about global digital usage in 2021: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2021-global-overview-report
• For more information about the “Nasty Effect” – i.e. our propensity to distrust reporting itself whenever there are nasty comments posted about the reporting: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2013-mar-07-la-oe-daum-comments-nasty-effect-20130307-story.html
• For information about how “nastiness” online can be contagious and we all start acting like trolls, see: https://news.stanford.edu/2017/02/06/stanford-research-shows-anyone-can-become-internet-troll/
• For research indicating that it is not a good idea to try to engage trolling behavior online: https://theconversation.com/dont-feed-the-trolls-really-is-good-advice-heres-the-evidence-63657.  Also see the wonderful booklet from the Center for Countering Digital Hate:  https://www.counterhate.com/dont-feed-the-trolls
• For more information about The Coral Project – a technology that some news / ministry organizations are using to monitor their online discussion boards and make sure they remain civil—see: https://coralproject.net/
• If you would like to the take the #Rules_of_Engagement Pledge, sign on here: https://www.anngarrido.com/rules

But, of course, you probably already know that last one!

• 10 Lesson Plans on Truth (Ten downloadable lesson plans intended for use with high school students, though easily adaptable for either middle or college students; includes accompanying slide deck and handouts.  Scroll down to the bottom of the link to find the three separate files.)
• “On Being a Dominican School” Center for Dominican Studies, 2012 (An invitation to Dominican schools to center their educational approach around the core value of truth)
• “Teaching about Truth in a Time of Doubt and Discord” – Catechist Magazine, 2020 (Short article for Catholic catechists and school teachers)
   

• Redeeming Conflict: A Guide for Preachers (a guide for preachers with possibilities for preaching on healthy conflict throughout the liturgical year)
• Redeeming Conflict: A Discussion Guide (for use with small groups trying to develop their capacities to handle tough conversations as Christians)
• “Conversation Peace” with Sheila Heen, America Magazine, January 4, 2010  (tips for parishes trying to handle tough conversations)
• “Team Conflict Management” Catechist Magazine, September 7, 2020 (tips from the saints for catechetical leaders related to handling tough conversations)
• “Five Simple Strategies to Keep Things Cool” Health Progress, 2016 (tips for health care workers on de-escalating conflict in the hospital environment)
• “Embracing Discord: Preparing Ministers for Healthy Conflict”  Human Development Magazine, Winter 2012 (Practices for formation personnel)

• 10 Lesson Plans on Truth (ten downloadable lesson plans intended for use with high school students, though easily adaptable for either middle or college students + accompanying slide deck )
• “Teaching about Truth in a Time of Doubt and Discord” – Catechist Magazine, 2020 (short article for Catholic catechists and school teachers)

• “More than a Desk Job” - America Magazine,  July 6, 2009 (short article on the spirituality of administration for administrators of all sorts)
• Redeeming Administration: Praying with the Saints – a set of 12 prayer services to celebrate administrators throughout the year
• Redeeming Administration: A Discussion Guide – for use with groups of administrators to discuss their experience as Christian administrators

• Redeeming Conflict: A Guide for Preachers (a guide for preachers with possibilities for preaching on healthy conflict throughout the liturgical year)

• “The Faith of a Child” – America Magazine, September 15, 2008 (a short, readable introduction to Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for those unfamiliar with the movement)
• “Reading the Resurrection Narratives with Children” – Occasional Papers of the Center for Children and Theology (on reading the resurrection narratives during the Easter season with 6-12 year old children)
• “Children and Eucharist in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Traditions” – Occasional Papers of the Center for Children and Theology (a historical overview of how our churches have thought about children and the reception of the sacraments since the beginning of Christianity)
• “Typology in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd” – Journal of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, 2012 (an introduction to how children explore typological connections between scripture and liturgy, especially in Level 3)