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Digital Kids Day 2

July 14, 2009 in Family Ministry, Tech 0

Digital Kids, originally uploaded by jcisonline.

Ok so here is the quote for Day 2!

A visual world
Digital kids are completely comfortable with the visual bombardment of simultaneous images, text and sounds because they provide relevant and compelling experiences that can convey more information in a few seconds than can be communicated by reading an entire book.

Moreover, these new media are not just designed for passive viewing because increasingly, passive viewing just doesn’t cut it. This generation no longer wants just to be the audience; they want to be the actors. They expect, want, and need interactive information, interactive resources, interactive communications, and relevant, real life experiences – something that helps explain the rise in popularity of reality-based shows like Survivor.

This quote comes from Understanding Digital Kids (DKs): Teaching & Learning in the New Digital Landscape

So how can you use this information in your ministry context?

Digital Kids Day 1

July 13, 2009 in Family Ministry, Tech 0

Digital Kids, originally uploaded by jcisonline.

This week I wanted to do a series on Digital Kids. I am working on a breakout on this very subject to teach to some volunteers very soon. The breakout focuses on how the way that children learn is changing.
So for this week I will post a statement or fact about digital kids. I want you to post a way that you think this could be used in your Children’s Ministry setting. Basically I want to start a roundtable add in from peeps in Children’s Ministry around the country helping us to be ahead of the curve on ways that we can help kids learn where they are at and use technology to bridge the gap.
Today’s blurb:

Self-Directed, Peer-Based Learning

In both friendship-driven and interest-driven online activity, youth create and navigate new forms of expression and rules for social behavior. In the process, young people acquire various forms of technical and media literacy by exploring new interests, tinkering, and “messing around” with new forms of media. They may start with a Google search or “lurk” in chat rooms to learn more about their burgeoning interest. Through trial and error, youth add new media

skills to their repertoire, such as how to create a video or customize games or their MySpace page. Teens then share their creations and receive feedback from others online. By its immediacy and breadth of information, the digital world lowers barriers to self-directed learning.

Basically this quote from Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project by the MacArthur Foundation we see that Kids will do what it takes to acquire a skill on their own and will use peer based learning aka twitter, message boards, and forums to do so. How can we use this to help kids learn more about Christ, the Bible, Church, etc? Are there resources being developed or that exist that we can show them to allow them to find out themselves?

More Importantly how can you use this in your ministry context?

I want to know tons of different ways we can use this info. Please comment so we can work together to teach “Digital Kids” about Christ.

Sending a tweet about this now!

Digital Kids

July 8, 2009 in Communication, Random thoughts, Tech 0

Young Photographer at Work, originally uploaded by inkswamp.

In a couple of weeks we will be having our annual Children’s Ministry Summit for our Volunteers. This year our staff will be teaching breakouts for our Volunteers to choose from. I am doing a breakout on “Communicating with Digital Kids”. I’m pretty pumped about it.

Here is something I ran across as I was doing some research thought you might find it interesting…

Summarizing the real digital divide…
1. Native learners prefer receiving info quickly from multiple multimedia sources while many teachers prefer slow and controlled release of info from limited sources.
2. Native learners prefer parallel processing and multi-tasking while many
teachers prefer singular processing and single/limited-tasking.
3. Native learners prefer processing pictures, sounds and video before text while many teachers prefer to provide text before pictures, sounds and video.
4. Native learners prefer random access to hyperlinked multimedia information while many teachers prefer to provide information linearly, logically and sequentially
5. Native learners prefer to interact/network simultaneously with many others
6. Many teachers prefer students to work independently rather than network and interact.
7. Native learners prefer to learn “just-in-time” while many teachers prefer to teach “just-in-case” (it’s on the exam).
8. Native learners prefer instant gratification and instant rewards while many
teachers prefer deferred gratification and deferred rewards.
9. Native learners prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful and fun while many teachers prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and standardized
tests.
This isn’t a matter of who’s right or wrong It’s not a matter of either/or. This isn’t a matter of them or us. It’s not a matter
of which way is better. The bottom line is that kids ARE different. They communicate differently than we do. They’re motivated by different things than we are. They process information differently than we do. And most importantly, they learn differently than we do.

You can go here for the entire paper.

So what do you think? Anything you want to know about digital kids?

Chasing Cool

June 23, 2009 in Communication, Tech 0

Cool shoes, originally uploaded by mholmes818.

So I picked up a few books to get me through camp and vacation. One that I’m so pumped about is “Chasing Cool“. (fyi that site is pretty cool) It’s a super sweet marketing read for those who want to know “How Can I be Cool?”

Businesses and organizations all want to tap into the cool factor. We want it for our friends, we want our churches to be it, and ultimately we want our names beside it.

So how do we get it. Or for those that have no idea what cool is, how do we meet a need that people don’t even know that they have yet?

Well I’m not sure. That’s kinda why I’m readin the book ;) But I know one thing. People that are cool don’t chase it, they define it.

What do you think? Do you want to be the iPod of your industry? Do you want to be cool?

Swamp Stomp Trailer

June 15, 2009 in Family Ministry, Tech 3

So we just finished the first day of BrookwoodKiDs Swamp Stomp. I wanted to post this in the morning but I got caught up doing other things. Imagine that on the day of your biggest summer event! Anyway here is a preview of what our kids will be experiencing this week!

RROD

June 7, 2009 in Tech 1

Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death, originally uploaded by mnewcourt.

yeah it finally happened. I actually have an earlier xbox 360 release and it finally happened. I got RROD. I would take the time to explain it but all you need to know is that it doesn’t work.

Luckily I won’t have much time for the 360 over the next few weeks as we are officially 7 days and a little less than seventeen hours for those of you anxiously anticipating the start of Adventure Week.

So just wanted you to know that I am not in any way immune to RROD. I miss my xbox and can’t wait to have it brought back to life. Anyway I’ll let you know if I need any help coping ;)

Video Render Screen

June 5, 2009 in Life, Tech 0

Video Render Screen, originally uploaded by jcisonline.

Just thought you might like to know what I’m doing today… and for the next 10 days until Swamp Stomp starts on the 15th!!! Can’t wait.

Getting Started on Twitter

May 15, 2009 in Tech 1

So I wanted to do this post for some people that I work with and will be posting a Getting started with WordPress blog soon as well. I am using iShowU HD for the video tutorial.

Send it to your friends that are antsy about starting a twitter account so they don’t have a “I don’t know how” excuse. And follow me once you start the account.

Motion Graphics help

May 15, 2009 in Family Ministry, Tech 0

Ipod_BlueI’ve realized that in the church, Motion Graphics is quickly becoming as popular as the Overhead Projector was in the good ole days. So I want to give you my go to guy for FCP stuff everywhere. Especially his Motion 3 stuff.

Here is his Youtube page where I discovered him online.

And here is his website. Get over the look and feel and go straight for the content.

If you do anything video related or are interested in getting involved with some Motion Graphics software, I really recommend that you check him out, He rocks! But don’t tell him that you use a PC ;)

Tweet-up reactions…

April 28, 2009 in Lead, Tech 1

 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGolA6ZIqvg

 

 

couple fun reactions about tweet-up, avatars, photoshop, sarcasm, and roomies. More of an experiment per @mattmckee

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