Ranked Methods of Communication for Teens Meet in person = 58% Texting = 28% Talking on mobile phone = 5% Facebook = 5% Talking on the home phone, email, Twitter = 1% Who would have thought that the majority of teenagers want to communicate face-to-face instead of through technology? I wonder if technology has provided […]
I get this question fairly often. It’s one of those questions that children’s pastors and leaders ask each other. The Database / Checkin System is BVCMS I’ve been on the lookout for a full-featured, web-based database system for a while, however our youth and children’s ministry could not afford what the companies were charging. So […]
These kind of figures always astound me: HT Youth Ministry Media
These are keyboard shortcuts for doing word processing or any kind of transferring of text, graphics, or elements in the computer world. Whenever I’m “training” folks on how to interact with computers, I like to help establish a pattern or practice that transcends a particular program or application. For instance, you can access cut, copy and paste […]
A little over a month ago, my wife and I sat down to create and agree to a set of boundaries around our use of technology. Basically it was her telling me to get off my phone and pay attention to our family! While I tried to justify my actions because I mainly read articles […]
Unbelievable! I’ve seen neat graphics and photographs of the different stages of prenatal development, but never an imaging video like this. Simply amazing! My favorite part of the presentation was when the presenter said: “…it is hard not to attribute divinity to it…” Another quote: “Even though I am a mathematician, I look at this […]
Every year, the Internet grows and grows, both in interactivity and storage. We’ve looked at what happens in 60 seconds on the Internet as well as the vastness of the Internet back in 2010. Below is an infographic on what happens in “A Day in the Internet”: HT ChurchMag
I came across this infographic about parent’s monitoring their children’s activity on Facebook. I was actually encouraged that the research seems to indicate that parents take monitoring their children online seriously. HT YouthMin.org
There is a seminal article written a while back called: Digital Immigrants and Natives by Marc Prensky, that has vast implications on how we teach, parent and disciple children and teenagers. This post consists of notes from a lecture by Kristin Anderson @ Bethel Seminary back in 2007 (which, for conversations on the current digital […]
Sometimes you just want the noise to stop! A very creative video depicting our digital-saturated, over-notified world… Video description @ Vimeo: One day I got an email, an sms, a phone call, a Facebook message and two tweets all within about 5 seconds of one another. This video is a re-manifestation of my brain’s interpretation […]
Fascinating. Facebook is like a HUGE snapshot of human life/interaction and it seems to offer an easily quantifiable look into people’s behaviors, patterns, etc. Here’s a look into how emotions and what people post about and interact with on the social media giant: via Youth Ministry Media
My, how far technology has come… HT More Than Dodgeball source YouTube
I’m a little late with this… we’re already over a month into 2012. But I’ve recently been learning how better to use Twitter and leverage it to connect and resource and collaborate with other people. This video describes the impact Twitter has in not only reporting the news, but connecting people together over some really […]
In person, non-verbal cues and facial expressions communicate the necessary emotion to the conversant parties. In other words, for the most part, people don’t get offended when we say something in person because we can see how the other is interacting. However, in email, cell phone text, Facebook status updates, or a tweet… emotion is […]
Aww, man! I really wanted to blame something other than myself for those bad grades!! HT Youth Ministry Media source OnlineEducation.net
Weighing in at over a ton, this was a 5mb hard disk drive back in 1956. Isn’t it remarkable to think how far we’ve come since then! via Retronuat
Just in case you have “friends” online, whether on Facebook or other social media engine, who might do some things that are weird, or if you just want to be funny… Here is a handy-dandy Social Media Citation for you to use! HT ChurchMag
Sifteo co-founder David Merrill believes in the power of hands-on thinking. Using digital cubes, he explores how intelligent play and physical exploration with our hands stimulates cognitive learning. Defying the idea that technology creates a passive experience, Sifteo cubes engage users with games and encourage them to play and think nimbly with exploration-oriented problem solving. […]
I’m sure we’ve all seen a comment stream on a Facebook post that looks like this: HT ChurchMag source CollegeHumor
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