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- 1. MINISTRY IN A DIGITAL AGE A Course Retrospective Dudley C. Rose
- 2. Course Rationale • Technology and digital media find significant use in many U.S. congregations. • Even if leaders do not directly manage the organization’s technology, they need to understand its uses and possibilities. • In small organizations leaders may have direct responsibility for technology
- 3. HISTORY TAUGHT IN 2009 & 2014
- 5. 2014: Ordained Ministers, Sunday School Teachers, Professors, Buddhist Teachers, Rabbis and NGO Executive Directors
- 8. 2009: Good Computer Skills
- 9. 2014: Poor Computer Skills: Web Server?
- 10. CASE STUDY 1: WORDPRESS WEBSITE
- 11. Project • Develop fully functional website: –Church (or other specific) themes –Event calendaring –Sermon manager (text, audio, media) –Security, SEO and other plugins
- 12. Technology Choices • Not to use Harvard Hosted WordPress • Not to use Commercial Host • To Have Students Install a Local Host
- 13. Process • Lynda.com tutorial • Create Local Host (BitNami) • Install and Configure WordPress • Install Theme • Install Plugins • Develop Site
- 15. Inadequate Laptops • Inadequate Disk Space • Often on last legs
- 16. Computer Skills • Could not unzip, install files • Little concept of websites • Local host too complicated • Did not attend help sessions
- 17. Presentation Glitches • Many dongles • Unfamiliarity with hardware • Wasted class time
- 18. Takeaways • Instructor’s choices poor • Use commercial hosting • Use in-classroom computer for presentations • Recoup time devoted to local host • More time to WordPress instruction
- 19. CASE STUDY 2: DEVELOP MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION
- 20. Project • Develop multi-media presentation –Worship, teaching • Choosing and using –Image, audio and video editing software –Presentation software
- 21. “ISSUES”
- 22. Add to • Old cranky laptops • Low computer skills • Reluctance to seek help • Presentation problems
- 23. More Hardware Demands • Underpowered CPUs • Insufficient RAM
- 24. Many Software Choices Presentation Audio Editing Video Editing Proclaim Easy Worship Exposong EasySlides Datasoul Songview Quela Dreambeam OpenSong Powersong SNAP Projection Asaph Audacity Magix Music Maker WavePad AVS Audio Editor Diamond Cut Garage Band MS Movie Maker iMovie Techsmith Camtasia Adobe Premier Final Cut Pro Magix Movie Edit
- 25. Missed the Mark
- 26. Tentative Observation #1 • Students less computer proficient than 5 years ago • Hypothesis: Move to mobile?
- 27. Tentative Observation #2 • Student computers less up to date than 5 years ago • Hypotheses –Move to mobile? –Older computers work well enough for word processing
- 28. Tentative Observation #3 Exorcised Biblical Software
- 29. Tentative Observation #4 Harvard Hosted WordPress of limited use for instruction
- 30. A Few Starting Questions #1 Is there a way to make Harvard hosted WordPress more flexible?
- 31. A Few Starting Questions #2 Is students’ reluctance to avail themselves of help outside of class due to: –Putting off assignments? –Preparation variables surprised them? –Expect computers to just work? –Something else?
- 32. A Few Starting Questions #3 Are these projects too ambitious given: • Low student computer facility? • Project complexity? • Need for robust hardware?
- 33. A Few Starting Questions #4 Valuable Learning?
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- Retrospective Seen through lens of 2 course projects
- Widespread usage in congregations Leaders – understand what’s entailed and what’s possible Small orgs --IT
- Course taught twice: 2009 and 2014 Several differences, surprising and not
- 2009: Mainly those planning to be ordained ministers
- 2014 Much larger variety of class participants in 2015 Not surprising Required different and greater variety in projects to accommodate differing interests
- 2009: Students had current computers
- 2014: Student computers were old, between 3 and 7 years
- 2009: Students had high level of computer facility
- 2014: Much lass computer facility Former HDS IT staff person at Halloween party
- Using ‘case study’ loosely Two most challenging/problematic projects
- Needed: Themes specific to org type Events Sermons/talks SEO Security Images Handling Caching Social sites Podcasting User management File Listing Custom Menu
- Choices made by instructor WordPress Not Harvard Not Commercial Local Host, simplest? Boy was I wrong
- Recipe: Lynda.com tutorial Create Local Host (BitNami) (turnkey) Install and Configure WordPress Install Theme Install Plugins Develop Site
- Several problems May be predictable to many of you
- Disk Space Old CPUs Inadequate RAM Often on last legs
- Could not unzip, install files Little concept of websites Local host too complicated Did not attend help sessions
- Many dongles Unfamiliarity with hardware Wasted class time
- Technical Fixes Use commercial hosting Use in-class computer for presentations Recoup local host time More time to WordPress instruction
- More complicated assignment
- Specifically: Develop multi-media presentation Worship, teaching Choosing and using Image, audio and video editing software Presentation software
- There were issues,
- Add to: Old cranky laptops Low computer skills Reluctance to seek help Presentation problems
- More hardware demands Highlighted: Underpowered CPUs Insufficient RAM
- Too many software choices: Features Platform MAC, PC, Ubuntu, Cloud Cost What students owned or used to What would run on students’ computers
- Project presentations: Rough and glitchy Frustrating
- Less computer proficient Move to mobile?
- Less robust computers Move to mobile? Old computers work for word processing
- Biblical software Was large focus and standard for class 2009 My strength and interest
- Harvard WordPress
- Harvard WordPress more flexible?
- Not attend Help sessions: Students used to reading and analyzing as course prep Last minute Caught by surprise amount troubleshooting required Expect computers to just work, RTFM
- Too ambitious for non-specialists? Projects and software complexity and variety Need for robust hardware
- Valuable learning?