Tuesday, February 23, 2010
RETHINK CHURCH
The United Methodist Church has initiated a campaign to "rethink church". Their website describes it as "a new welcoming campaign that will raise awareness of The United Methodist Church by posing the rhetorical question, 'What if church were a verb?' It is an evolution of the denomination’s 'Open hearts' advertising and welcoming ministry."
Go to the "Rethink Church 101" website to learn more about its purpose and process.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The wonderful world of WIKIs
According to Wikipedia, the free wiki encyclopedia, "A wiki (pronounced /ˈwɪki/ WIK-ee) is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal note taking, in corporate intranets, and in knowledge management systems.
Most wikis serve a specific purpose, and off topic material is promptly removed by the user community. Such is the case of the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia. In contrast, open purpose wikis accept all sorts of content without rigid rules as to how the content should be organized.
Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work." "Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiki] or [ˈviki]) is a Hawaiian word for "fast". "Wiki" has been backronymed by some to "What I Know Is"."
Perhaps one of the best features of the wiki is that it goes a long way toward solving the age-old group project problem! How many times have you been told that one person did all of the work on a project, or that another person did not contribute. If the work is done in a wiki, every single change is documented in the "history" view. You can tell who contributed what - who made what changes and when. Wikis also allow for collaborations across institutions, permitting students from different classes to work together on projects.
Comparison of Wiki Software from Wikipedia.
RELIGION AND THEOLOGY WIKIS
Religion Wiki -This wiki is for religious people and religious communities of all kinds. We coexist on this wiki. Again, this wiki is for all religions. All religions may be practiced and thought and written about in this one place. Create agnostic, atheist, Bahá'í, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Mandaean, Muslim, Odinism, Pagan, Realist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Zoroastrian, Toastianity, Equalism or whatever pages to this wiki. You can work on them alone, but we can just as well work together on pages here.
ReligionWiki also has a YouTube site.
Studying Religion and New Media Wiki - designed for scholars and students of Media, Religion and Culture who are focused on researching issues related to religion, the internet and other forms of new media. This is a collaborative community so welcome to the conversation.
Mrs. Addison, OurLady of Grace, 6th Grade Religion Wiki
THEOPEDIA - an encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity.
Theologia- A Wiki encyclopedia about Christian theology presented from the perspective of consensual ecumenical understandings
Theologer - Systematic Theology Wiki Style
Welcome to OrthodoxWiki, a free-content encyclopedia and information center for Orthodox Christianity that anyone can edit. In this English version, started in November 2004,
Liki List of Blogs in Theology and Religion
Most wikis serve a specific purpose, and off topic material is promptly removed by the user community. Such is the case of the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia. In contrast, open purpose wikis accept all sorts of content without rigid rules as to how the content should be organized.
Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work." "Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiki] or [ˈviki]) is a Hawaiian word for "fast". "Wiki" has been backronymed by some to "What I Know Is"."
Perhaps one of the best features of the wiki is that it goes a long way toward solving the age-old group project problem! How many times have you been told that one person did all of the work on a project, or that another person did not contribute. If the work is done in a wiki, every single change is documented in the "history" view. You can tell who contributed what - who made what changes and when. Wikis also allow for collaborations across institutions, permitting students from different classes to work together on projects.
Comparison of Wiki Software from Wikipedia.
RELIGION AND THEOLOGY WIKIS
Religion Wiki -This wiki is for religious people and religious communities of all kinds. We coexist on this wiki. Again, this wiki is for all religions. All religions may be practiced and thought and written about in this one place. Create agnostic, atheist, Bahá'í, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Mandaean, Muslim, Odinism, Pagan, Realist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Zoroastrian, Toastianity, Equalism or whatever pages to this wiki. You can work on them alone, but we can just as well work together on pages here.
ReligionWiki also has a YouTube site.
Studying Religion and New Media Wiki - designed for scholars and students of Media, Religion and Culture who are focused on researching issues related to religion, the internet and other forms of new media. This is a collaborative community so welcome to the conversation.
Mrs. Addison, OurLady of Grace, 6th Grade Religion Wiki
THEOPEDIA - an encyclopedia of Biblical Christianity.
Theologia- A Wiki encyclopedia about Christian theology presented from the perspective of consensual ecumenical understandings
Theologer - Systematic Theology Wiki Style
Welcome to OrthodoxWiki, a free-content encyclopedia and information center for Orthodox Christianity that anyone can edit. In this English version, started in November 2004,
Liki List of Blogs in Theology and Religion
Technology Transformations
Ray Schroeder, Director COLRS/OTEL, Professor Emeritus at University of Illinois at Springfield, has a great blog exploring "Technology Transforming Teaching". I was particularly taken by the new advances that enable users with a headset to control virtual and real objects with thought waves.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Second Life Featured on PBS Religion & Ethics
PBS Correspondent Lucky Severson shares a variety of perspectives of Second Life, particularly the Anglican Cathedral of Second Life, in this essay. There is also a video clip from the show's Sept 18th episode.
NOTE: SecondLife is not the only virtual world.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Teaching the Bible
The Society of Biblical Literature has created a variety of teaching tools, to complement their publications. Taken from their web segment on "Teaching the Bible in Public Schools," one resource is this graph comparing what various religious traditions include in their Scriptural canon.
Similarly, the National Education Association (NEA) supports a "secular" teaching of Bible as shown in this statement taken from their website:
NEA has frequently been accused of trying to turn schools into "religion-free zones." That's simply not true.
NEA has endorsed three publications giving advice to teachers, parents, and administrators about religious activities in school such as school prayer, religious clubs, and teaching about religion and the Bible: "The Bible & Public Schools," "A Teacher's Guide to Religion in the Public Schools," and "Religious Liberty, Public Education, and the Future of American Democracy-A Statement of Principles."
All three are endorsed by a broad coalition of religious and education organizations, including the National School Boards Association, the Christian Legal Society, and the National Association of Evangelicals. Copies may be downloaded at http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/.
MANY RESOURCES
There are many sites created to aid faculty and student Biblical investigation:
Ron Sims, Creighton - virtual world project
Similarly, the National Education Association (NEA) supports a "secular" teaching of Bible as shown in this statement taken from their website:
NEA has frequently been accused of trying to turn schools into "religion-free zones." That's simply not true.
NEA has endorsed three publications giving advice to teachers, parents, and administrators about religious activities in school such as school prayer, religious clubs, and teaching about religion and the Bible: "The Bible & Public Schools," "A Teacher's Guide to Religion in the Public Schools," and "Religious Liberty, Public Education, and the Future of American Democracy-A Statement of Principles."
All three are endorsed by a broad coalition of religious and education organizations, including the National School Boards Association, the Christian Legal Society, and the National Association of Evangelicals. Copies may be downloaded at http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/.
MANY RESOURCES
There are many sites created to aid faculty and student Biblical investigation:
Ron Sims, Creighton - virtual world project
Friday, March 13, 2009
The Episcopal Church Debates VIRTUAL CHURCH in Episcopal Life Online
There are a series of articles exploring virtual church that have been published in the Episcopal Church Online:
October 6, 2008 Worshipping Online: Is it Really Church by Lisa B Hamilton
January 9, 2009 Not By Internet Alone: Virtual Church Can't Replace the Real Thing by Dina Mann
March 10, 2009 Virtual Is Still RealPrrayer is Prayer, Online or in the Pew by Joshua Thomas
March 11, 2009 Expanding the Faith: Internet Church is not Intended to Replace Brick Version by Mary Wannamaker
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, December 22, 2008
Media Use in Catholic Religious Education Blog
Marty Tormoehlen has created a blog which he used to collect research and thoughts while pursuing a Masters of Arts in Digital Storytelling at Ball State. His theme is Media Technology in Catholic Religious Education.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Pew Research Center - Internet and American Life Project
Although information technology is well integrated into the lives of many Americans, gadgets and communication services require, for some, a call for help. Some 48% of technology users usually need help from others to set up new devices or to show them how they function. Many tech users encounter problems with their internet connections, cell phones, and other gadgets. This, in turn, often leads to impatience and frustration as they try to get them fixed.
New research from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project shows that:
* 44% of those with home internet access say their connection failed to work properly at some time in the previous 12 months.
* 39% of those with desktop or laptop computers have had their machines not work properly at some time in the previous 12 months.
* 29% of cell phone users say their device failed to work properly at some time in the previous year.
For the full report please visit our website.
The Pew Internet Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. Support for the project is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The project's Web site.
New research from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project shows that:
* 44% of those with home internet access say their connection failed to work properly at some time in the previous 12 months.
* 39% of those with desktop or laptop computers have had their machines not work properly at some time in the previous 12 months.
* 29% of cell phone users say their device failed to work properly at some time in the previous year.
For the full report please visit our website.
The Pew Internet Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. Support for the project is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The project's Web site.
Web 2.0
Using the Web 2.0 write up in Wikipedia this video is to help teach educators about Web 2.0 tools.
Information R/evolution
From: mwesch
Added: October 12, 2007
This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively.
High Quality WMV download
Quicktime
If you are interested in this topic, check out Clay Shirky's work. Also check out David Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous.
This video is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.
Added: October 12, 2007
This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively.
High Quality WMV download
Quicktime
If you are interested in this topic, check out Clay Shirky's work. Also check out David Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous.
This video is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.
Web 2.0... The Machine is Us/ing Us
From: mwesch
Added: January 31, 2007
Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what needs to be excluded or included. Subscribe if you want to be notified when the revision is released.
UPDATE: I just added this video to Mojiti where you can actually write your comments into the video itself. It is an exciting experiment in "Video 2.0". Go check it out and add your voice! Transcripts are now available as well.
A couple of people have noted that the statement, "XML was created to do just that"(separate form from content) is misleading because CSS enables the same effect with HTML. I tried to integrate CSS into the video, but it ruined the flow. Perhaps in the next draft.
My statement on XML is based on the following from xml.com: "In order to appreciate XML, it is important to understand why it was created. XML was created so that richly structured documents could be used over the web. The only viable alternatives, HTML and SGML, are not practical for this purpose. HTML, as we've already discussed, comes bound with a set of semantics and does not provide arbitrary structure."
Thank you all for the comments. With your help the next draft will be cleaned up and hopefully free of factual errors.
A higher quality version is available for download.
The song is "There's Nothing Impossible" by Deus, available for free. Deus offers music under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, yet one more example of the interlinking of people sharing and collaborating this video is attempting to illustrate.
CC: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Michael Wesch
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University
SECOND VERSION
FINAL VERSION
Added: January 31, 2007
Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what needs to be excluded or included. Subscribe if you want to be notified when the revision is released.
UPDATE: I just added this video to Mojiti where you can actually write your comments into the video itself. It is an exciting experiment in "Video 2.0". Go check it out and add your voice! Transcripts are now available as well.
A couple of people have noted that the statement, "XML was created to do just that"(separate form from content) is misleading because CSS enables the same effect with HTML. I tried to integrate CSS into the video, but it ruined the flow. Perhaps in the next draft.
My statement on XML is based on the following from xml.com: "In order to appreciate XML, it is important to understand why it was created. XML was created so that richly structured documents could be used over the web. The only viable alternatives, HTML and SGML, are not practical for this purpose. HTML, as we've already discussed, comes bound with a set of semantics and does not provide arbitrary structure."
Thank you all for the comments. With your help the next draft will be cleaned up and hopefully free of factual errors.
A higher quality version is available for download.
The song is "There's Nothing Impossible" by Deus, available for free. Deus offers music under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, yet one more example of the interlinking of people sharing and collaborating this video is attempting to illustrate.
CC: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Michael Wesch
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University
SECOND VERSION
FINAL VERSION
A Vision of Todays Students
From: mwesch
Added: October 12, 2007
A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.
Music by Try^d
Download higher quality wmv
mov version
More information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.
Added: October 12, 2007
A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.
Music by Try^d
Download higher quality wmv
mov version
More information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.
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