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Is There An App For That? Best Practices for Integrating Technology

into Faith Formation

ChCharlotte  McCorquodale,  PhD  Ministry  Training  Source  

www.ministrytrainingsource.org  

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"  Understand the impact of current cultural and technological trends on ministry in today’s world.

"  Identify key strategies for integrating technology into faith formation, as well as ministry communication and collaboration.

"  Share practical tips for using popular social media apps in ministry.

How did you first hear the music?

What is the password?

Why???

Do I have to use technology in ministry?

What is my password? I love my

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S MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 48TH WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter

“The internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity.  This is something truly good,

a gift from God.”

MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 48TH WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

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new(culture(on(this(Digital(Con2nent.(Young(people(use(it(as(their(first(point(of(

reference....The(implica2ons(of(that(for(a(church(which(is(struggling(to(get(those(same(young(

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deliver#it#to#them#in#a#new#way.”(

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The New Social Operating System

“Institutions—both formal, such as schools, and informal, such as

families—were once at the center of our societies. Now we are.

Each of us, with our mobile phones, is connecting across and within

institutional boundaries. The result, which the authors call “networked

individualism,” is profound.”

What does Networked Individualism look like in our world today?

(All Stats from Pew Internet Research)

!  72% of online adults use social networking (15% use Pinterest, 13% Instagram, 67% Facebook, 20% LinkedIn)

!  Those 65 and older have tripled their presence on social networks in the past 4 years up to 43% now

!  18-29 year olds most likely to use Twitter (30%) and the overall percentage of internet users on twitter double since November 2010 to 18%

Teens and Technology 2013 Pew Research

!  78% of teens now have a cell phone, and almost half (47%) of them own smartphones. That translates into 37% of all teens who have smartphones, up from just 23% in 2011.

!  23% of teens have a tablet computer, a level comparable to the general adult population.

!  95% of teens use the internet.

!  93% of teens have a computer or have access to one at home. Seven in ten (71%) teens with home computer access say the laptop or desktop they use most often is one they share with other family members.

Catholics Use of Social Media CARA, November 2012

!  Over 80 % of Catholics under 30 use social media. Nearly 3 million follow Catholic-themed blogs and half of Catholics unaware of Church's online presence

!  62% of adult U.S. Catholics, representing an estimated 36.2 million people, have a profile on Facebook;

!  58%of Catholics age 30 and under share content such as pictures, articles and comments at least once a week on social media; and nearly a third of all surveyed said they would like their pastors and bishops to blog

!  37 % of Catholics born before 1943 have a profile on Facebook, and that number climbs to 82 percent among Catholics born since 1982.

!  24% of Catholics 30 and under use Twitter, 15 percent are on LinkedIn, and 13 percent use Instagram.

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What are the implications of

these stats for ministry?

What are the current trends impacting faith formation and parish communities in the 21st

Century?

!  Increasing Number of People Becoming More “Spiritual” and Less “Religious” 

!  Declining Participation in Christian Churches

!  Increasing Diversity and Pluralism in American Society

!  Increasing Influence of Individualism on Christian Identity and Community Life

!  Changing Patterns of Marriage and Family Life

!  Declining Family Religious Socialization

!  Increasing Impact of Digital Media and Web Technologies

Faith Formation 2020 Eight Trends

91% of her generation

were confirmed

79% of her generation

were confirmed

69% of her generation will be confirmed

CARA, 2008

Rise(of(the(“None”s(

32% Of 18-29 Year Olds identify themselves as unaffiliated with any religion

I left at 28. I left at 14.

I left at 17. I left at 35.

I am leaving now. I left in 18.

I left at 16.

I left at 26. I left at 20.

Evangelize*

It’s not about this…..

It’s about this…..

It’s about them….

Adult Faith Formation for the 21st Century

According to John Roberto, “We are experiencing a convergence of new information and communication

technologies with digital resources that are beginning to transform contemporary life and learning,

and have the potential to transform faith formation.”

Faith Formation 4.0 Julie Lytle

!  1.0—Oral: Jesus and early church told stories

!  2.0—Written: First Gospels, Letters of St. Paul

!  3.0—Mass Mediated: Printing Press, Radio, TV

!  4.0—Interactive: Digital media and Social

networking

What do you think the last one includes or could look like?

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Message…

Method…

then…Media!

Audience…

Faith Formation 4.0

C3 SFPR Cluster Project Resources

S  Presentation Access: http://www.slideshare.net/charlottemccorquodale/c3-panel-workshop-on-cluster-project

S  SFPR C3 Cluster Site: http://www.la-archdiocese.org/regions/sf/c3-cluster/Pages/default.aspx

S  Blog on C3 Cluster Project: http://www.ministrytrainingsource.org/blog/

S  Technology and Ministry Pintrest Board: http://www.pinterest.com/charmccor/technology-and-ministry-resources/

S  eFormation 2014 Pintrest Board: http://www.pinterest.com/vtscmt/eform14/

Options abound!

Personal Mastery

“Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of

developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively. The key to this discipline is living life with intentionality and from an

importance paradigm.”

Two underlying movements:

1)  Clarifying what is important to us, and

2)  Continually learning how to see current reality more clearly.

Creative Tension

Vision: What we want

to do, goal, vision, etc…

What is the creative tension in your ministry of faith formation that you wish/hope technology

could be an solutionto closing the gap?

Current Reality: Where we are relative

to what we want…

Creative Tension And Closing the Gap?

Two options, we can either lower our standards (vision) or move towards our vision!

QR Codes

Device Sunday

Device Sunday, March 2, 2014

S  Bishop Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UslAgh_J0XE

S  Blessing of Devices S  Technology Use

Survey

Lenten Options for Growing in Faith

•  Daily reflections sent via email, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter

•  Sharing ideas and resources for celebrating Lent via social media including Pintrest

•  Faith sharing via social media around inspirational quotes, scripture, YouTube videos, or images

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Strategies for Curating Content & Sharing Content

http://goo.gl/NPCtTv

CONTENT CURATION: Museum curator

S  CONTENT CURATION (Beth Kanter) is  the   process of sorting  through the vast amounts  of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and  organized way around a specific theme. Picking the best content that is important  and relevant to share with their community.http://www.bethkanter.org/content-curation-101/  

S  USING PINTEREST AND TWITTER S  http://www.pinterest.com/ (boards follow/create)

S  https://twitter.com/ (#hashtags)

CONTENT CURATION Sources

S  DEVELOPING TRUSTED SOURCES (Organizations, Blogs, Publishers, Experts, & Collaborations) S  http://www.smp.org/resourcecenter/

S  http://www.usccb.org/

S  http://www.loyolapress.com/#

S  https://www.ted.com/talks/browse

S  http://www.vcat.org/creed.html

S  http://bustedhalo.com/

S  http://www.eformationvts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Curating-Faith-Formation-eFormation-2014.pdf

LENTEN SOCIAL MEDIA

INITIATIVE #40dayscount

http://instagram.com/

www.pinterest.com

http://youtube.com/

•  More than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube each month

•  Over 6 billion hours of video are watched each month on YouTube—that's almost an hour for every person on Earth, and 50% more than last year

•  100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute

Web Faith Formation Resources

!  Sacred Space: http://www.sacredspace.ie/

!  Videos for Catholic Youth Ministry: https://outsidedabox.com/

!  Movie Clips by Wing Clips: http://www.wingclips.com/

!  Daily Bible Readings: http://dailybible.americanbible.org/

!  Daily Mass Online: http://www.catholictv.com/daily-mass.aspx or http://www.catholictv.com/notre-dame-mass.aspx

!  Three-Minute Daily Catholic Retreats by Loyola Press http://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer.htm#sthash.y1LIz2B1.dpbs

Web Faith Formation Resources

!  Fallen Away Catholics: http://oncecatholic.org/index.html

!  “Ten Top Tips for Teaching with New Media by Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/Edutopia-10-top-tips-for-teaching-with-new-media.pdf

!  The Networked Congregation by Andrea Useem http://www.lifelongfaith.com/uploads/5/1/6/4/5164069/the_networked_congregation_-_useem.pdf

!  Center for Action and Contemplationhttp://www.cacradicalgrace.org/index.php

!  The Worship Well: http://theworshipwell.org/index.html

“If it sounds to good to be true, then…”

Guidelines for Safe Use: http://www.usccb.org/about/communications/social-media-guidelines.cfm The Gospel and Social Media: http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2012/07/gospel-and-social-media.html

http://www.cymsource.org/resources/ technology/guidelines.htm

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Multiple Tools: One Mission Using the tools in one cohesive effort

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These are elements of a good plan...

#  Who is your audience? #  What do you need to

communicate? #  What technology tools does

your audience already use? #  What technology tools do you want to use

or feel comfortable trying? #  How can you test out your technology

tools? #  What is the ministry need that you want to

address?

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The Big Idea is Simple... Develop a connected, networked model of faith

formation that is lifelong (all ages) and lifewide (whole life) and provides a wide diversity of engaging

interactive faith formation content and experience in online and physical settings.

From Lifelong Faith Journal: The theory and practice of lifelong faith formation www.lifelongfaith.com edited by John Roberto

S  DROPBOX/GOOGLE DRIVE/PINTREST S  https://www.dropbox.com/help/category/Sharing

S  https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822?hl=en S  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lia0HR_duJUPHOTOS

S  VIDEOS S  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31PfTHWnP3Q

S  http://vimeo.com/help/basics

S  FILES S  Hightail (formerlyYouSendIt) https://www.hightail.com/ S  Slideshare.net: www.slideshare.net/

S  LINKS & QR CODES S  Bitly: https://bitly.com/ S  Google URL Shortner: http://goo.gl/ (includes automatic QR code)

S  QR Codes Generator: https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/

SHARING

IMAGES How to find good, free images to use for ministry? S Paid vs. Free vs. Mine S Places to Find Free Images Online and

Make Your Content More Linkablehttp://www.searchenginejournal.com/10-places-to-find-free-images-online-and-make-your-content-more-linkable/

S Morgue File: http://www.morguefile.com/archive

S Flicker.com: https://www.flickr.com/

SOCIAL MEDIA

S  MANAGING SOCIAL MEDIA S  HootSuite:

http://blog.hootsuite.com/hootsuite-rocks-news-roundup/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aAYO-WZ4Q

S  Share functions between the various social media https://twitter.com/settings/profile

S Facebook (Two account craziness)

S  Using #Hashtags

S  Creating Mash-Ups S  Eztexting + Surveymonkey

If you build it will the come?

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Message…

Method…

then…Media!

Audience…

Faith Formation 4.0 Thinking to your own situation…

Who? What? How? Click!

LET’S CONNECT charlotte@ministrytrainingsource.org

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Blog: http://www.ministrytrainingsource.org/blog/

Presentation Sources

!  Pew Research: pewresearch.org

!  Lifelong Faith Associates: lifelongfaith.com

!  Faith Formation 4.0 by Julie Lyles

!  Faith Formation 2020

!  USCCB, Report on Social Media, November 2010

!  Bruce Baumgarten, “E-Principles Theory”

!  Ela Milksewa, Cultivation Ministry, Slides on Decreasing Participation by Catholic

!  Digital Native Image: http://www.greenbookblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/digital-native-def.jpg

!  Digital Immigrant and Native Image: http://ashleighgraham.edublogs.org/2011/01/06/mind-map/

!  What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education (TechWatch report) http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports/2007/twweb2.aspx

!  The Gospel and Social Media http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2012/07/gospel-and-social-media.html

!  Catholic Use of Social Media, CARA, November 2012