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

into Faith Formation

LA RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONGRESS 2015

CCharlotte McCorquodale, PhDMinistry Training Source

www.ministrytrainingsource.org

http://goo.gl/AD2cvf

Today’s

Workshop• Social media and technology

landscape and how to stay-

up-to-date

• Best practices in using social

media in faith formation and

evangelization• From C3 Parish Pilot

• Content Creation

• Content Curation

• Developing a plan for

integrating technology into

faith formation (what, who,

how)• Social Media Coordinator/Team

• Guidelines/Policies

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%

How did you first hear the music?

How did you hear music primarily as a

teenager?

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Who, where, what?

How did you hear the

music when you were a

teenager?

What do you hope we

talk about today?

Is there an App

for that?

What is the

password?

Do I have to use technology

in ministry?

SMESSAGE 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

“Because(it(is(so(different(from(mass(media(and(mass(communica2on,(social(media(is(crea2ng(a(

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(

people(to(enter(our(churches(on((Sunday(are(staggering.((

If#the#church#is#not#on#their#mobile#device,#it#doesn’t#exist.#The#Church#does#not#have#to#change#its#teachings#to#reach#young#people,#but#we#must#

deliver#it#to#them#in#a#new#way.”(

US(Bishops(on(Social(Media(

18(

What is my

password?I love my

MAC!Come

Follow Me!

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Understanding and

keeping up with the

current technology and

social media landscape

http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/social-networking-fact-sheet/

http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/social-networking-fact-sheet/

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What are the

implications of

these stats for

ministry?

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.”

Options abound!

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 solution to 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!

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/

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Social Media

Coordinator & Social

Media Team

Free Liturgical Training Videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/s

fpromedia

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

SOCIAL

MEDIA

INITIATIVE

#40dayscount

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

Creators vs. Curators

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)

Strategies for Curating Content

& Sharing Content

http://goo.gl/NPCtTv

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

http://instagram.com/

www.pinterest.com

• -Finding

YouTube

Videos

• -Setting up a

YouTube

Channel

• -Recording

videos and

uploading

them to

YouTube

“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

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

Linkable:http://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/

S How to find free images, videos, sounds:

http://kasperspiro.com/2015/02/21/how-to-find-free-

images-and-other-resources-without-copyright-

restrictions/

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

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Multiple Tools: One Mission

Using the tools in one cohesive effort

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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

I f 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!

Evangelize*

It’s not about this…..

It’s about this…..

Four S-U-T-D Tips

Follow Cool People

Find Good Sources

Focus Your Search

YouTube It,

Use It, Then Share It

Follow Cool People

Find Good Sources

Focus Your Search

YouTube It,

Use It,

Then Share It

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Pintrest Board

on Social Media

Staying Up-to-Date

http://www.pinterest.com/charmccor/social-media-and-

technology-blogs-for-ministry/

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