The document discusses best practices for using digital images and video in faith sharing ministries, including why visual media is so effective for learning, the digital skills ministry leaders need, and how to create, curate, and utilize images and videos for faith formation through sources like YouTube, stock photo websites, and content curation strategies. The trends of virtual reality, gaming, and social media engagement are also addressed as important considerations for digital technologies in ministry.

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Best Practices for Using Digital
Images and Video in Sharing Faith
C3 Archdiocese of Los Angles
CCharlotte McCorquodale, PhD
Ministry Training Source
www.ministrytrainingsource.org
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2. Pinterest Board
https://www.pinterest.com/charmccor/digital-medial-and-ministry/

3. We will explore the following
questions today…
S Why are images and videos so
important to the learning process?
S What are the digital skills that ministry
leaders need today?
S How do we create, curate, and utilize
videos and images in our ministry?

5. h"p://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/12/evolu;on-of-technology/

6. #4

7. 77%
h"p://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/
2017/01/12/evolu;on-of-technology/

8. Nearly seven-
in-ten
Americans
now use
social media.

9. “a picture tells a thousand words”

10. h"ps://growingleaders.com/blog/words/
How important have images been
to humankind’s communication?
What role have they played as
cultures talk to one another?
And just how central will they
be to our future, as information
becomes ubiquitous yet ideas
become more complex?

11. “If you can’t
explain it simply,
you don’t
understand it well
enough.”
~ Albert Einstein

12. Pictures & images are a timeless language...

15. Hard
Work
9-11
Faith
Forgiveness
Compassion
Holidays
Family

16. According to Tim Elmore, “
Since the turn of the 21st
century, significant progress has
been made in our understanding
of the human brain.
Neuroscientists’ research helps
us now recognize the role of the
right and left hemisphere…the
importance of the pre-frontal
cortex, and what causes us to
both remember and forget
ideas.”
h"ps://growingleaders.com/blog/why-is-teaching-with-images-so-effec;ve-part-1/

17. Why is Teaching with Images so Effec@ve?

18. h"ps://growingleaders.com/blog/

19. The majority of people are visual learners.

20. Pictures s@ck.

21. Fostering visualiza;on of any content
(curricular or otherwise) by targe;ng
and using the occipital lobe as the
central point of processing the
informa;on is one of the strongest
ways to help that material enter the
brain… and stay there even as external
s;muli compete for a"en;on.
h"ps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/giIed-ed-guru/201211/brain-
basics-part-one-the-power-visualiza;on

22. Pictures can
accelerate
understanding.
Metaphors can
provide a language
for people

23. Images
engage our
right brain and
our emo@ons.

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Right Brain
• Sees big picture
• Seeks/sees pa"erns
• Creates metaphors
• Is simultaneous

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LeI Brain
• Analysis
• Classifies, names things
• Generates theory
• Number sequence
• Sequen;al

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words
images

32. Visuals tell stories in our imagina@on.

34. Pictures enable us to store volumes of informa@on in our memories.

35. How can we use videos or images in
faith forma;on?
• As an icebreaker
• To connect and invite them to name their experience
• To surprise and capture a"en;on
• To tell a story
• To summarize a main idea
• As part of prayer

36. Wikimedia Commons
h"ps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

37. STOCK UP (free)
h"ps://www.sitebuilderreport.com/stock-up

38. morguefile.com (free)
h"p://morguefile.com/

39. stocksnap.io (free)
h"ps://stocksnap.io/

40. One Secret Mission
h"ps://www.onesecretmission.com/gallery /

41. graphicstock.com (paid)
h"ps://www.graphicstock.com/?t=uhome&seg=Homepage_V1

42. shuQerstock.com (paid)
h"ps://www.shu"erstock.com/subscribe

43. Take Your Own Photos or Ask Others for Theirs

46. Are we all visual learners?

48. SHARING IS CARING…

49. Over 500 free Use Photos
h"ps://www.dropbox.com/sh/scxvjezbfvohjt6/AACeY68-
t7VhyF5-Sl6LQsZwa?dl=0

50. Photo Tips
• Ligh;ng Tips:
h"p://www.thesitsgirls.com/
photography/indoor-outdoor-ligh;ng-
photo-;ps/
• Rule of Thirds:
h"p://www.thesitsgirls.com/
photography/rule-of-thirds/
• Telling a Story with Photos:
h"p://www.thesitsgirls.com/
photography/telling-a-story-with-
photos/

51. RULE OF THIRDS
h"p://www.thesitsgirls.com/photography/rule-of-thirds/

52. h"p://www.thesitsgirls.com/photography-;ps/

57. h"p://www.memecreator.com/create

58. Using Videos in Forming Faith

59. How have or could you use this video
in ministry?

60. h"ps://globaldigitalci;zen.org/smart-strategies-for-
using-video-in-the-classroom

61. FREE EDUCATIONAL VIDEO LIBRARY
h"p://www.watchknowlearn.org/

62. Gen Z is also more likely to visit
YouTube than any other social site,
with 85% declaring their preference for
it; 40% also say that they would prefer
interacting with their favorite brands
on YouTube than any other platform.
http://www.womensmarketing.com/blog/2015/11/meet-generation-z-part-2-the-influencers/

63. YouTube Channel
h"ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5geys7wEUEU

64. • Seven Deadly Sins of Camerawork:
h"ps://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=A-6tWTPTmcE
• Videography Tips:
h"ps://www.videomaker.com/;ps-to-get-started
• 10 Tips to Make Home Videos Look Professional
h"p://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-simple-;ps-
to-record-great-looking-home-videos/
Video Crea@on Tips

65. h"ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8a4F6mVX64

66. Create Your Own: Non-Professional
h"ps://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=QnvE2MW94ds

67. Animato
h"ps://animoto.com/

68. Content cura;on – the process of finding, organizing,
and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience
that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or
campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins
with “Spo$ng the Awesome.” It is the process of
sor;ng through the vast amounts
of content on the web and presen;ng 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.
Content Cura@on

69. Tips for Content Cura@on
• Iden;fy your audience
and needs/goals
• Iden;fying Criteria for
accep;ng and rejec;ng
content
• Find Trusted Sources
• Develop a plan and strategy
for sharing curated content

70. TRUSTED SOURCES
DEVELOPING TRUSTED SOURCES
(Organiza;ons, Blogs, Publishers, Experts, & Collabora;ons)
– h"p://www.smp.org/resourcecenter/
– h"p://www.catholic.org.nz/nzcbc/fx-landing.cfm?loadref=12
– h"p://www.usccb.org/
– h"p://www.loyolapress.com/#
– h"ps://www.ted.com/talks/browse
– h"p://www.vcat.org/creed.html
– h"p://bustedhalo.com/
– h"p://www.eforma;onvts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/
Cura;ng-Faith-Forma;on-eForma;on-2014.pdf

71. Resources for
Lent

72. h"p://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-
year/lent/lent-videos.cfm

74. What are the emerging trends we
need to pay a"en;on to when it
comes to digital technologies?

77. Virtual
Reality
44%

78. Revenue of 5.2 billion
U.S. dollars projected
in 2018

79. THEY ARE GAMERS!
51%
TEENAGE BOYS
66%
6-11 YEAR OLDS
SAID VIDEO GAMES
WAS THEIR
MAIN SOURCE OF
ENTERAINMENT

80. 84%
59%
All Teens 72%

81. This is
making my
head hurt!

82. Those of us living in this digital age are required to
learn, unlearn and learn again and again.

83. Why, because they need us to!

84. What is my
password?
I love my
MAC!
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85. LET’S CONNECT
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