Tools 4-Communications Ministry

We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. – New Ways of Being Church…
COMMUNICATION
MINISTRY TOOLS
Innovation – presenting in
a fresh way
Inspiration – telling the
stories of God at work in
people's lives CSCC 2018

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Copyright © 2018 Digital Disciple NetworkWe are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. – New Ways of Being Church…
LEARNER LEADER
 Digital Immigrant
 Founder of Digital Disciple Network
 Master of Arts in Educational
Technology and Religious Studies
 D.Min. in Parish Revitalization
 Educator in secondary education for 4 Years
 Pastoral Associate for 2 Years
 Diocesan Service for 16 Years
 Congregational Leadership for 4 Years
 Publishing Industry Electronic Media for 4
Years
 University Academic Technology and
Campus Ministry for 7 Years
 New Media Formation since 1983 (30+ Years)

Have you ever received
something marvelous for which
you did not ask?

That’s God, who knows all the
secrets which you keep hidden
in your heart.

Have you ever found yourself in a difficult
situation for which there seemed to be
no solution,

And then, in the twinkling of an eye, the
answer became as clear as daylight?

That’s God, who unceasingly takes our
problems into his hands and helps us
solve them.

Everything goes better when God takes
the lead.

Let us share with everyone the great love
God has for us. Amen.

TODAY’S
FOCUS
 Web 2.0 Tools
 Website Tools
 Digital Storytelling Tools

WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

CATEGORIES OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS
Social Networking
Online Meeting Tools
Project Collaboration
Word Clouds
Online Surveys
Assessment Tools
Graphic Design
Using Mobile Devices
Using Digital Images
Outside-the-Box Tools

Social Networking:
Pinterest
•Visual
•Social
•Free
•Curating
•Pins link back
1

Online Meeting: join.me
• Basic features:
•Video Calling
•Share My Screen
• iOS/Android, Web
• File Transfer
• Share Control
2

JOIN.ME FEATURES
 Best for one-to-many delivery, such as training or
webinar
 Screen sharing
 Voice over Internet
 IM for text chatting
 Simple

PROJECT COLLABORATION :PADLET
• is a virtual wall that allows
people to express their
thoughts on a common
topic easily.
• It works like an online sheet
of paper where people
can put any content (e.g.
images, videos,
documents, text)
anywhere on the page,
• collaborate together with
anyone, from any device.

• Scripture Review: Padlet offers a great venue for sharing reflections.
Young people can highlight favorite scripture, ask questions, discuss
characters and more. Faith leaders can then take the page and
present it in class to spark continued face-to-face discussion.
• Topic Summary: Useful for any subject from Ten Commandments,
beatitudes, corporal works of mystery, sacraments, mass etc. Padlet
can help faith leaders summarize a large amount of information and
present it in a visually pleasing way. Can put in text, photos, maps
and other learning tools and share the image with students.
• Prayer Request Wall: Each person can post an individual message,
requesting prayers for themselves or others.
• Questions Board: Can access a "questions" board 24/7 and
anonymously post questions. In a classroom, teacher can then read
off and answer the questions each day.
• Opinion/Forum: Faith leaders can post a particular topic or issue,
and church members can post their opinions on the subject.
Suggested Uses for Padlet

 Online Word Cloud Generator
 Free to use your cloud in any way
 Save as .jpeg or .png format
 Shapes, masks
 Clouds generate a URL, share on FB or Twitter
http://www.wordclouds.com/?cloud=socialmedia
Word Cloud Generators:
WordClouds.com

 Online Survey Tool
 Free w/ Google Acct.
 Web-based – URL
 Embed it in webpage
 Spreadsheet or Form View
 Question Types
 Analytics
Online Surveys: Google Forms
5

ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
SOCRATIVE
6

GRAPHICS AND DESIGN TOOLS: CANVA
Offers design templates for
Social Media
Presentation
Poster
FB Cover
FB Post
Instagram
Twitter Post or Header
Biz Card
Photo Collage
AND MUCH MORE

Mobile Devices: QR Coding
What do I need to start using a QR code ?
To view or scan a QR code you will need :
• A phone with a camera or a Smart phone.
• Most Smartphones will have a barcode
scanner as an app which will read QR codes
• A program that lets you scan them
(generator and reader – they are free)
• You must have access to internet when you
are to scan a QR code.
• If you don't have a phone you can use your
desktop or netbook provided it has a
webcam to read the codes

Scavenger Hunts
How to Use QR Codes in Ministry:

How to Use QR Codes in Ministry:
Bulletin Boards, Tour of the Church

God Created Me – Find out more about me!
Find out more about where
Jesus walked.
Learn about Saints, ten commandments,
Learning prayers etc.
Create Advent Calendar, or
Walk through Lent
Other ideas
for using
QR Codes

 Creative Commons Images – users contribute
 Free to use, share without attribution (CC0)
 Safe Search mode available
 Forum, blog and upload your own images!
USING DIGITAL IMAGES:
PIXABAY.COM
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ADAPTING NEW TOOLS
Pope Selfie:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

• GPS Hide and Seek
Game
• Cross-Curricular
Applications
• Interactive
• Creative Problem-
Solving
• Long-Term Activity
• Trackables, Virtual
Caches, and real
Caches
• Great Family Fun!
GEOCACHING

Image by bobnrenee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobnrenee/276928677/sizes/l/in/photostream/

SELFIES
A selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken
with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone.

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WEBSITE
TOOLS
FOR
MINISTRY

CHOOSING A WEBSITE TOOL
Considerations
Cost of Website
Ease of Use
Modification

WEBSITE PLATFORMS
A platform is a delivery system for
your website
Some options include: WordPress,
WIX, Blogger
All 3 platforms provide templates
which give you a starting point to
build your site

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
All information is
stored on a
external web
server enabling
you to manage
your website
from anywhere
you have
internet access

WORDPRESS.COM
 Free with “wordpress” in the domain name
 Fairly straightforward to use
 You can tweek it to look more like a website than
a blog if you want, but some features are not
customizable
 Lots of themes, both free and for a fee

WORDPRESS DASHBOARD

POSTING ON WORDPRESS

WORDPRESS THEMES

WORDPRESS SAMPLE THEMES

WIX DASHBOARD

WIX
 Simple to use drag and drop features
 No need to know HTML
 Free if you only want basic features and
“wix” in the domain name
 Different price packages based on
features desired
 Can upload documents and PDFs to
the site

WIX SITE EDITING TOOLS

WIX PHOTO EDITING

BLOGGER DASHBOARD

BLOGGER
 Goggle product
 Free
 Can get a domain name without the
“blogger” extension for a small fee
 Themes/designs are a bit elementary
 Looks like a blog as opposed to a
website, but that’s what it is primarily
meant for

BLOGGER
TEMPLATE &
THEME

BLOGGER

POSTING ON BLOGGER

SPARK.ADOBE.COM
Spark.Adobe.com is a another site that lets you
create graphics, pages and videos and then
share them via social media and email. You can
also put the designed pages on your own
website.

GATHER AND
PREPARE
PHOTOS/VIDEO
 Your personal digital library
 Search Creative Commons
Photos and more –
http://search.creativecom
mons.org
 15 Sites for finding Images
and Clip Art for Education -
http://www.techlearning.c
om/Default.aspx?tabid=67
&EntryId=4164
 Free Images-
http://www.freeimages.co
m/

IMAGE
CREDITS
Resource -
https://sites.google.com/site/carolsh
andouts/image-credit
 Images you (or a friend or family
member) own the rights to
 Public domain or royalty free
clipart or photos from disk (CD or
DVD)
 Public domain or No Known
Restrictions images from the web
 Creative Commons images from
the web
 Public domain or No Known
Restriction images from print
materials

Choose a Digital Tool
• Recommended
WeVIDEO or
ANIMOTO
• Play with tool if you
are not familiar with
it.
• Understand how it
works before you
develop your script.

UNDERSTAND YOUR TOOL
Before you begin creating your script/storyboard,
go play with the tool:
 There are easy to use tools (e.g.,WeVideo
Animoto, 30 Hands, iMovie, Toontastic, Pinnacle
Studio, iStopCamera, iStopMotion, Windows Live
Movie Maker and many others.)
 Understand what you can do with your tool
 Understand its strengths and limitations
 Create your script/storyboard understanding
how your tool works

 Audacity is free, open source software for
recording and editing sounds.
 It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft
Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating
systems.
 Download Audacity
 http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
 Download the LAME MP3 encoder to
export as an MP3
 http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/
 Audacity Tutorials and Installation
Instructions
 http://tinyurl.com/5h2jmc
Record and Remix Audio

DIGITAL
DISCIPLE
COMPETENCIE
S

What new life for YOUR
COMMUNICATIONS
MINISTRY
is emerging?

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