Sunday, July 10, 2011

Final project


OROMO EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF MINNEAPOLIS
CHURCH LEADERSHIP RETREAT ON
 CHURCH MEDIA TECHNOLOGY USAGE

Overall Aim:
  • Aimed at helping church leaders and volunteers harness creativity and technology to use it to accomplish the Church’s mission, without compromising the message.
Objectives of the retreat:
·         To build  awareness in modern media usage in a church setting ( positive and negative aspects)
·         To draw a lesson plan, point out mitigation plan, and adopt the right technology for the church and children of God.
Expected Outcome or Assumptions:
·         This leadership retreat provides an ideal opportunity to think about where we as a church has been in terms of media technology usage, where you want to go, and how you plan to get there with minimum or no adverse impact .The possible outcomes of the retreat could be to lay down an implementation strategies for the church future technology usage (applications).

PROCEDURES
Initial phase:
·         Define Purpose/Goals
·         Preliminary assessment and discernment about the effectiveness of the retreat, Pray, get consent from the attendees and look for facilities, estimate costs
Planning phase 
·         Set a date, working around spring break, graduation, summer vacations, and holidays.
·         Bring a copy of the proposed budget and discuss emendations. 
·          Decide on content. Identify speaker (s) from inside and outsider ,
·          Delegate tasks: invitation, location, content, music, food, recreation, evaluation.
·          Figure out transportation. Encourage carpooling for relationship building.
·          Find out what supplies you need, from paper napkins to water skis.
·          Figure out media. (setup computers with Internet to practice on youtube, facebook, etc.)
·         Create a schedule
·          Create an evaluation form.  
METHODOLOGY
·         Ground rule for the day
·          Brain storm about how to accomplish goals and make improvements.
·          Schedule time for prayer, music, and worship. Movies ( sound clips for group discussion) About 6 sound clips will be presented for group discussion each clips contains some positive aspect and some negative aspects or issues related to media usage.. Identify those and write-down with their mitigation plans
·         Two presentations ( one presentation from outside speaker)  The outside speaker  will present  the positive side of media technology for the church and introduce as much as new technology equipment’s to the participant of the retreat  that are very pertinent to the church mission and on the other hand,  the second presentation will be from inside ( facilitator) presentation on the negative impact of the media for the church and the young generation
·         Group discussion (work on what kind of media technology is good for the church and what areas of the usage need much support and what area need restrict or control.
·         Panel discussion: presentation with agreed point and draw the implementation plan and follow-up strategies.
·         Distribute Evaluation forms and close with prayer   

RESOURCES:
Computer with Internet, flip chart, Marker, tape, paper glue, Overhead screen, other stationareis, sound system with video Camera and other media thec recommended by thecnician, refreshments( coffe and snacks ), foods and water
 Six    Video  Clips
2 power point presentations
evaluation forms
Schedules

1.   Bringing  the great commision                         2. DEgital media in worship 
 3. Media in church minitry         

4. Vissual motion worship
4. Vissual motion worship 

5. Benedict XVI speach n new media technologies for evangelization
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Schedule

When
What
By whom
Remark
7:30-8:00AM
Registration
Church Leader’s
Provide a name budge
8;00-9:00
Praying, setting ground rules, Introduction, Brain-storm  
 Church pastor leads to prayer
Divide into two groups
9:00-10;00
Presentation “ Media tech usage at church”
Guest speaker
Introducing with the list of media equipment that useful for the church.
10:00-10:15
Group discussion
group reflection 

10:15-10:30 
Beak


10:30-12:30
Sound clip watch ( 6 sound clips) 
group reflection
reflection after each video clip 
12:30-1:00
Lunch


1:00-1:30
Presentation
Facilitator
PowerPoint 
!:30-2:00
Group discussion
 participants

2:00-2:30
Panel discussion and presentation
group leaders

List dawn some of the important media tech usage in Oromo Church 
2:30-3::00
Break


3:00-3:30
Panel discussion and presentation
group leaders
List dawn the negative aspect of media usage and mitigation plan 
3:30-4:30
Final conclusion and future plan
 church President

4:30-5:00
Complete evaluation form, Thank you an final prayer
Facilitator and participants



CHECK LIST FOR RETREAT ORGANIZER.

·         Reconfirm housing, meeting rooms, meal times, equipment needed, etc.,
·         Send schedule to retreat center
·         Give final numbers of people attending and confirm equipment needs.
·         Meet with camp host at site. Finalize arrangements.
·         Plan Program
·         Confirm Speaker
·         Confirm special music and song leader
·         Plan other program: workshops, select workshop leaders, recreation, free time activities.
·         Plan schedule, send to program people
·         Confirm travel for program people
·         Confirm schedule and program with program people
·         Packets made up: schedules, note paper, maps, etc.
·         Meet with speaker/s and other program people before the retreat for prayer and review of purpose and objectives.
·         make budget (see worksheet)
·         Facilitate the retreat
·         Registration Coordinator appointed


Thursday, June 16, 2011

Final thought " so what?" Do I mean that media tech for the church is not user firendly ?

Not really! But I am emphasising about the importance of  the media education
If I have to run another statistics on the important of media tech for the church and for community in general, I will certainly find a long list of importance. But my point here is how to make use of the technology with out or with minimum risk to our children.Below are, for example, Some suggestive ideas from class discussion as how to protect our children from becoming victims of technology.
Lists of rules: .
     Establish online rules and an agreement with your child about Internet use at home and outside of the home (i.e., at a friend's house, at school, at the library, etc.)
    Spend time online alongside your child and establish an atmosphere of trust regarding computer usage and online activities.
    Place your computer in an area of your home where you can easily supervise your child's Internet activity.
    Regularly ask your kids about their online friends and activities. Role play with your child various dangerous scenarios that they could encounter online.
    Implement software tools to protect your family from the intrusion of inappropriate content and sexual predators.
    Recognize that chat rooms are the playground of today's sexual predator. Do not allow your children into chatrooms.
    Block instant/personal messages from people you and your child don't know. Regularly check your child's buddy list to ensure that it has not been altered.

Sources: http://www.protectkids.com/parentsafety/4parentsonly.htm

Acronyms (teens languages of communication when using media tech) what a creative words

Acronyms
          POS =          Parents over shoulder
          KOTL=           kiss on the lips
          1174=          Nude club
          GNOC=        Get Naked on Cam
          PAW =          Parents are watching
          HSWM =      Have sex with me
          YKYWTKM=   You know you want to kiss me
          420 4life=         Marijuana
          YWTKM=         You want to kiss me
          POTS =          Parents over the shoulder
          MOS=          Mom Over Shoulder
          CD9-Code 9=          Parents are around
          53x=          Sex
          P911=          Parent emergency
          NIFOC=           Nude In Front Of Computer
          KPC=          Keeping Parents Clueless
          GYPO=          Get Your Pants Off


Sources: http://www.safesurfingkids.com/chat_room_internet_acronyms.htm

One last point bout the Dark side of media tech - VideoGame

          Youth and Video-games
          Anderson & Bushman have conducted a meta-analysis of 35 different studies of violent video games (2001).
          A meta-analysis is a type of study in which researchers analyze the results of other studies to see if there are similar patterns of results!
Consistent pattern of results in Five areas!
          Exposure to violent games increases physiological arousal.
          Exposure to violent games increases aggressive thoughts.
          Exposure to violent games increases aggressive emotions.
          Exposure to violent games increases aggressive actions.
          Exposure to violent games decreases positive prosocial (i.e., helping) actions.
          Kentucky student shoots 8 fellow students in school
          Michael Carneal was addicted to the violent video game Doom
          Shooting followed movie plot and video game scenarios
          Carneal was trained to kill by a movie and a video game

Sources:http://www.bodine.phila.k12.pa.us/kaufman/writingopinion/videogames.html