“A ‘Digital Native’ is someone who has grown up in a digital and web-connected world. How do we effectively minister to ‘Digital Natives’? The Internet brings with it great dangers as well as incredible opportunities. How can we teach our young people to avoid the harmful while leveraging it for good? This seminar will not just raise the questions; it will give you an achievable strategy for developing an effective web presence for your youth ministry. This includes creating a website, using social media and protecting children online.”
The above is a blurb for a 3 hour workshop I ran today at National Youth Ministry Convention (NYMC). Did I deliver? You might need to ask someone else! But it seemed to be a useful time for people with plenty of good interaction. I really appreciate the collective wisdom that can be gleaned from that type of forum. My prayer is that youth ministries would unleash the internet for good that Jesus would be made famous and God glorified
HERE ARE MY SLIDES FROM THE WORKSHOP
Here are websites I referred to that aren’t on the slides:
- melindatankardreist.com
- collectiveshout.org
- noisetrade.com
- comeandlive.com
- matthiasmedia.com.au/little-black-books-sex
- statcounter.com
- www.google.com/analytics
- docs.google.com
- youthworks.net/safeministry
Talks will be available for download from the NYMC website.
If there’s anything else I said that I’d put on line that I haven’t… let me know!
If you’ve got any questions, feel free to contact me, or if they might be helpful for other people – leave them in the comments below.
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Hi Dave – the link to the slides doesn’t seem to be working
Seconded
Try it now…
Game on!
I look forward to having a decent read through all of this, looks like a good resource. Thanks!
you’re welcome. it’s more or less point form, if there’s any bits you want to be fleshed out, let me know!
Brilliant – thanks!
you’re welcome :)
hey folks, here is something we did earlier in the year that you might be interested in: http://www.souliesunderground.com/