Kent Gerber's List: techuse4christians

Report on social media use among different age groups of Christians especially frequency of use. Analysis at end has good overall examples and suggestions on positive uses and cautions.

Great bibliography of technology and christian librarianship.

Promotional video demonstrating the digital bible which includes the text of the Bible accented by interactive maps, timelines, short videos and study notes. The product also includes a tool to track your reading habits.

Glo is an interactive Bible with interactive featuress like an atlas, timeline, study notes, short videos, and tools to track your reading. Video is also embedded in the companies web site.\n

Helpful bibliography of non-fiction and some fiction with this as a theme.

Background story on the Digital reunification of the oldest Bible the Codex Sianaticus. Describes the partners involved and how the project began. Also has notes for editors who wish to cover the story.

Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative of the American Theological Library Association and Association of Theological Schools is a repository of digital resources contributed by member libraries. The creation of CDRI was made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation; it is now an ongoing ATLA program.

The CDRI database provides access to digital images of woodcuts, photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, postcards, manuscripts, lithographs, sermons, shape-note tune books, and various forms of Christian art, architecture, and iconography.

The Ministry Theorem seeks to remind pastors and other leaders in the church that an appreciation of science lies deep within the Reformed tradition as well as within the Christian tradition generally. From a biblical-theological standpoint, Christians rightly view science as a partner in the preaching and teaching ministry of the church, increasing our wonder over God's works and so enhancing our worship of this Creator God.

The Israel Museum assisted by Google has published a digital collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls including the Great Isaiah Scroll, Temple Scroll, War Scroll, Community Rule Scroll, and Commentary on the Habakkuk Scroll.

Includes a feature that translates the text into english and a movable interface to easily maneuver through the scroll.

How Christians are engaging online spaces and how the influence of Walter Raushenbush on American Christianity.

Prezi presentation by Dr. Bex Lewis on how to engage social media with a Christian framework. December 12, 2011 High Leigh Christian Conference Centre, with 11 others who are interested in digital mission.
The event is quite informal, but with time slots allocated to each of the delegates to provide content to promote conversation… so here's my planned contribution:

Great primer on Social Media and how it can be used by Christian Higher Education organizations.

Tim Hutchings completed his PhD, researching online churches, in 2010. He conducted "an ethnographic study of i-church, Church of Fools and LifeChurch.tv's various online manifestations" and looked "at religious community - particularly worship, authority and mission." He is currently continuing research at the University of Umeå, Sweden.

Your website is most often a prospective student's first impression of the quality of your institution. Not only does it need to be visually attractive, but it needs to have all the features they are expecting — an online application, campus visit requests, cost calculators, online catalogs, etc. — and of course you need to do this on a tight budget. Drupal to the rescue. Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) that is robust and flexible. In this session we will demonstrate the power of Drupal, look at some pre-built distributions built on Drupal, and provide you with a list of resources to get you started.