Ministry Technologies - "Edutainment" Software Considerations

"Edutainment"

Edu...What?

This is the combination of two parts of two words that also represents two purposes for this type of software:

1. To Educate

2. Through Entertainment. Thus "edutainment."

Remember Math Blaster? Oregon Trail?

E-learning professionals are learning more and more that games used in the midst of lessons increase the interest in and the retention of material that is presented in this way.

There are some wonderful "Titles" for your church's discipleship/Christian Education program.

Neil McQueen, who helped the Presbyterians develop their "rotational Sunday School model" has followed a call that has led him to identify and make available this type of software. The reason: most of these software titles are not profit-makers for the larger chain Christian/religious bookstores. Therefore, Neil's non-profit Sunday Software buys the discs and/or the licenses to allow him to sell these.

Software
Technologies
Contacts

General Considerations

Administration/Finance

Audio/Video

Chat

Computer Management/Utilities

Document Composition

"Edutainment"

E-learning

E-mail

Graphics/Images (Pictures)

Music Score Composition/
Transposition

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Please send names of software that you have found helpful. If the categories above are not helpful, suggest a different or additional category name. The purpose of this section is to provide an opportunity for users to become aware of the availability of these tools. Thank You for helping.

Blogging

Browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer)

Listed below are some areas of experience with which we may be able to help you as your question pertains to use of these technologies in ministry.

Dwight Stinnett
   Executive Minister
    Projection & PowerPoint
    PowerPoint Composition

Roland Sundberg
Executive Administrator
Database Questions

Cheryl Henson
   Area I
   Ministerial Recruitment
   Ministerial Cont. Ed.
      PowerPoint Compositions
      E-mail Newsletters
      Web Page

John Grisham
   Area II
   Stewardship
      E-mail as Communication
      PowerPoint Composition

Richard Ricks
   (Tech Team Leader)
   Area III
   Multimedia & Projection
   Web Technologies

Randy McNeely
   Area IV
   Bivocational Ministry
   Costa Rica Partnership
     Using PowerPoint for Display
        during events

Muriel Johnson
   Area V
   Church Planting
    Using Video Chat
      VOIP (Telephone over       Internet)
      E-mail as Communication       Tool