21st Century Sheep » gbod http://21stcenturysheep.net Exploring Issues of Technology. Safety, and Ministry Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:33:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Copyright © 21st Century Sheep 2010 pgobriant@gmail.com (21st Century Sheep) pgobriant@gmail.com (21st Century Sheep) http://21stcenturysheep.net/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg 21st Century Sheep http://21stcenturysheep.net 144 144 Exploring Issues of Technology. Safety, and Ministry 21st Century Sheep 21st Century Sheep pgobriant@gmail.com no no CyberSafety for Families http://21stcenturysheep.net/2010/06/24/cybersafety-for-families/ http://21stcenturysheep.net/2010/06/24/cybersafety-for-families/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:14:55 +0000 Paul http://21stcenturysheep.net/?p=292 I’ve been away from the blog for awhile.  For the past four months I’ve been filling in as interim principal of the J.P. Knapp Early College High School.  It was a great experience but it was exhausting.  I’m now back to my normal duties.

Some time ago I wrote some material for the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church.  The goal was to produce a program that could be used at a local church to train the congregation on internet and cell phone safety issues.  The folks at GBOD did a wonderful job designing and implementing the final product.  I received my copies this week.

The Content on the CD includes: planning guide, teaching plans, handouts and a 30 minute movie presentation.  It is available on Amazon , the Upper Room, or from Cokesbury.

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I have been invited to present and I am looking forward to being there.   I will present two worksessions.  The tentative topics are:

Where the Wild Things Are – Online Safety for Children
What are the real risks to children online?  We will explore dangers and strategies of for teaching children and parents about online safety.  Participants will learn practical strategies that can be put to use immediately.
Keeping up the Joneses (and everyone else online)
The President is on YouTube, Oprah is Skyping, and Lance Armstrong is Tweeting.  Are you keeping up?  What will the next “big thing” be?  We will explore new resources and technologies that you can use in your personal life and in children’s ministries.
On a different topic I came across an interesting performance by Raul Midon playing his original song “All the Answers“.  He is explores what it means to have immediate access to all the information on the Internet vs. having understanding.  I think you will enjoy it.
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