(1) Slaughter, Michael. Out On the Edge. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1998. (2) Wilson, Len. The Wired Church. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1999. (3) One selection from additional resourceshttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2994/thumbnail.jp

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Asbury Theological SeminaryePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchangeSyllabi eCommons1-1-2002IT 501 Technology in MinistryKenneth A. BoydFollow this and additional works at: http://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabiThis Document is brought to you for free and open access by the eCommons at ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange. For more information, pleasecontact thad.horner@asburyseminary.edu.Recommended CitationBoyd, Kenneth A., "IT 501 Technology in Ministry" (2002). Syllabi. Book 1890.http://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1890Technology in Ministry IT 501 Fall 2002   Student Outcomes  Apply the design principles to the creation of announcements, congregational singing, scripture, and message outline using PowerPoint or similar presentation software programs.  Apply the principles of photographic composition to digital images submitted for grading in a PowerPoint presentation.  Produce a PowerPoint slide show putting images to music.   As a team, storyboard, shoot, and edit an assigned video exercise based on the production tips presented in class.  As a team, complete an assigned exercise in the video studio.  As a team, integrate technology into a message using visual support for scripture, message outline, message illustrations (both a video clip and a graphic), and special music!   Course Topics         Introduction to Course Why Use Technology? How Can Technology Be Used? Photography How Should We Design Our Materials? PowerPoint   Advanced PowerPoint Instructional Design/Learning Principles       Video Production Video Editing    Video Studio Production Projection Equipment Production Equipment Facility Design Support Resources     Individual Required Course Projects  Worship Service PowerPoint Based on the design principles presented in class (How Should We Design Our Materials?), each student will submit PowerPoint slides for congregational singing, scripture, and teaching outline incorporated into one slideshow and ready for presentation in a worship service.  Black slides should be inserted when nothing is to be projected during the service.  Create a custom template using Digital Juice or other resource that would serve as a metaphor for the service.  Student must be present for grading.   Minimum Requirements are:  5 slides for congregational singing 5 slides of consecutive scripture 1 slide teaching outline with no less than three points that uses animation to bring in the points  Grading Checklist: The specific design elements from the lecture (How Should We Design Our Materials?) are used in grading.  Worship Service Announcements  Based on the design principles presented in class, each student will submit three announcements for use before a worship service.  Minimum Requirements are:  Within the 3 announcements but not necessarily in each, the following should be demonstrated or included animation, sound, scanned image, digital photograph and clip art.   Grading Checklist:  size of text and images, use of space, simplicity  PowerPoint Slide Show Select music and locate or produce appropriate images to go with the music.  You may scan images, take digital pictures or locate images on the Internet.  If Internet picture are used they must be good clear pictures.  Student must be present for grading.  Grading Checklist:  clear and sharp pictures, understandable audio or text provided on slides, appropriate changing of images, and appropriate images for music.   Photography Presentation Using Microsoft Photo Editor submit 24 digital images demonstrating the principles of photographic composition in a PowerPoint presentation.  For grading, present all of your images, and identify at the beginning of the presentation, the six that you would like to have graded.   Student must be present for grading.  Grading Checklist:  simplicity, rule of thirds, lines, balance, framing and mergers  Movie Review  Write a one-page summary of how the selected movie could be used in a worship service, most likely in conjunction with the sermon. Describe the part of the movie that you would use and what point you would make with it.  Book Review  Create a PowerPoint presentation to the present to the class that highlights how the assigned  book relates to technology in ministry.  Group Required Course Projects  Video Exercise Students will be given a video exercise to complete as a team.  They will be responsible for the storyboard, taping and editing.  The only sound track will be music, which will be added in postproduction (editing).  The final product should not be longer than three minutes, and submitted with the storyboard.  Grading Checklist:  length of scenes, clean entrance and exit through a door, no jump cuts, good lighting, appropriate use of close-ups/cut ins  Video Studio Exercise Students will produce a video exercise as a team. Team members will be involved in as many aspects of studio production as possible (switching, camera operation, directing, etc.).   Preaching Event  Preaching Guidelines:  At the end of the term, students will present a message.  Minimum technical requirements include projection of scripture, message outline, message illustrations (that would include both video clips from a movie or other video tape and an appropriate graphic such as a digital photograph, clipart object or scanned image), and special music which would be either a PowerPoint slideshow sound or videotape with images and sound.  A brief description of the target audience will be presented prior to the sermon.  Length of message, including media, should be no longer than 20 minutes. Students will be responsible for operating the projector, laptop and video tape recorder. The equipment will be setup in the video studio for the students to practice.  Grading Checklist for Preaching Event: description of audience matches preaching event, quality of PowerPoint and videotape, smooth operation of equipment  Required Reading  Slaughter, Michael.  Out On the Edge.  Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1998. Wilson, Len.  The Wired Church.  Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1999. One selection from additional resources Additional Resources Bandy, Thomas and William Easum.  Growing Spiritual Redwoods.  Nashville, Abingdon, 1997. Easum, William.  Dancing with Dinosaurs.  Nashville, Abingdon, 1993. Easum, William.  Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers.  Nashville, Abingdon, 1995. Hunter, George G.  Church for the Unchurched.  Nashville, Abingdon, 1996. Hunter, George G.  The Celtic Way of Evangelism.  Nashville, Abingdon, 2000 Kallestad, Walt.  Entertainment Evangelism.  Nashville, Abingdon, 1996. Miller, Kim. Handbook for Multi-Sensory Worship. Nashville, Abingdon, 1999. Sample, Tex. The Spectacle of Worship in a Wired World. Nashville, Abingdon, 1998. Schaller, Lyle E.  Discontinuity and Hope.  Nashville, Abingdon, 1999. Schultz, Quentin J.  Dancing in the Dark.  Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1991. Sweet, Leonard.  Faithquakes. Nashville, Abingdon, 1994. Sweet, Leonard.  Post-Modern Pilgrims.  Nashville, Broadman & Holman, 2000. Sweet, Leonard.  Soul Tsunami.  Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1999.  www.ginghamsburg.org Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church www.purposedriven.com Saddleback Community Church www.willowcreek.com Willow Creek Community Church   Project Due Dates  Movie Review    September 19 Worship Service PowerPoint   September 26 Worship Service Announcements  October 10 Book Review Presentation   October 17 Photography Presentation   October 17   PowerPoint Slide Show   October 24 Video Editing     November 21 (In Class) Studio Exercise    November 21 (In Class) Preaching Event    December 5 and 12 Readings     December 12   Grading       Worship Service PowerPoint   20% Worship Service Announcements  10% Movie Review    10% Book Review     10% PowerPoint Slide Show   20% Preaching Event    10% Photography Presentation   20%  In order to receive the desired grade the following must also be completed: readings and video/studio exercise.  If all of the above are completed at a satisfactory level a grade of B will be given.  For every project or assignment not completed a letter grade will be deducted.  In order to receive an A for the class, a final project that demonstrates video editing techniques is required.    

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