Dont Check Your Brain at the Door

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Dont Check Your Brain at the
Door
Dont Check Your Brain at the Door

• Connecting
• to the
• MySpace Generation

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What did you say?

• ctn 911 cu2moro
• k8 b4ugo, i g2g
• btwn unme idk nd idc. Jk
• tak w/ thx
• lbcnu lt3

• omg ductht
• nvr sa nvr
• Aobe1lor
• 1gr8g
• jgi

• How fast can you respond?

• Do you text?

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What did you say?

• Cant talk now. Parents in room. See you
  tomorrow.
• 2. Kate, before you go I got to go.
• 3. Between you and me, I dont know and I dont
  care. Just kidding.
• 4. Take with thanks.

• Ill be seeing you. heart/Love
• 6. Oh my God. Did you see that?
• 7. Never say never.
• 8. Alpha and omega, one Lord
• 9. One great God
• 10. Just Google it.

• How fast can you respond?

• Do you text?

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Gods IntentionMans Image

• Genesis 126-27
• Who did God use as a model when He created man?
•   26And God said, Let us make man in our image,
  after our likeness and let them have dominion
  over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
  the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
  earth, and over every creeping thing that
  creepeth upon the earth.
•   27So God created man in his own image, in the
  image of God created he him male and female
  created he them.
• Does this make mankind special? Why?

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Some Statistics

• Acording to the U.S. census bureau in 2008 there
  were 21,469,780 teenagers in America between the
  ages of fifteen and nineteen. Teens are exposed
  to an estimated 3,000 ads a day. (Adbusters)
• 65 of U.S. teens have TV sets in their own
  rooms. (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• 83 of U.S. teens reported going online last
  year. (Teen Research Unlimited)
• In 2000, U.S. teens spent an estimated 105
  billion and influenced their parents to spend an
  additional 48 billion. (Teen Research Unlimited)
  
• In 1998, U.S. companies spent nearly 200 billion
  on advertising. Worldwide ad spending is
  estimated at 435 billion. (Advertising Age and
  the United Nations Human Development Report,
  cited in Klein)

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Generation Y (Echo boomers)(1981-85)
(1995-2001)

• Demographically
• The term echo boom (used in reference to Gen Y)
  refers to a five year span between 1989 and 1994
  when for the first time since 1964, the number of
  live births in the US reached over four million.
  Previously, even the rate of 1965 (3.76 million)
  was not reached until 1985. Also, the birthrate
  of 1971 (3.56 million) has yet to be reached
  according to the 2000 US census. If the years
  19832000 are used, as is common in market
  research, then the size of Generation Y in the
  United States is approximately 76 million.
• Sociographically
• Facebook, MySpace, SMS and other instant
  communication technologies may explain Generation
  Y's reputation for being peer oriented and for
  seeking instant gratification. Generation Y, like
  other generations, is shaped by the events,
  leaders, developments and trends of its time.

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boyd, d. m., Ellison, N. B. (2007). Social
network sites Definition, history, and
scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated
Communication, 13(1), article 11.
http//jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.
html
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Social Networking on Line
One of the more popular ways for teens (and
increasingly adults) to communicate is through
social networking Web sites.
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Facebook

• Started as a tool at Harvard by Mark Zuckerberg
  to help students connect and collaborate.
• On Sept 11 2006 it opened it's doors to all
  internet users.
• In June 2007 there were 25 million users, 4
  million new users in a month and 30m page views
  in a month.
• 1 of all the time on the internet is on Facebook
  
• Growing 3 x faster than MySpace
• The website has 31 Million active users
• More than 100,000 new registrations per day
  since Jan. 2007
• An average of 3 percent weekly growth since Jan.
  2007
• Active users have doubled since Facebook
  expanded registration in Sept. 2006
• The site receives over 15 billion page views per
  month
• It currently hosts over 1.7 Billion photos

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MySpace

• One of the top ten Internet sites.
• Second most popular English-language SN Web site
  with just over seventy-nine million registered
  accounts.
• Teens share interests and hobbies, post photos
  and videos, post blogs and bulletins, and share
  messages and comments.
• A way to meet people, share things about
  themselves, and communicate with friends.
• Can be a target for on-line predators.
• Their page is their "personality and can get
  them recognized.
• Once you find one person, you learn who their
  friends are, read what people say about them,
  learn what they do in their free time, read their
  "blogs" (express their innermost feelings), and
  learn their likes, dislikes, heroes, and even
  their monthly schedules.
• For teens who are going through the stage where
  they are constantly looking for affirmation and
  validation and a response everything they are,
  it's addictive

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Making the Connection
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Barna Survey

• Asking teens what they look for in a church,
  found teens want to
• 71 - Understand better in what I believe.
• 66 - Worship or make a connection with God.
• 65 - Volunteer to help others.
• 55 - Learn more about prayer.
• 49 - Be mentored or coached in my spiritual
  development.
• 46 - Participate in a study class about faith.

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Power of the Mind
Genesis 11  1And the whole earth was of one
language, and of one speech.  4And they said, Go
to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top
may reach unto heaven and let us make us a name,
lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the
whole earth. 6And the LORD said, Behold, the
people is one, and they have all one language
and this they begin to do and now nothing will
be restrained from them, which they have imagined
to do.
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Man Controls His Mind

• Romans 12
• 2And be not conformed to this world but be ye
  transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye
  may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
  perfect, will of God.
•  3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to
  every man that is among you, not to think of
  himself more highly than he ought to think but
  to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to
  every man the measure of faith.

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We are in a battle for the minds of men!

• For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
  according to the flesh. For the weapons of our
  warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for
  pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments
  and every high thing that exalts itself against
  the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into
  captivity to the obedience of Christ (2
  Corinthians 103-5)
• Our weapons are mighty in God. They are powerless
  in and of themselves, but in God they are mighty,
  powerful and able to bring those thoughts under
  control and to break down the mightiest
  strongholds. These weapons include the Word of
  God (Ephesians 617), prayer (Ephesians 618) and
  the anointing of the Holy Spirit (Acts 18).

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The Challenge for the Christian Educator

• Is the church out of touch?
• Is there a gap between the established church,
  its teaching and the next generation(s)?
• If yes, how does Christian Education bridge the
  gap?
• How would Jesus, the Master Teacher reach the
  next generation?

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Help Your Student Learn Biblical Mind Training
Philippians 4 7And the peace of God, which
passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus.  8Finally,
brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report if
there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these things.  9Those things, which ye
have both learned, and received, and heard, and
seen in me, do and the God of peace shall be
with you. (emphasis added)
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It starts early
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Internet Use by Country

• China Internet Users 253 million (2008
  statistics) Chinas total population is
  1,338,612,968
• European Union (247 million per 2006 statistics)
  EU total population 491,582,852
• U.S. Population 307,212,123 (July 2009 est.)
  U.S. Internet Users 223 million (2008)

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Toward Better Understanding

• Get the interest of the student
• Use examples contextualized from their lives
• Connect the scripture to life today
• Use visual aids. Jesus used
• Children (Matthew 181 Mark 936)
• Basin of water (John 13)
• Towel (John 13)
• Fig tree (Matthew 2119)
• Ask for attention
• Matthew 1510

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Toward Better Understanding

• Involve the students
• Luke 115
• Luke 133-5
• John 1518-19
• Ask questions
• Matthew 627
• Matthew 1613, 15
• Jesus asks 13 questions in Matthew chapters 5-7
• Matt. 513, 46, 47 Matt. 625-27, 30, 31 Matt.
  73-4, 9, 10, 11, 16

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Toward Better Understanding (contd)

• Prepare to teach
• Matthew 1725 (lesson on taxation/tribute)
• John 935
• Allow the student time to reflect on the lesson
  and its meaning for him/her
• Invite feedback by providing a safe atmosphere
  for the student to give personal insight

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Questions Jesus Asked
Matt 513Ye are the salt of the earth but if the
salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
salted? 46For if ye love them which love you,
what reward have ye? do not even the publicans
the same? 47And if ye salute your brethren only,
what do ye more than others? do not even the
publicans so? Matt 625Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,
or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body,
what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than
meat, and the body than raiment?  26Behold the
fowls of the air for they sow not, neither do
they reap, nor gather into barns yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they?  27Which of you by taking
thought can add one cubit unto his
stature? 30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass
of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is
cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith?
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Questions Jesus Asked
31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall
we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal
shall we be clothed? Matt 73And why beholdest
thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in thine own
eye?  4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let
me pull out the mote out of thine eye and,
behold, a beam is in thine own eye?  9Or what man
is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will
he give him a stone? 10Or if he ask a fish, will
he give him a serpent? 11If ye then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father which is in
heaven give good things to them that ask
him? 16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
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Communicate Build Relationship with Students

• A key component in communication is listening to
  the answers to questions
• If active listening provides teaching cues for
  the teacher, what does it do for the student?
• Social networks are a WAY TO LISTEN!
• Remove communication barriers by avoiding
  condemnatory language or making subjects taboo
• Dont make judgments about the SN tooluse it to
  learn about your students become a friend (not
  an equal but a friend)

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Communicate Build Relationship with Students

• Dont be afraid to go where the student
  isliterally and figuratively
• Study the studentlearn his/her culture
• Learn to text/instant message (MMS/SMS/IM)
• Set up your own blog, Facebook or MySpace page to
  IM your youth students
• Spend TIME with students and give each your FULL
  ATTENTION

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Next Steps
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Application, Application, Application

• What new awareness did you gain today?
• What (if anything) will change your
  teaching/reaching style?
• Choose and describe one student on whom you will
  focus. Write down what your approach will be.
  Report to the group.