Vincentian Resources on the Internet

See also Internet in Parish Ministry.

Internet 101

Internet Basics

For some the following links may be helpful.

• Technology in Plan EnglishSimple video explanations
• The Museum of Modern Technology
• Internet basics from LearnTheNet.com offers insights into fundamentals of the Internet such as
  • how do I ...
    • Find Information
    • Download Files
    • Socialize
    • Conference - teleconference, video conference
    • Work with Music, Video and Photos
    • Do Web Publishing
    • Protect myself

Going deeper

Finding information

• Web searching video
• Search engines: Almost half of all internet users now use search engines on a typical day: August, 2008 Pew Report on search engine use (.pdf)
  • Short, easy tutorial on search engines
  • SearchMe Visual search Engine
  • Search engines - more information from the Vincentian Encyclopedia

Communicating with others

Communicating with others

• How email works
• Wikipedia:Communication
• Wikipedia:List of basic Communication Topics
• Wikipedia:Communication Theory
• Understanding Generation Virtual

Social Networking

• Social Media in Plain English
• Social Networking Explained Visually
• Twitter Expalined Visually

Internet and the Church

Church Documents

Insighful Vatican Documents

• Ethics & the Internet
• Church and Internet
• Messages for World Communications Day
• Documents of Pontifical Council for Communications

• Baptizing the Internet

• Benedictine Internet Commission

One of the earliest presentations of why Catholics and even monks should use the Internet.

• Surfing for Salvation

A well-written overview of how people are searching for meaning on the Internet.

"A typical search will turn up about 1,948,000 hits for "Christ," 2,100,000 for "Jesus," and 3,675,000 for "God."

• A Network Centric Church

See left column of the above link for origins and demise of a pioneer website

Benedictines have a long history with pages and their Scriptoria

• Strategic Digital Outreach

• Social Networking Tools

• Vatican Calls for Better Catholic TV January 22, 2006

• EMinistry in a Digital Age

• Religion Enters Media Mainstream ZENIT Report June 3, 2006

Church Presence

Parishes

• Message for 42 World Communications Day

Vincentian Presence on the Internet

About Famvin.org

Vincentian News

• Guide to Vincentian News

Vincentian Encyclopedia

• Guide to Vincentian Encyclopedia Resources

Vincentian Formation

• Guide to Vincentian Formation

Ministry Tools for Technology

Powerpoint

• Powerpoint in the classrom Excellent set of tutorials
• http://blogs.msdn.com/crabbyofficelady/archive/2009/09/10/demystifying-powerpoint-terms.aspx Demystifying PowerPoint terms]
• Death by PowerPoint
• Death by {Powerpoint explained cisually

YouTube

• About YouTube
• What is YouTube Wikipedia article
• YouTube Help Official YouTube help files
• How to make a YouTube video

Google

Little known but useful Google resources