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MSCM 8630: Information Technology (IT) for Church Management

MSCM 8630: Information Technology (IT) for Church Management. Fall 2008 Dr. Wagner Sept. 3 2008. Welcome to our Class. Brand new class, new program 25 students with wide variety of backgrounds Overall goal Not to turn everyone into to “super geeks”

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MSCM 8630: Information Technology (IT) for Church Management

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  1. MSCM 8630: Information Technology (IT) for Church Management Fall 2008 Dr. Wagner Sept. 3 2008

  2. Welcome to our Class • Brand new class, new program • 25 students with wide variety of backgrounds • Overall goal • Not to turn everyone into to “super geeks” • Make better use of IT in your situation • Feel more confident in talking about and using technology • Have fun with it!

  3. Special Challenges? • Extreme variety of backgrounds • Different interests • Variety of available applications • I am not the expert • This topic is all over the map! • GOOD NEWS? • We have a great group of people, who are extremely motivated and interested in sharing with others

  4. Results of IT Survey • 13 responses • 7 using Office 2003, 2 using 2007, Mac, Corel • Highest rated topics? • Collaboration tools • Database • Spreadsheets (basic) • Lowest • Spreadsheets (advanced) • Hardware evaluation • Security • Special Topics? – data recovery, mail merges, evaluation, meeting support, Element K, podcasting

  5. Who am I? • Education • Miami U. - Started as a Civil Engineering/Math major • Ended up with 2 UG degrees; B. Phil and BA (ancient Greek/Latin) • Worked on Agora Excavations in Athens • America School (Athens) • Masters in Classical Languages (U. of KY) • MBA (U. of KY) • Ph.D. in MIS at U of KY • Villanova since 1991 • Research/Professional Interests • Dissertation in Expert Systems/ Applied AI • Published in a variety of journals • Published first college text on XML (2003- Phall) • Published first text on Customer Relationship Management (2007) • First at VU to teach class over Internet • Coordinate SAP University Alliance • Editorial Boards for several journals

  6. Other things… • Wife and 2 children • Son at U. Del and daughter at VU • Wife doing Masters in Counseling at VU • Lu-Bhu • Raised Lutheran but practicing Bhuddhist meditation for last 25 years • History buff • Founder of VU civil war round table • Archeology and ancient history • Fixing up old farmhouse • Gardener, camper, hiking, play on VU faculty basketball team, etc.

  7. Your turn… • Take a moment to introduce yourselves • I will call on you • Tell us: • Who you are • Where you are from • What you would like to get out of this class • Something interesting about yourself?

  8. Organization of Course • Divided into three main modules • IT for Personal Productivity • How can IT help you and your office work better? • IT for Church Communications • How can IT help you and your church communicate better? • IT for Church Operations • How can IT help the overall church organization function better?

  9. Course Resources • Short, new text by Tim Welch Welch, Tim Technology Tools for Your Ministry, 2008, Twenty-Third Publications.  • Augmented with other readings. Mainly from Christian Computing magazine • Vendor demos (especially in last module) • Element K tutorials for hands-on work Check out web site and login • Note: Hold off on purchasing the Expression Web text.

  10. Assignments/Grading • Readings • Hands-on • IT inventory • Spreadsheet report • Database application • Web site design • Group collaboration project – design a web portal for all things related to IT for Church MGT • Final Projects – research or applied use of IT

  11. Assignment for next week • Reach chapters 1 and 2 of Welch book • May also send you a brief CC article • Initialize and familiarize yourselves with the Element K site • Try to list all the main activities in your office (informal list) • Be prepared to give 2 examples of tasks that could be done better with IT • We will meet next Thursday (9/11) at 7:30 p.m. (EST)

  12. Questions?

  13. Questions? Go Cats!!

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