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Educational Leadership: The Bishop as Teacher
The College for Bishops Leadership Institute was established to provide educational resources for new bishops as well as trending informational resources for all bishops. Educational Leadership: The Bishop as Teacher focuses on specific resources related to teaching:
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Trends in Educational Technology
Smart Ways to Upgrade Your Home Teaching Setup
Educators around the world are teaching virtual classes from kitchen tables, hallway nooks, and desks squeezed into bedroom corners. A few simple DIY tweaks and inexpensive upgrades can make the experience more comfortable and sustainable.
A Powerful Model for Understanding Good Tech Integration
The emergence of the coronavirus has dramatically accelerated the process of integrating edtech. But as many teachers have noted, the current state of online learning is more like triage—a form of crisis management—and not at all like skillfully managed distance education. What’s missing from the conversation right now is a focus on the bigger question of what the highest quality technology integration actually looks like.
Kyle Matthew Oliver: You already have everything you need to be a digital media minister
Digital media ministry can be a bit intimidating at first but the good news is that digital media ministries are, first and foremost, ministries. Both lay and ordained church leaders have already been called to live out and take on Christian acts of hospitality and proclamation, formation and service, fellowship and solidarity. To learn to minister online, the challenge is to align existing ministry instincts with the new environment. You already have everything you need to be an effective digital media minister—except maybe some practice.
The Internet gives even small congregations the ability to offer vibrant adult education and formation programs. Chris Yaw, founder of the online learning website Church Next, talks about online group learning as a means of congregational renewal. See also this sample from Church Next featuring Bishop Michael Curry: