Comment

Comment by Jill Herndon on August 22, 2012 at 10:14am

Eric Larson has a proposal for "capturing our stories".  See his blog and tell him what you think by following this link http://www.fairlingtonumc.org/forum/topics/idea-fumc-stories-projec...

Comment by Meg Moore on February 28, 2012 at 10:16am

Thanks, Jill, that does help.  I'll keep trying!

Comment by Jill Herndon on February 28, 2012 at 9:50am

Not said too clearly below -- the blogs and discussions and groups are all social spaces, as distinct from the word-processing and other internet publishing tools that are used to create them.

Comment by Jill Herndon on February 28, 2012 at 9:48am

Hi Meg.  There are several different things happening -- and to over simplify what we have is a set of social environments and a set of publishing tools.  The publishing tools are for the most part shared among the environments, like comments, and being able to do word processing and add hyperlinks, photos and videos.

Blogs are evolving all over the Internet so the definitions are in flux but they started as "web logs" -- personal journals, personal opinion.  Before these, in online learning communities, there were discussion forums, where people introduced forum topics and discussions grew up among the people interested in these areas and in hearing from a lot of other people and evolving in knowledge together.  So blogs then for pundits and posting opinions, and discussions for gathering in communities.  In this site you have both blogs and discussions -- and comment walls like this one, where random observations and greetings are the point.  Comments can lead to blogs, to discussions and forums of discussions.  The difference is a social one -- how many people will engage with each other and what kind of persistence through time is anticipated.  Random comments on a "wall" posting will role off the bottom of the screen -- no particular thought glues them together in time.  Blogs and discussions can take on greater persistence through time in this space.

Then the social space for "groups" enables those members to hold onto very specific materials -- for public or private use.  This is a group.  Heritage materials could be published here, by the group administrator, on a "Page" of living archive that everyone on the site could come to readily.

I hope that helps!  It gets a whole lot easier the more you use the space.

Comment by Meg Moore on February 26, 2012 at 3:10pm

Ingrid, the Heritage Room is at the far end of the Hall on the lower level of the Sunday School room, but I've only seen it open once.  I remember that there are some great photo albums from 20 or 30 or more years ago.  Great to see some people in those that are still here!

A question about format - how is this comment section different from a blog?  Why they different places to look?  I received an email with Eric's comment, and then yours, which brought me here, but not to the main page - or did it?  I find it very confusing and kind of overwhelming.  Are there other ways to be prompted to see what's here without me having to remember to check it?

 

 

Comment by Ingrid Sanden on February 26, 2012 at 2:45pm

Hi Eric- I wish I had an answer for your question. I have no idea where or what the Heritage Room is, so you're one ahead of me! You should post this question on Pastor Greg's wall, or even write a short blog about your thoughts. If you write a blog and make it "public" it will then show up on the side-bar of our home page (and other pages) and those who have information or a similar interest could then chime in with answers or questions. Take a look at the current blog posts and you'll see what I mean. Right now, two of my blogs and one of Christian's are featured. The three most recent blog posts are automatically featured, though we can change that. Thanks for posting here and I'm glad you're on the site. I think once we make our big switch to this new site we'll see more and more activity!

Comment by Eric Larsen on February 24, 2012 at 6:34pm

Doesn't seem to be a lot of activity here for a while...that's too bad. I like cafes.

I keep finding myself thinking and talking about the history of our church and community. I hear about the Heritage Room. I know where it is, but have never been there or even heard of what is there. Is there a way to access this material or (dare I say, here) get more involved with the collection?

Comment by FUMC on November 29, 2011 at 2:53pm

I think we are in a bit of a time and technology warp on the music issue.  This is not the traditional setting for copyright as it was written. I have an inquiry into another UMC church with an extremely active music outreach on their website; and another to an intellectual properties lawyer who used to work with Information Technology issues in databases.  Meanwhile the world seems to have gotten used to family videos on YouTube, singing and dancing to songs that are under copyright protection, and every Kareoke (spelling?) singer is lip-synching to an artist's original works.  Something has changed now that our once private lives and worship are quasi-public due to the technology.

Comment by Ingrid Sanden on November 29, 2011 at 12:38pm

Jill - I have a CD of the youth choir. My only concern is the copyright issues. That is why Louise, et al, are concerned about using the whole service on a podcast (because we haven't paid copyright fees to play the songs). But I will do some research. Surely there must be some sort of exception for church groups?

Comment by Jill Herndon on November 27, 2011 at 8:55am

Who would have FUMC recordings like this one from Severna Park UMC's youth choir?  http://severnaparkumc.org/Audio/Choirs/He%20Is%20The%20Rock.mp3

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• 2
• 3
• Next ›
• Page