Cybermissions
103 - Community Computer Center (Internet Cafe) Ministry
download
the Cybermissions 102 course guide
Next
course commences: Monday 15th January 2007
(current course
starts 16th OCt 2006, enrollment closes 23rd Oct 2006)
| Week
No. |
Topic |
| 1 |
The
Digital Divide & Community Computer Centers |
| 2 |
Designing
Your Approach To Your Target Community |
| 3 |
Icafe
Networking & Using Thin-Client Technology |
| 4 |
Setting
Up Your Computer Center - Things To Do, Practicalities, Check-Lists, |
| 5 |
Finding
Computers, Software and Funding |
| 6 |
Maintenance
And Security Issues Including "Safe Surfing" Issues |
This
course is meant for people who are actually setting up, or will be setting up
Christian community computer centers.
Because
this does not have many participants you may not get much joy out of the Interaction
Center. Therfore just email your comments and ideas each week directly to me
at johned@aibi.ph and I will interact with each of you personally.
Assessment
Cybermissions
103 - A 2000 word (4 page) essay on the topic: Detail the
practical process for setting up an Internet cafe or community computer center
for Christian outreach.
See
the AIBI Assessment Center for further
help.
General
Information :
Each
six week course costs $37.50 which can be paid by Paypal,
see links below.
These
courses will require you to read some online material and browse and analyse
some sample websites, and then post your responses in an online forum. Finally
you will complete an assignment which you will email to your lecturer.
These
are online courses and require access to the Internet on a regular basis.
A
college level of English is required: there is a large amount of reading involved
and there are regular writing tasks in the forums, journal and final assignment.
Some basic computer knowledge is essential.
Objective:
To encourage and equip Internet evangelists and cybermissionaries to work
effectively and strategically in using the Internet to fulfill the Great
Commission.
Instructors:
John Edmiston is the course
co-ordinator, facilitators include experienced members of the Internet Evangelism
Coalition Global Forum. However the course is meant to operate in a community-based
adult-learning mode where we teach each other and where all real learning
is due to the work of the Holy Spirit (see Matthew 23:8).
Organization:
Cybermissions.Org is a division of the Antioch
Internet Bible International (http://www.aibi.ph) which is 501 (c) (3) religious
non-profit corporation registered in the State of California, USA, and is
based in Carson (Los Angeles). The AIBI is a member of the Internet Evangelism
Coalition.
Who
Can Enroll?: Great Commission Christians
over the age of 18. You must agree with the Nicene
Creed.
Enrolling
Enrolment
is a three step process that takes between five to ten minutes.
1. Read the material below
2. At the bottom of this page there is a link to the enrolment form
- fill out the form. Pay attention to the required fields.
3. Log in to the Interaction Center (your online classroom). When you first
go to the Interaction Center you
will need to register - and choose a username and password.
Educational
Method: Online classes, readings, forums and reflective
journalling.
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Each
week's lesson shall consist of three readings plus six additional links
to websites that illustrate the points in that lesson.
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Students shall discuss the readings and links together in the class forum
and personally reflect on the course in their journal.
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The course facilitator shall simply prompt and guide the process of adult
reflection.
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Readings vs. Links - Readings are for in-depth discussion. Links are for
quick scanning and browsing.
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We
expect you to spend 20 minutes going through each reading and just five
minutes looking quickly at each link.
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(Hint:
Don't get bogged down with some of the links, such as Usability.com, which
offer vast amounts of information - bookmark it and return to it later.)
Time
Commitment: Around 4hrs a week depending on reading speed
- 1 hour to read the 3 articles, 30 minutes to visit 6 links at 5 mins each,
30 mins to write in the forums, 30 minutes to write in the journal, 1 hour
to work on the strategic plan for your ministry.
Cost:
$37.50 -
here are three good reasons for the cost:
a) Personal Motivation - people who donate tend to press on to complete
the course and do the assessment while people who do it for free tend to
stop half-way.
b) Cost Recovery- This ministry costs around $6500 a year to run in overheads
alone. Your donations are a real help.
c) Biblical - the laborer is worthy of his hire etc.
You can pay by
IKOBO , Paypal
or by cheque on a US bank
Texts:
You do not have to purchase
any text books, instead we refer you to freely downlaodable ebooks avilable
on the Internet.
The
CTCNET download on how
to set up a computer center, and the Techmission/AC4
guide to running a community computer center are ebooks that we will
frequently refer to - as well as the documents contained at our Cybermissions
icafe docs center.
There
is also an icafe training CD that you can purchase for $25 (just send us
an email).
ONLINE
CLASSROOM
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The
Interaction Center
is where your online classrooms are located and where you participate
in forums, use a reflective journal or upload certain files. You will
find links to these on the left-hand side of the relevant subject area.
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The
forums are public discussion areas for each
subject. They will have topics - and you are expected to contribute a
reply/replies to the question being asked. The whole class can read the
forum and so it becomes a place for Christian discussion and debate (in
a spirit of mutual edification). Personal attacks ('flames") are
not allowed.
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The
reflective journals are for
your personal reflection on the course material. Only you and the lecturer
get to see what is written there. You can freely express yourself.
Rules,
Disclaimers etc
By
enrolling in this AIBI / Cybermissions.Org course you are stating that you
are:
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A Great Commission Christian
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And
is over 18
By enrolling you acknowledge that you realize that the following
activities are banned at both the AIBI and Cybermissions.Org:
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Unsolicited commercial e-mail or "spam". Multi-level
marketing. Attempting to fund-raise from students or faculty.
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Uploading viruses, exe files, pif files, pornographic material, music files
or copyright material or sharing such files with fellow students.
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Abusing, harassing or "flaming" other students or faculty.
The
AIBI or Cybermissions.Org cannot be held responsible for
the actions of third-parties such as other students or spammers or ISP's or
those who post offensive material. If you notice such material on a forum
or in a class-related email by all means bring it to our attention and we
will check it out, and if necessary, remove it from the website.
If
you have read and agree with the material above - fill in the enrollment
form
For
questions, comments and further information you can always email
me
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