by Steve Thomason | Jan 27, 2012 | Technology for Academics
Yes, it’s true. I’m sitting in a Caribou right now, typing on a tyPad keyboard on my new iPad2. A generous, benevelent donor gave me this machine to “invest in the Kingdom.” Wow! I spent the last two days of school experimenting to see if it...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 20, 2012 | Personal Journal
I read this line tonight and thought two things: 1) really? People actually think with these words? and 2) Wow, that is profound. I really do love what this sentence means. I love what this book is saying–sincerely, I do. I just thought I needed to share this...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 17, 2012 | Sketches, Theology
I scanned a page from my class journal and included it in a paper I presented this morning. Thought I would run it through Prezi to what it’s like. There is potential here, me thinks… Newbigin Chart on...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 13, 2012 | Personal Journal
That’s what my niece said as she sat at our dinner table and listened to the verbal volley that is often present around our evening meals. My poor children have grown up with me and think its normal to discuss big ideas over a pile of mashed potatoes. It is only...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 12, 2012 | ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology
Last night I taught our catechism students about the Sacrament of Baptism. It was a fun night full of “baptized cucumbers” and water flying everywhere (middle school, remember). I pieced together two clips from one of my favorite movies—The...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 31, 2011 | Bible, Personal Updates, Theology
I’ve spend most of New Year’s Eve Day fiddling around with VibbleSpace.com. There are two updates: There is now a Thketches Index. This will be the home of all future Thektches. I’ve updated the VibbleSpace Read through the Bible in a Year plan for...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 28, 2011 | Theology
I had an interesting experience yesterday. I posted my first Thketch, pretty sure that nobody would notice. Within an hour I had a response–a really BIG response–from someone who pretty much shredded each piece of my video. The commenter proposes PanDeism...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 27, 2011 | Sketches, Theology
This is my first attempt at using this medium to teach. For years I have dreamed of using full-blown interactive animation as a teaching method (see here for an example of one that I tried, but couldn’t finish). Some day I might be able to do that, but for now I...
