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Everyday, Ordinary
Women: Online
Dr Bex Lewis, Director, Digital Fingerprint
Activate Your Life, April 2015 (http://www.activateyourlife.org.uk/) #ayl415
Introducing
Dr Bex LewisResearch Fellow in Social Media
& Online LearningCODEC, St John’s College, Durham
Director, Digital FingerprintT: @drbexl
F: /drbexlW: drbexl.co.uk
#ayl415
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God is a communicating God: “In the beginning was the word, and the
word was God…”.
God is extravagant in communication –he is not a silent God who has to be tempted into communicating with
people.
Rev Prof David Wilkinson
Image Credit: Durham University
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I share, therefore I am
Sherry Turkle, psychologist and MIT professor of Social Studies of
Science and Technology.
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+If an alien visited…
… and all they had to see was
your Facebook page … or other
‘public’ profile …
What would their perception of
your life be?
Image Credit: RGB Stock
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+The Power of Community
http://www.beyondchocolate.co.uk/testimonials/
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“No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.” C.S. Lewis
H/T @jaybutcher
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A good [wo]man brings good things out of the good stored up in his/her heart, and an evil [wo]man brings evil things out of
the evil stored up in his/her heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Luke 6:45 (New International Version)
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Francis A. Schaeffer, Art
and the Bible, Ch. 1
“If Christianity is really true,
then it involves the whole
[wo]man, including his/[her]
intellect and creativeness.
Christianity is not just
“dogmatically” true or
“doctrinally” true. Rather, it is
true to what is there, true in
the whole area of the whole
[wo]man in all of life.”
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I’m a passionate believer that we need to be ‘incarnational’ in the digital
spaces, whether those are specifically ‘Christian’ spaces or not, but that we
need to understand how to be ‘resident’ in those spaces, rather than merely ‘visiting’ to do a ‘bit of reaching
out’.
Bex Lewis, http://www.threadsuk.com/redeeming-culture-in-a-digital-age, May 2014
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+24/7 Values?
What do you stand FOR?
Authentic – be a consistent ‘you’
Transparent – be honest, where’s the source?
Self-aware – note your ‘tone of voice’
Integrity – own your own content
Self-control – be aware of consequences
Patience – hold the trigger finger before send
Non-manipulative – ‘love Jesus’ = send this! No!
Kindness – encourage others
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Relax, enjoy your friends. Enjoy their company along with the company of Jesus. Point him out, freely, without fear or intimidation. You’re not responsible to sell him to them. You’re simply saying what you’ve seen. You're not the judge. You’re the witness.
Carl Medearis, quoted Spring Harvest, 2013
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+With digital technology we
need to cultivate an
attitude of respect, rather
than of risk-avoidance.
The digital is a part of our
everyday lives, and it’s not
going to go away. There
are huge opportunities
available for those who
have learnt how to be
critical, constructive,
and confident
inhabitants of the digital
environment.
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http://www.upworthy.com/hear-the-powerful-way-the-worlds-ugliest-woman-beat-her-bullies
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+BBC: Be Smart
“We’re doing this because all the research tells us that
children and young people respond best to their
peers. Whether they’re under pressure to take part in
a dangerous prank, or to victimise someone, or
whether they’re an online bully themselves, stories
told by other young people are most likely to resonate
and to help them cope, or change their behaviour.”
Andrew Tomlinson, Executive Producer, Media Literacy, BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/f1f50247-4902-
4998-bf58-3e2d3c007587
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+Progressive responsibility
Do it for them
Do it with them
Watch while they do it
Let them do it for themselves.
Will Taylor
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+Saint Teresa of Avila (adapted by
Meredith Gould, 2010)
Christ has no online presence but yours,
No blog, no Facebook page but yours,
Yours are the tweets through which love touches this
world,
Yours are the posts through which the Gospel is
shared,
Yours are the updates through which hope is
revealed.
Christ has no online presence but yours,
No blog, no Facebook page but yours.
http://churchsocmed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/christ-has-no-online-presence-but-yours.html#ayl415