Tech Watch Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/category/culture/tech-watch/ News and Articles from the The Presbyterian Outlook Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:49:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://pres-outlook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/outlook-logo.svg Tech Watch Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/category/culture/tech-watch/ 32 32 Tech watch: AI in Canva and Mailchimp https://pres-outlook.org/2024/03/tech-watch-ai-in-canva-and-mailchimp/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:00:33 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123678 Dartinia Hull offers quick tips on maximizing your communications with AI.

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]]> Five free and discounted digital services for churches https://pres-outlook.org/2023/11/five-free-and-discounted-digital-services-for-churches/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:00:03 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=120677 Is your church paying for something that it could get for free (or a discount)? Julie Raffety, a pastor and website developer, shares five resources every church should know about.

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]]> Tech watch: Boost your Bible study https://pres-outlook.org/2023/01/boost-your-bible-study/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:15:31 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=113001 Three software programs to take your Scripture explorations to the next level.

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]]> Tech watch: Transcription https://pres-outlook.org/2022/11/tech-watch-transcription/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:27:19 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=109849 Jody Mask rounds up some of the best software options when it comes to transcribing audio to text.

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]]> Tech watch: COROS PACE 2 https://pres-outlook.org/2022/08/tech-watch-coros-pace-2/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:27:38 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=105413 Letarshia C. Robinson reviews a piece of technology that encourages her to care for herself.

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]]> Tech watch: TikTok https://pres-outlook.org/2022/08/tech-watch-tiktok-2/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:47:55 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=104689 Ashley Brown shares how she uses TikTok for ministry and outreach.

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]]> Tech watch: Grammarly https://pres-outlook.org/2022/06/tech-watch-grammarly/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:42:14 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=101313 Whether you’re writing in Gmail, Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Wordpress, Grammarly reviews your writing and makes suggestions to improve it.

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]]> Tech watch: TikTok https://pres-outlook.org/2022/05/tech-watch-tiktok/ Tue, 17 May 2022 13:16:11 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=100966 As a seventh-grader, TikTok is my favorite social media app because it is super fun and interactive.

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]]> Tech watch: Jackbox https://pres-outlook.org/2022/05/tech-watch-jackbox/ Wed, 04 May 2022 08:14:08 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/2022/05/tech-watch-jackbox/ If you have been in youth ministry throughout the pandemic, you may have heard of a video game company by the name of Jackbox Games. Since 2013, this party-game studio quickly became the perfect resource for anyone hosting virtual game nights, especially during quarantine. And their formula is quite simple!

First, someone who owns Jackbox software creates a virtual “room” and shares a unique code with anyone who wants to join the game.

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]]> Tech watch: Realm https://pres-outlook.org/2022/04/tech-watch-realm/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 08:26:02 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/2022/04/tech-watch-realm/ With over 40 years of experience providing services and software to churches of all sizes, ACS Technologies (ACST) offers an amazing church management product, Realm, that is helping Unity Presbyterian Church make real ministry impact every day. As an experienced database manager in my former profession, I was fortunate to have had Realm added to my plate when I became staff at my church. That was seven years ago, and Realm keeps getting better!

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