1. Welcome to The Visual in Worship Using Technology

2. Aims of the first day... ● To think why the visual is relevant in worship ● To explain why digital projectors are an important tool in bring the visual into worship ● To introduce equipment that can be used ● To show the basics of using such equipment ● Link to resources: ● http://pengelly-info.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-visual-in-worship.html

3. Why bring the visual into Worship ● A picture paints a thousand words... ● Communication is changing – visual comes full circle? ● Can we communcate through the visual?

4. 'For nothing changes here'....? ● How do we learn? ● V ● A ● K ● Seeing, hearing doing, to name but 3!

5. Digital Projectors as visual tools ● Nothing new under the sun: blackboard, slides, whiteboard, OHP, projector... ● Digital technology and the digital age

6. Projectors & Pcs What they can do... ● Project anything that a computer or tv screen can show... ● PCs allow relatively easy creation of material for the screen

7. Equipment: Projector ● Digital Projector ● Also called computer projector, LCD projector ● Key info: ● Lumens (brightness) ● Resolution ● LCD or DLP

8. Equipment: Screen ● Tripod ● Freestanding ● Wall mounted ● White wall ● Electric ● Rear projection ● Mirrored

9. Equipment: PC or laptop ● What spec? ● What software? ● What extras?

10. Equipment: PC or laptop ● What spec? ● What software? ● What extras?

11. Equipment: Video link between Projectors and PCs HDMI VGA phono composite

12. Equipment: Video link between Projectors and PCs

13. Connecting: Getting the picture from the laptop/PC ● Display Properties ● Identify screens ● Attach 2 nd screen ● Cloned desktop ● Extended desktop ● Fn (Function) keys on laptops

14. Display Resolutions

15. Evergrowing number of Resolutions!

16. Equipment: Video link between Projectors and PCs

17. Aims of the second session... ● To introduce software that is helpful ● To discuss issues that arise when presenting visuals on screen ● To give introductory training in the use of two key tools used on computer ● To think about next steps - where do we go from here?