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Technology and Ministry

Posted on March 31, 2015 by michaelsheley

I was recently invited to be interviewed for a podcast at Ministry to Youth. They talked with me about two of my favorite subjects: technology and student ministry! Check out the link by clicking on the image below. This also goes well with my page of “Apps for Spring 2015.”

Favorite Apps (as of today)

Posted on February 17, 2014 by michaelsheley

A friend of mine asked me what “three to five” of my favorite apps are right now. I started listing them and came up with about 30! So, here they all are in one big blog post. (I’ll also be posting these individually on my Facebook and twitter accounts over the next few days.) These are in no particular order. They are just my “go to” apps right now. Most of these are used on my iPad. A few are specific to the iPhone. Many are available on both and on other platforms. (I could write about each of them, but you know you just want to click on the link and see for yourself. So check my favorites out and add a comment with what you would add to this collection.) (Images are screenshots from the Apple Store as of this posting.)

Evernote

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8

iThoughtsHD

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ithoughtshd-mindmapping/id369020033?mt=8

OmniFocus for iPad

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/omnifocus-for-ipad/id383804552?mt=8

Hootsuite

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hootsuite-for-twitter-facebook/id341249709?mt=8

Penultimate

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/penultimate/id354098826?mt=8

Paper by 53

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paper-by-fiftythree/id506003812?mt=8

Haiku Deck

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/haiku-deck-presentation-slideshow/id536328724?mt=8

Keynote

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8

Achtung

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/achtung/id376990616?mt=8

Trello

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trello-organize-anything/id461504587?mt=8

Kindle

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindle-read-books-ebooks-magazines/id302584613?mt=8

iBooks

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8

Pages

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8

Numbers

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/numbers/id361304891?mt=8

Olive Tree Bible Study

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible+/id332615624?mt=8

Accordance Bible

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-study-with-accordance/id411970514?mt=8

Services

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planning-center-services/id327370808?mt=8

Rory’s Story Cubes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rorys-story-cubes/id342808551?mt=8

Action Bible

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/action-bible/id458351232?mt=8

Skillz

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skillz-for-ipad/id456617069?mt=8

iAnnotate PDF

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iannotate-pdf/id363998953?mt=8

Prezi

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prezi/id407759942?mt=8

ProPresenter Remote

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/propresenter-remote/id298127110?mt=8

Instashare

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instashare-transfer-files/id576220851?mt=8

Heads Up

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/heads-up!/id623592465?mt=8

Everclip

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/everclip-for-ipad-clip-to/id618054123?mt=8

DMD Panorama

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dmd-panorama/id441183050?mt=8

iPhone Specific Apps

OmniFocus for iPhone

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/omnifocus-2-for-iphone/id690305341?mt=8

AccuWeather

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/accuweather-weather-for-life/id300048137?mt=8

SportsCenter

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/espn-sportscenter/id317469184?mt=8

Apps That Are New to Me

TopNotes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/topnotes-take-notes-annotate/id548578836?mt=8

Timeli

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/timeli/id386890857?mt=8

Notebox

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/note-box-free-minimalistic/id733743183?mt=8

GRID

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grid-by-binary-thumb/id649597509?mt=8

Post-It Notes, Evernote and Foamcore – creatively organized

Posted on January 29, 2014 by michaelsheley

If you know me at all, you know that I love to brainstorm. Lists are boring and frustrating to me. But mind maps liberate my mind to function at the highest level.

So, thanks to some people and companies, I am working with a new way to brainstorm, collaborate, get organized, etc. It involves the new partnership between Post-It Notes and Evernote. Then, I read a blog post about reusing old foam core boards.

I shared this with a few friends in an email. I got such a great response I thought I would share with all of my friends in the cloud!

You know I’m an ideas person and my head is always in the cloud(s). (which in today’s world has multiple meanings).

So, I wanted to share something with you. (I’m excited at how this might work with open source technology. See Wikipedia or Open Space World )

I believe I have already shared how excited I am at the new possibilities with the partnership between post-it notes and Evernote. Here are some helpful articles if you haven’t used this yet.

Evernote partnership with Post-It

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/PostItNA/Home/Ideas/Evernote/?WT.mc_id=www.post-it.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Post_It/Global/Solutions/Evernote/

Digital Life for Post-Its with Evernote

http://blog.evernote.com/blog/2013/09/26/evernote-and-post-itr-notes-partner-to-give-your-favorite-paper-product-a-digital-life/

CNET’s How-To Use Evernote Post-It Camera

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57605084-285/how-to-use-evernotes-new-post-it-note-camera/

And then I came across this article:

Foamcore, Post-Its & Evernote

http://www.xconomy.com/national/2014/01/10/how-i-learned-to-stay-organized-with-evernote-post-its-foamcore/

And so I used all of these after a meeting with staff members about some changes we need to make in our student ministries center with regards to technology: