BibleReader Makes a Church Camp Appearance
Rick Mansfield (http://thislamp.com) recently sent us a note telling us how he used BibleReader on his iPad to lead the Sunday morning Bible study of his church camping trip. We thought this was a great example of how BibleReader can not only aid in personal Bible study, but also teaching, so we wanted to share his thoughts.
We had 22 adults, 14 children and one dog in attendance. I was wrapping up a study we had been doing in 2 Corinthians. Due to the context [camping], I didn’t want to bother with bringing a Bible and keeping up with notes all weekend, so I prepared everything in advanced using BibleReader. I’ve been using BibleReader quite a lot lately on the iPad, but this was my first experience using it exclusively in a teaching setting. As I prepared the lesson, I was able to add my notes, highlight the verses I wanted to focus on, and add discussion questions. EVERYTHING was accessible in one application. Very awesome! I am very impressed with what I was able to do with BibleReader!
We too think that BibleReader on the iPad is an excellent tool for leading discussion groups, Bible studies, or even for preaching! We hope that you, like Rick Mansfield, will discover the flexibility, power and ease of using Olive Tree BibleReader.
Speaking of Rick, we also want to take the opportunity to tell everyone that Olive Tree CEO, Drew Haninger, will be participating in a discussion panel, “The Impact and Future of Mobile Bible Software,” of which Rick Mansfield is the chair, at the Accordance Users Conference, September 24-25 in Mesquite, Texas. You can click here to find out more information about this conference. And if you are going to be attending, stop by and say “hi” to Drew!
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about 1 year ago
“…I didn’t want to bother with bringing a Bible…”
This seems a bit backwards. For a Church camping trip, shouldn’t the priority be the Bible? Getting away from a screen for a little while is a good thing. I’ve found that other people get distracted when they see others with note taking/ reading off of laptops/tablets/phones.
about 1 year ago
Rich,
I’ll respond since it was my statement. Note that there is a compound object in that what I said: bringing a Bible AND keeping up with notes. In other words, I was trying to simplify and travel light.
In fact, on weekends such as this in the past, I’ve brought a backpack full of books. This year, since I had my iPad, I was able to bring my Bible, even more books, curriculum guide and more–all on one device (the iPad)–backpack not needed!
I can assure you no one was distracted by what I was doing. In fact, I doubt that most people even knew I was using an iPad. My wife took a picture of me which you can see here:
http://gallery.me.com/rmansfield#100639/IMG_0137&bgcolor=black
In that picture, I’m teaching from 2 Corinthians in BibleReader on the iPad. But you would hardly know it unless you looked over my shoulder.
Look, I understand the desire to remove distractions. In fact, I often struggle with that very issue. The beauty of the weekend was that at the campsite, there was no wifi. So I could read or study on my iPad without being distracted by the beep of incoming email or twitter.
In that light, I don’t think “getting away from a screen” mattered that much.
And no doubt somewhere around the 4th century, someone was telling someone to put down his codices and get away for the weekend with some good old fashioned scrolls
about 1 year ago
During the summer, I preached two sermons (at one church) and taught four classes (at a different church) where I used Bible Reader’s notes and highlights functions to keep my notes and prompts, and of course Bible Reader itself for my access to the text.
Also, this semester at Pepperdine. one of my Religion 101 sections has been issued iPads as a grand experiment in learning technology. All students in that section have been given iTunes Gift Cards to purchase their textbook: the NRSV for Bible Reader!