5 responses to technology

Question 1

VALUATION

Answer 1

• determine what values will emerge from continual use of specific technology
• Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of that technology from a Christian perspective
• Telling which values derived from the technology conflict with God’s values
• Determining what aspects of the technology we would be tempted to use in ways that do not honour God
• Helping our teens by the decisions we make with technology

Question 2

EXPERIMENTATION

Answer 2

• difficult to determine the tendencies and values built into a technology without using it
• Using the technology can give you insight into the world of the teens you minister to

Question 3

LIMITATION

Answer 3

• Once the patterns of usage with technology are understood, the next step is to see what happens when we put boundaries on it
• Goes against ones desires
• A technology fast can help these desires (weaken their control)
• More opportunity for us to live life Christ has called us to rather than limited technology
• Allows teens to have opportunities to practice the Christian values that Christ calls us to; bible reading, prayer and reflection

Question 4

TOGETHERNESS

Answer 4

• most valuable when practiced in Christian community
• technology places high value on personalization/individualism
• helps teens take focus of them and place it in the community: biblical concept
• Helpful way to teach your teens about the importance of the community over the individual/Christianity is a religion of community not individuality

Question 5

CULTIVATION

Answer 5

• We cannot grow stagnant in our creation of technology
• God wills teens to become creators of technology, we must support them in this
• we need to help them think theologically about the technology that they are going to create

Question 6

FIVE RESPONSES TO TECHNOLOGY

Answer 6

1. Valuation
2. Experimentation
3. Limitation
4. Togetherness
5. Cultivation