Mobil phone technology went from fantasy (remember Dick Tracy's wrist radio?) to clunky (with phones the size of small suitcases), and then in a few short years to commonplace, nearly ubiquitous.
Digital textbooks were unheard of (at least by me) just a few years ago. Today I hear predictions that virtually all public school textbooks will be digital by 2016.
In each case, the adoption of the technology followed a familiar bell curve, more or less.
But, the rate of adoption seems often to be a roller coaster, slowing creeping uphill to a "tipping point" and then racing down the slope to popularity.
It makes me wonder where we are in the use of technology by the Sunday School teacher and in the Sunday School classroom. How close are we to a tipping point?
I'm relatively certain that we are still on that uphill climb. Some might think we are still a long way from that tipping point. I wish I knew.
To be sure, there are some innovators and early adopters, places where Internet access, projectors, and Smart boards can be found. And I know that technology will bring some wonderful blessings (check out the Glo Bible at globible.com). But, my sense is that we are some way out from that tipping point.
What do you think? How soon will churches be willing to invest in technology for the Sunday School classroom?
Which will come first? The equipment being available (computers, screens, projectors, boards) or the media (digital TG, projectable posters and other media, links to on-line resources) embedded in the resources you buy?
Where are you on the technology curve? Where do you think our church body as a whole is?
How soon will you be ready for digital Sunday School resources?
God's blessings as you teach His children His Word!
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