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Will Apple Textbooks Advance Ministry-Related Education?

Competition.  That’s the name of the game.  From sports to business, competition is what produces good results and great products.  Apple Inc. just introduced a new resource that may be of interest to many people.  A few years ago, Amazon released an e-book reader named Kindle.  Most of us have heard about the Kindle and may even own one.  Kindle allows the reader to access the Amazon bookstore from multiple devices (computer, smartphone, Kindle), purchase and then download books, articles, documents and various other reading materials to the Kindle reader or its corresponding app. 

With the introduction of the Kindle, the e-reader market has flourished.  Many other e-readers have flooded into the market.  Each one has their own unique characteristics as well as many of the characteristics that seem to be the common denominator among them all, like highlighting text, note-taking and saving the notes to an accessible file.  Each of […]

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Top 5 Places to Find Free Images

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “a picture is worth a thousands words.” We use images to communicate through ministry websites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Incorporating high quality images in your ministry can really impact your target audience.  And the best part, it doesn’t have to cost you anything! There are many places to find free images on the Internet, but often finding one that you are allowed to use in your church service is another matter. Even if you can freely access it on a web page, it does not mean that you are able to freely use it in your own presentation or publication. 

 

Here’s a great video explaining copyright 

 

Now that you know the copyright rules, here are five great sources that provide images for your use. (Please bear in mind that even though many of these images are free and encourage use, they may be licensed […]

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