What's New?

From SPARK

This page highlights some of the new articles on this website. (Pages with recent changes may also be included.)

• Need some help explaining how to use the MegaVoice to nationals? See the visual instruction additions to MegaVoice Ambassador in the "Distribution Tips" and the downloads in the right sidebar.
• An interesting comparison of learning styles is found in Differences between Literate and Oral Learning (March 2009)
• Some Women Who are in the Bible is a study that was created for women's groups. It is in Ghanaian English back-translation form. (March 2009)

Previously highlighted articles

• Did you know that you can show a video, like the JESUS video, to a small audience using a player without any moving parts? The Sunpak Audio-visual Picture Frame has either a 10.2" or a 12.1" TFT-LCD display, and can run from a battery charged with a solar panel. By using compressed audio and video, you can actually put a four and one half hour video, like Luke, on a 2GB chip. (January 2009)
• Do you know the capabilities of the MegaVoice Ambassador? In what ways is it different from the the Sabre, from Gospel Recordings, or the Proclaimer, from FCBH? We now have an independent review, comparing these three audio devices called Comparison of MegaVoice, Saber, and Proclaimer. (October 2008)
• We recently added a new video clip, "Sparking Creativity." This video highlights dance and ethnomusicology. (September 2008)
• We recently added video clips for some of the products reviewed on this site. (July 2008)
• We have reviewed and updated Help / HowTo to make it easier for you to make contributions to the SPARK website. (June 2008)
• Dramatizer is a computer program to help you produce an audio-dramatized New Testament, Bible, Book or Section. It typically does 95% of the work required to produce a script and assign parts to the various speakers. (June 2008)
• Windows to Our World is a children's curriculum based on the From Akebu to Zapotec book by June Hathersmith. There are 26 lessons, with information about a people group, animals they might encounter, and pages to color. The lessons are available for download or on a CD for the cost of materials and shipping. (May 2008)

• Do you want to know which speakers you can attach to a computer to check the quality of a new recording? We have new reviews of four speakers, along with a comparison chart. (May 2008)

• Illustration Samples CD describes a "Catalog of Scripture Illustrations" CD. It includes drawings and paintings by several artists to help in Scripture Use and vernacular media situations. (February 2008)