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225 – Textbooks and Technologies

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It’s education week on the WELSTech Podcast, and Gail Potratz joins the discussion on the future of textbooks.

The discussion:

Is the textbook dead? – Teacher and technology coordinator Gail Potratz from Emanuel in New London, WI is back to talk with Martin and Sallie about the variety of options for one to one computing – from laptops and netbooks to Chromebooks and iPads – and the variety of electronic textbook options available.

  • Martin’s iPads vs. Chromebooks in Elementary School Classrooms
  • Martin’s Chromebook series
  • Gail’s Online Texts/Where Are We Headed
  • CK12 Flexbooks
  • 5 Places to Get Digital Textbooks
  • Apple’s iBooks Author and iBooks Textbooks for iPad
  • EdReach Podcast #22 – SAMR Pedagogy for digital integration
    • Ministry resources:

    (20:12) Bible Audio Pronunciation – (iOS app | Lite (Free) app | Overview Video)

    Picks of the week:
    • (21:59) Present.me
    • Play and Learn Mindmap
    • Image Resizer
      • Community feedback:
      • (30:44) Links shared in the WELSTech Diigo group this week include …
        • 101+ ways to use Interactive White Board/SMART Board
        • Adobe Education Exchange
        • Evernote for Schools – Introductory Blog Post
        • Spongelab – A Global Science Community
        • OnLive Desktop – David Pogue’s Review
        • Rover
        • Shrink O’Matic
          • Coming up on WELSTech:

          (40:00) Episode 226 – Tune in next week for more edtech goodies as Martin and Sallie count down the 7 Best Teacher Resource Sites. (Release date – 03/07/12)

          The featured artist:

          (41:07) This week we close with the music of Crosswalk Lutheran Ministries – You Are My World

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