May 15, 2013

288 – From Hong Kong to Sleepy Eye

50 minutes

This week’s WELSTech Podcast spans the globe as Martin joins us from the future, 13 hours ahead in Hong Kong! We feature a wrap up of the Presentation Zen book discussion and a new “Listener Review” segment. Martin also shares his thoughts on his Windows Surface Pro tablet, which he deemed worthy of making the trip to Hong Kong.

The discussion:

How engaging! – Martin and Sallie reach the conclusion of our latest book discussion, Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds (garrreynolds.com | @presentationzen), with a look at techniques for engaging your audience including getting rid of barriers, having the right equipment and keeping it real.

Listener reviews:

(19:40) This week we introduce a new feature on WELSTech … Listener Reviews.

Pastor Matt Arnold from St. Paul in Oconto Falls, WI kicks it off with his review of the Nexus 7 tablet.

Send us a video, audio or text review of your favorite tech-in-ministry product, and you’ll be entered into a drawing for great prizes!

Picks of the week:

(22:40) Tagxedo – Scripture Ideas from Lakeside Lutheran HS: April Showers | May Flowers

Microsoft Surface Pro

Of interest:

(30:45) WELSTech Camp – September 14 at Martin Luther College – FREE!!

Google Education Summit – June 16-21 at Wisconsin Lutheran College – $200 registration discount with “WELSTech” promo code

Community feedback:

(34:10) Lakeside Lutheran High School Community Recycle Event video recap

BYOD For Your: The Guide to Bring Your Own Device to Work by Dan Lohrmann

Creative Commons Flowchart

Cousera to offer new set of online course options targeting teacher education

Analyze Writing Errors with SlickWrite for Firefox and Chrome

The Best Chrome Apps You’re (Probably) Not Using

The Wasted Sermon

Math Open Reference

Why Our School Is Going Beyond Printed Newsletters

Coming up on WELSTech:

(45:30) Episode 289 – Martin and Sallie talk with Peter Frank from Concordia Technology Solutions about the online member database Church 360. (Release date – 05/21/13)

The featured artist:

(46:46) We close the podcast with the music of Michael Schroeder (www.michaelschroeder.com and on Facebook) – Holy Holy Holy

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