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Episode 038 – Sep 24 2008

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This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie are joined by Gail Potratz, our semi-regular classroom technology correspondent, and we discuss digital devices in the classroom and kick off a new WELSTech contest.

The discussion:
  • Digital devices in the classroom – Are computer labs necessary in today’s schools?  Martin, Sallie and Gail share ideas for integrating digital devices into the classroom learning process.
    • Interactive whiteboards
      • SMART Board – www.smarttech.com
      • eBeam – www.e-beam.com
      • Mimio boards – www.mimio.com
      • Computers
        • Gail’s 8th grade home page is a launching pad for all of their online classroom resources
        • Teacher supervised e-mail for students – www.gaggle.net
        • Sample Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
        • Phone in your comments (414-375-2334) to this questionWhat digital devices do you use in your classroom or Bible class?
          • All comments received by October 7, 2008 will be entered in a drawing for a $15 gift certificate to the WELSTech Podcast store – www.cafepress.com/welstech
            • The tidbits:
            • Picks of the week (30:25)
              • Build images for your wiki menu – glogger.mobi
              • NASA Image gallery – www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery
              • HP 2133 Mini-Note PC
              • WELS.net feature (40:37)
                • Sunday School Teacher Training – www.wels.net/jump/wnusstraining
                • Community feedback (42:08)
                  • Cindy Krueger, member of Shepherd of the Hills in Lansing, MI, shared a link to Michigan Library Consortium’s (the other MLC) list of open source software recommendations
                  • Anna, a student at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School, asked about uses of technology in church – a religion class assignment
                    • The featured artist:
                    • We close with the music WELS artist Mike Westendorf (www.mikewestendorf.com) – Prelude to Praise from his CD titled Run Boy Run (45:27)
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