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- 266 – Tell The Story
Listeners will enjoy this week’s WELSTech Podcast as we share ideas for great presentation storytelling, geek out with Martin’s Pick of the Week and uncover great treasure during our Community Feedback segment.
The discussion:SUCCESs – Crafting the Story in the title of Chapter 4 of our current WELSTech book selection, Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds. Martin and Sallie explore the SUCCESs acronym for presentations and talk about the story boarding step of constructing great presentations.
- Printable Paper’s Storyboard Templates
- Mapping for Ministry [WELSTech 088]
- Summer Software Showcase: Freemind [WELSTech 248]
- Martin’s Presentation Best Practices [Video]
- Digital Storytelling [WELSTech 233]
- slide:ology by Nancy Duarte
Ministry resources:(19:47) 6 Sets of Christmas Story Images from FreeBibleImages.org
News in tech:- (20:47) Simple, fast file sharing with Dropbox
- What Should I Do Now that Google Apps Accounts Are No Longer Free
Picks of the week:- (24:13) Morguefile.com | Photo classroom
- Markdown | Elements for iPad
Community feedback:- (36:36) A Critical Church Web Site Security Tip
- Facebook for Churches [PDF]
- Web Design from Church Juice
- 5,000 Stock Images for Google Drive Users
- Sheppard Software – Fun free online learning games and activities for kids
- EasyDefine
- Vocabulary Building for ACT SAT and GRE Preparation
- Death and Life and Your Tongue
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Ed-Tech Leaders [Infographic]
- 10 Ways The Internet Is Bad For You [Infographic]
- TeamViewer 8
- Are Mobile Phones the New Frontier for Churches
- 22 Useful Google Forms for Teachers and Principals
Coming up on WELSTech:(54:33) Episode 267 -Martin and Sallie share their take on great moments in ministry-tech history and talk with Pastor Michael Schultz, the Director of the New Hymnal. (Release date – 12/18/12)
The featured artist:(55:49) We close today’s WELSTech with the music of Joey Schumann and the Lutheran Ceili Orchestra (JoeySchumann.com | Joey on Facebook) – O Come, O Come, Emanuel
Get involved:- Add a comment
- Send us an e-mail [email protected]
- Leave us a voice mail 405-FOR-WELS (405-367-9357)
- Add to the WELSTech wiki welstechwiki.wels.net
- Contribute to the #WELSTech Twitter conversation
- Follow us on Twitter – mspriggs and salliedraper
- Share with the diigo group welstech
- Join the WELSTech community:
- WELSTech listserve
- WELSTech on Facebook
- WELSTech on Google+
- WELSTech on Pinterest
1 hr 2 min - 265 – 7 Best Mobile Tips
On this final WELSTech 7 Best countdown of 2012 we share Mobile Device (a.k.a. tablets & smartphones) Computing Tips covering productivity, security, and much more. Also on the podcast, there’s news from Google, a couple of live streamed Christmas concert opportunities and even a Pinterest-worthy infographic.
The discussion:Make the most of your mobile device – Martin and Sallie countdown the best tips, accessories and apps for tablets and smartphones.
- Accessories
- Blue tooth keyboard – Martin’s | Sallie’s
- SD Card Reader – Apple Camera Connection Kits – iPad4 & iPad Mini | Previous iPads
- Battery charger – Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation
- Security
- Prey
- Apple iCloud
- Maps
- BatchGeo
- Productivity
- Google Calendar Sync
- Focus Time for Pomodoro
- Note Taking
- Evernote
- Notability
- Cloud Services for File Syncing
- DropBox
- Google Mobile
- Apple iCloud
- Windows SkyDrive
- Bonus: Computer access
- SplashTop Streamer
- TeamViewer Mobile
- Bible Apps
- WELS Mobile
- Browse to m.wels.net in any mobile browser (add a link to your home screen for quick access)
- Details
- Android
- Overview video
- Logos Mobile
- YouVersion Mobile
- Glo Bible (iOS only)
But we aren’t done with 7 Best list yet. Join us on January 1st for our 7 Best Picks of 2012!
News in tech:(29:50) Gmail, meet Google Drive … and behold 10GB file transfers
Picks of the week:- (31:24) Photo Transfer App
- Blogsy for iPad
Of interest:(38:30) View the live stream of
- Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s “Sing a Song of Christmas” concert on December 9th at 3:00 or 7:00 p.m.
- Martin Luther College’s Christmas Concert on MLC TV on December 8th at 7:30 p.m. and December 9th at 4:00 p.m.
Community feedback:- (40:12) Ryan Rosenthal of Faith in Fond du Lac, WI shared a sample Tech Usage Guide for Staff
- Mike Marquardt from Peace in Hartford, WI wrote in concerned about teachers following COPPA guidelines in a 1:1 computing environment. DropItTo.Me for easy file uploads to a teacher’s DropBox might help.
- Pastor Rob Guenther from Grace in Kenai, AK shared to iPad suggestions – Piano Dust Buster, a Guitar Hero type game for piano, and TCEA’s iPad Apps and Resources for Teachers page
- Via our WELSTech Diigo group we learned of
- Turn Your Photos into Music Videos on iOS
- Outline Maps – United States
- Purple Planet Royalty Free Music
- Royalty Free Music
- iPad As …
- Doctopus Google Drive document management for teachers
- The World of Mobile Phones [Infographic]
Coming up on WELSTech:(58:05) Episode 266 – We continue the current WELSTech book discussion of Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds, this time looking at Chapter 4, Crafting the Story. (Release date – 12/11/12)
The featured artist:(59:25) We close the podcast with the music of a new Japanese addition to our WELS artist lineup, Kaori Egawa – Angels’ Christmas Carol
Get involved:- Add a comment
- Send us an e-mail [email protected]
- Leave us a voice mail 405-FOR-WELS (405-367-9357)
- Add to the WELSTech wiki welstechwiki.wels.net
- Contribute to the #WELSTech Twitter conversation
- Follow us on Twitter – mspriggs and salliedraper
- Share with the diigo group welstech
- Join the WELSTech community:
- WELSTech Listserve
- WELSTech on Facebook
- WELSTech on Google+
- WELSTech on Pinterest
1 hr 4 min - 264 – iPads in Education
This week’s classroom technology WELSTech Podcast is all about iPads. Gail Potratz shares her insights, we interview Jon Beilke and Nate Hochmuth from Salem in Greenfield, MN about their very recent implementation of iPads, and we even have iPad “Picks of the Week.”
The discussion:The other side – On past education focused podcasts, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about Chromebooks in the classroom. Today Martin, Sallie and our semi-regular classroom technology correspondent Gail Potratz from Emanuel in New London, WI explore the ins and outs of 1:1 iPads in the classroom. Gail also shares some of the experiences of Kathy Brandt who uses iPads in her 3rd and 4th grade classroom at Pilgrim in Menomonee Falls, WI.
- StoryKit
- Scribble Press
- Toontastic
- Khan Academy
- iPads in Education Ning
- App Recommendations for K-6
- Parent’s Guide to Educational Games
- Educator’s Essential iPad Toolkit
- Tony Vincent’s Learning in Hand for iPad
- Classroom Do’s and Don’ts
- Apple’s Education Showcase
- Apple’s Volume Purchase Program
- Google Chromebook vs Apple iPad- Which Is Better For Classrooms
- iPad vs. Chromebook Education Showdown
- Netbook, iPad or Chromebook- which one to choose
- Martin’s iPads vs. Chromebooks in Elementary School Classrooms
- Chromebooks – there’s really nothing to say
The interview:(18:26) iPads in WELS Education – Teacher Nate Hochmuth and Principal Jon Beilke from Salem in Greenfield, MN share their very new experience of 1:1 iPads in the 7th and 8th grade classroom.
- Class blog
- Dropbox for iOS
- Socraitive Student Response System for iOS
Picks of the week:- (38:18) Pic Collage for iPad
- Chocolate Fix for iPad
- Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad | CNET Review
WELS.net Feature:(50:15) Check out the improved WELS Mobile beta site at m.wels.net.
Of interest:(53:25) View the live stream of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s “Sing a Song of Christmas” concert on December 9th at 3:00 or 7:00 p.m..
Community feedback:- (54:01) Handle’s Messiah Bible study in book format by Pastor Tony Pittenger, illustrated by Jonathan Mayer – facebook.com/MessiahBook
- Open Source Textbooks [Infographic]
- Church 360 Overview
- Google+ Hangouts – The Future of Faculty Development
- Pastor Rob Guenther from Grace in Kenai, AK shared a link to Wappwolf – Automate your Dropbox
- The Early Results of an iPad Classroom Are In
Coming up on WELSTech:(1:06:00) Episode 265 – Next week we wrap up our 7 Best series with a countdown of the 7 Best Mobile Computing Tips. Send us your favorites for the list by Sunday. (Release date – 12/04/12)
The featured artist:(1:07:15) We close the podcast with the music of Michael Schroeder (www.michaelschroeder.com and on Facebook) – The Reason For The Season
Get involved:- Add a comment
- Send us an e-mail [email protected]
- Leave us a voice mail 405-FOR-WELS (405-367-9357)
- Add to the WELSTech wiki welstechwiki.wels.net
- Contribute to the #WELSTech Twitter conversation
- Follow us on Twitter – mspriggs and salliedraper
- Share with the diigo group welstech
- Join the WELSTech community:
- WELSTech listserve
- WELSTech on Facebook
- WELSTech on Google+
- WELSTech on Pinterest
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WELSTech explores the use of technology to further the spread of the gospel. This show is sponsored by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).