053 – Happy Anniversary

Post by Sallie Draper
January 6, 2009

This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie look back at the first year of the WELSTech podcast and look forward to podcasting in 2009.

Podcast: Download (21.9MB)

Celebrating one year of WELSTech – Take a trip down memory lane as Martin and Sallie listen to clips from the first ever WELSTech podcast and discuss the goals and expectations which they had for the podcast a year ago, how well they’ve met those goals, and where they hope to see the podcast lead in 2009.
- Let’s make 2009 a year of collaboration!
  - Join the WELSTech facebook group
  - Contribute to the WELSTech wiki
  - Check out the “Get involved” links below for lots more ways to participate

Picks of the week (24:20)
- Tabbloid turns your favorite RSS feeds into a personal magazine – www.tabbloid.com
  - Sample Tabbloid
  - Found via TipLine – Gates’ Computer Tips, a 2007 Edublog winner
  - Check out the 2008 Edublog winners
- Joe’s Goals, a free online habit tracker – www.joesgoals.com
WELS.net feature (32:17)
- Read through your Bible in 3 years – Pick your flavor!
  - Text-based (e-mail and RSS delivery available) – www.wels.net/jump/bible3
  - Audio-based (listen on your computer or MP3 player) – www.wels.net/jump/bible3podcast
Community feedback (34:38)
- John Shoosmith from Redeemer in Yakima, WA is looking for copyright details for posting segments of the NIV Bible on his church web site.
Coming up on WELSTech (40:30)
- Episode 054 – Martin shares highlights from his Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Winterim session, “Mind Like Water: The Art of Productivity”

We close with music of WELS contemporary praise band, Koine (www.koinemusic.com) – Jesus Priceless Treasure from their CD titled Koine II (43:00)