073 – Warm Ears, Hot Video

This week the WELSTech podcast explores online video for education as we talk with Anne Feldkamp from Learn 360.com.

The discussion:

Video in the Classroom – Gail Potratz, Technology Coordinator for Emanuel in New London, WI, rejoins Martin and Sallie for our monthly conversation focusing on classroom technology. This month we look at online educational video resources, touching on the necessary hardware setup as well as fee-based and free video resources

• Fee-based resources
  • UnitedStreaming.com
  • Learn360.com
• Free resources
  • PBS video
  • TeacherTube.com
  • YouTube.com
    • QuietTube.com
    • Start a YouTube video at a particular point
• WELS Streams – streams.wels.net/video
  • Mr. Whistle
  • Kids Connection
  • Everyday
  • Communicating Christ Today
  • Right at Home
  • Making Right Choices
  • Fifth Pew From the Front

The interview:

(18:45) The Educator’s Digital Library – Anne Feldkamp, Learn 360’s Content Acquisition and Product Development Manager, talks with Martin and Sallie about the benefits of their media on demand service which puts a library of digital media at teacher’s fingertips 24/7.

• Learn360.com
• Support WELS Parish Schools and receive a complimentary subscription to Learn 360

New Technology Showcase:

• (34:56) Read a review of Verizon’s MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot by David Pogue from The New York Times
• Search Verizon to see if MiFi is available in your area

Picks of the week:

• (38:43) Stupeflix.com – Beta video generator
• Kerpoof.com – Student creativity site
• LearningInHand.com – Education resources for handheld devices
• Fences – Organize your Windows desktop

WELS.net feature:

• (49:22) Summer vacation time is the perfect time to remind your members about the WELS Locator service – wels.locatorsearch.com

Community feedback:

• (50:49) Jeremy Johnson shared a link to Gmail School: 20 Tips and Tricks from Tom’s Guide, where he learned about Gmail address extensions
• Pastor Jeremiah Gumm from Cross of Christ in Liverpool, NY shared a link to the Ten Commandments of Church Web Sites from the Cyberbrethren blog
• Jason Schmidt from Gethsemane in Omaha, NE tweeted #WELSTech to share the following
  • Firefox extension for side-by-side Google and WolframAlpha results
  • Webspiration Beta once again accepting new accounts
  • Format Factory for free file conversion
  • Booklet Creator for converting PDF files to booklet format

Coming up on WELSTech:

(57:02) Episode 074 – Rob Benson will join Martin and Sallie for a discussion of the oh-so-glamorous task of backup

The featured artist:

(58:14) The music of WELS artist WendySue Fluegge (www.wendysue.com) closes this week’s podcast – Teach Me from her CD titled “The Instrument”

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