This week the WELSTech Podcast focus is educational gaming and Gail Potratz joins the conversation.
The discussion:
Safe sites that teach – Gail Potratz, Technology Coordinator for Emanuel in New London, WI and WELSTech’s semi-regular classroom technology correspondent, joins Martin and Sallie for a discussion on gaming in education. There’s no denying student interest is peaked by video games, and there are many excellent gaming options which also teach. As schools develop lists of these recommended edu-gaming sites, they are also creating a safe environment for students to surf the web from home.
Safe site suggestions by age group
Pre-K to 2nd grade (non readers):
3rd to 5th grade:
6th to 8th grade:
Ministry resources:
- (28:15) BabelWith.Me – Real time translation engine for chat
- Check out the new Lutheran Study Bible from Concordia
Picks of the week:
Of interest:
(37:17) We’ve created a new compilation page for our Ministry Resources
Community feedback:
- (38:58) Jason Schmidt from Gethsemane in Omaha, NE shared some great links using #WELSTech on Twitter
- Pastor Emile Burgess from Trinity in Caldonia, WI is a fan of the Getting Things Done (GTD) system by David Allen and wrote to thank us for the WELSTech resources on GTD
Coming up on WELSTech:
(41:39) Martin is presenting a workshop on Digital Bible Study at the Wisconsin Teacher’s Conference, so we’ll tap into his session notes and hear from the attendees. (Release date 11/04/09)
The featured artist:
(43:03) This week we close with the music of WELS artist Stephen Bautista (www.stephenbautistamusic.com – Follow stephenbautista on Twitter) – Abandon from his CD of the same title ”Abandon”
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