The WELSTech Podcast conversation this week is around fall teachers’ conferences.
The discussion:
TeacherTech – The WELSTech semi-regular classroom technology correspondent, Gail Potratz, from Emanuel in New London, WI joins Martin and Sallie as we recap the recent Minnesota District Lutheran Teachers’ Conference. Special thanks to Jason Hahn, Beth Fischer, Heidi Horak, Kay Abts, Andrea Hahm, and Justin Krause for adding their voices to today’s podcast!
Ministry resources:
Picks of the week:
- (27:26) Google Sites
- twiducate.com – Social networking for schools
- Synape Party Game and iTunes app (99 cents until 10/28) – Teamwork at the speed of laughter
- Square – Accept credit cards with your mobile device
WELS.net feature:
(43:12) WELS Locator Search geo-location files – Use your GPS or Google Earth to find any WELS church or school in the US & Canada
Community feedback:
- (46:21) Gail shared links to
- Jason Schmidt from Gethsemane in Omaha, NE shared a link to Google for Educators resources for Teaching Collaborative Revision with Google Docs
- Martin shared several links to
- Sallie shared a link to a site for creating image maps, Image-Maps.com – Check out a sample image map posted on a FinalWeb site
Coming up on WELSTech:
(55:20) Episode 156 – Martin and Sallie talk about St. John’s, Sleepy Eye, new DIY rear projection screen and new wireless mics. (Release date 11/03/10)
The featured artist:
(56:05) This week we feature the music of Branches Band (www.branchesband.com | Facebook) – Renew Me, O Eternal Light from their CD titled ”Light Eternal”
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