--- title: 185 – Summer Vacations description: "This week on the WELSTech Podcast Gail Potratz joins the discussion as we look at summer professional development opportunities. The discussion: Make a Plan – As the school year wraps up Gail Potratz, the WELSTech semi-regular classroom technology correspondent from Emanuel in New London, WI, joins Martin and Sallie to discuss ideas for summer enrichment, […]" --- [WELSTech ](https://welstech.wels.org) # [185 – Summer Vacations](https://welstech.wels.org/2011/05/25/185-summer-vacations) Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | May 25, 2011 5:00:29 AM This week on the WELSTech Podcast Gail Potratz joins the discussion as we look at summer professional development opportunities. [https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_185.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_185.mp3) Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_185.mp3) (36.9MB) ### The discussion: Make a Plan – As the school year wraps up Gail Potratz, the WELSTech semi-regular classroom technology correspondent from [Emanuel](http://www.emanuelnl.org/school) in New London, WI, joins Martin and Sallie to discuss ideas for summer enrichment, professional growth and even a little relaxation. - Twitter - How to Use Twitter Lists - Twitter for Teachers - Twitter Handbook for Teachers - RSS - Google Reader on the WELSTech Wiki - [edte.ch](http://edte.ch/blog/) by Tom Barrett - Reading List - [NetCasters: Using the Internet to Make Fishers of Men](http://www.amazon.com/NetCasters-Using-Internet-Make-Fishers/dp/0805447849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306204763&sr=8-1) by Craig Von Buseck - Free PDF download through May 31st from Internet Evangelism Day - Teaching the iGeneration by William Ferriter - [Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith](http://www.amazon.com/Flickering-Pixels-Technology-Shapes-Faith/dp/0310293219) by Shane Hipps - Professional Workshops - ITSE 2011 – Philadelphia - MDMC 2011 - FinalWeb for [Teachers](http://bit.ly/fw4teachers) and [Dummies](http://bit.ly/fw4dummies) - [Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Summer Quarter](http://www.wlsce.net/summer-quarter) - Martin Luther College Continuing Education - Personal Web Presence - What’s Going On Here - Summer WELSTech Hacker series - [SallieDraper.com](http://SallieDraper.com) - MartinSpriggs.com ### Ministry resources: - (21:36) Glo Bible released for iPhone/iPod Touch - [BibleGateway beta of site redesign](http://new.biblegateway.com/) ### Picks of the week: - (23:37) [SpiderScribe](http://www.spiderscribe.net/) - [iPad Today Video Podcast](http://twit.tv/ipt) - [LiveScribe SmartPen Connect Update](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/05/livescribe-connect/) ### Community feedback: - (31:49) We basked in the Apple Day afterglow this week: - Maren McPeak from [St. Mark](http://www.stmarkslutheran.com/) in Citrus Heights, CA tweeted her favorite iPad app – [Air Sketch](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/air-sketch/id376617790?mt=8#) - Philip Wels from St. Paul in New Ulm, MN is an AppleCare fan with experience - We made a Apple-WELS Connection with Amanda Voss, senior programmer for Apple, from [Apostles](http://www.apostlessj.org/) in San Jose, CA - Via the [WELSTech Diigo group](http://groups.diigo.com/group/welstech) we learned about - [Word Cloud review](http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/2010/02/11/tech-tools-pedagogy-ii-word-clouds/) - VoiceThread for Education - [Wonderopolis](http://wonderopolis.org/) - Adam Valleskey from [Christ](https://www.facebook.com/ChristJuneau) in Juneau, AK has an approved location-based facebook deal –  “Free gift of hearing God’s Word with every visit” - Debbie Spriggs from [Peace](http://www.peacehartford.org/) in Hartford, WI recommended [SnackTools](http://www.snacktools.com/) website widgets - Kevin Smith from [Christ](http://www.christlutheranzumbrota.com/) in Zumbrota, MN pointed us to info on Microsoft Multipoint Server.  He learned of this from the [Windows Weekly TWiT Podcast](http://twit.tv/ww). ### Coming up on WELSTech: (47:05) Episode 186 – Martin and Sallie unveil the updated ShopWELS site as well as a chat with Tim Plath about the Area Lutheran High School Online pilot project. (Release date – 06/01/11) ### The featured artist: (48:22) We close the podcast with the music of Mike Westendorf ([www.mikewestendorf.com](http://www.mikewestendorf.com/) and [mikewestendorf](http://twitter.com/mikewestendorf) on Twitter) – *Coming Soon *from his CD titled “Undefined” ### Get involved: - Add a comment below - Send us an e-mail [welstech@wels.net](mailto:welstech@wels.net) - Leave us a voice mail 405-FOR-WELS (405-367-9357) - Add to the WELSTech wiki welstechwiki.wels.net - Contribute to the [#WELSTech](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23welstech) Twitter conversation - 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