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209 – The Church of Facebook
This week the WELSTech Podcast welcomes author Jesse Rice as we discuss his book, The Church of Facebook.
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The discussion:
“Home is where …” – Returning to the current book discussion, Martin and Sallie look at Chapter 2 of The Church of Facebook and discuss the reasons Facebook feels like “Home” to so many people.
The interview:
(13:52) Chat with the author – Jesse Rice (@JesseRice on Twitter) talks with Martin and Sallie about his book, The Church of Facebook. Find out how Jesse sees Facebook as both a catalyst and a symptom of our ability to connect and what Jesse thinks is the churches’ biggest mistake on Facebook.
Picks of the week:
- (33:02) Word Dynamo
- Google+ – Visit the new WELSTech Google+ Page
Of interest:
(39:37) Watch live video streaming of the WELS National Choral Festival on MLC TV
- Pops concert – Friday, November 11 at 7:00 p.m.
- Sacred concert – Sunday, November 13 at 2:00 p.m.
Community feedback:
- (40:53) Via the WELSTech Diigo group we learned about many links:
- Wikipedia Selection for Schools
- Tim Tebow spawns searches and more
- xtimeline – Explore and create free time lines
- Grade Level Skills Help at Internet 4 Classrooms
- Alycia Cameron shared the Hallelujah Chorus with captions by Quinhagak, AK students and community members. What a great project for students learning about video editing.
- David Schumann from Peace in Janesville, WI shared his congregation’s experience with converting to MailChimp e-newsletters.
Coming up on WELSTech:
(51:23) Episode 210 – Uncover hidden treasures as Martin & Sallie lead a virtual walking tour of the WELSTech show notes page and the WELSTech Wiki (wear your sneakers). (Release date – 11/16/11)
The featured artist:
(52:20) This week we close the podcast with the music of Koine (www.koinemusic.com | Facebook) – God’s Word is Our Great Heritage from their debut CD titled “Koine”
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