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title: "245 – Summer Software Showcase: PicMonkey"
description: "This week the WELSTech Podcast showcase software is online image editor, PicMonkey. The discussion: Online image editing – This week our Summer Software Showcase focus is PicMonkey, the easy, intuitive and fun image editor and flexible collage maker in the cloud.  Martin and Sallie share big old monkey grins as they contemplate the possibilities for ministry. Ministry […]"
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# [245 – Summer Software Showcase: PicMonkey](https://welstech.wels.org/2012/07/18/245-summer-software-showcase-picmonkey)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Jul 18, 2012 5:00:01 AM

This week the WELSTech Podcast showcase software is online image editor, PicMonkey.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_245.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Podcast_245.mp3)

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### The discussion:

Online image editing – This week our ***Summer Software Showcase*** focus is [PicMonkey](http://picmonkey.com), the easy, intuitive and fun image editor and flexible collage maker in the cloud.  Martin and Sallie share big old monkey grins as they contemplate the possibilities for ministry.

**Ministry Uses**

1. Web site images
2. Newsletters
3. Presentations
4. Pictorial directories
5. Brochures and promotional material

### Picks of the week:

- (12:57) Avid Studio for iPad – Training Videos | [Video Overview](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D533L8tz5hU&list=PLCF9F3DB159F77087&index=2&feature=plpp_video)
- [Google+ Hangouts](http://support.google.com/plus/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=guide.cs&guide=1257349)

### Community feedback:

- (19:04) Maren McPeak shared a link to the new Logos offering, [Faithlife Bible](http://faithlifebible.com/)
- Gail Potratz tweeted a link to the iPad accessory [Amplifiear](http://bynonlinear.com/?p=216)
- There were a multitude of tweets ([#GoogleEduSummit](https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23GoogleEduSummit)) originated from the [Google Education Summit](https://sites.google.com/site/wlcsummit2012/) held last week at Wisconsin Lutheran College 
    - An example of a collaborative presentation – [Milwaukee A-Z Project](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FUFwTuWYrKXZpObFX68vZVH8fWwujtkgtoQQJhbBb6A/edit#slide=id.g90fe6f0_0_22)
    - [The Best Google Features You’re Probably Not Using](http://lifehacker.com/5923588/the-best-google-features-youre-probably-not-using)
    - Chromebook justification and implementation documents from Peter Iles
    - [Collaborative notes from keynote sessions at the conference](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EohTQ3lP0YLugGhl_Ij-bczN8yD7wRU-yFNvACAU-ds/edit)
    - [A new Twitter list of educators attending the Summit](https://twitter.com/#!/aleixa/google-education-summit)
    - [They came, they saw, they Googled!](https://twitter.com/InsideWLC/status/223868621707935744/photo/1/large)
- Martin shared a link to [14 Smart Tips for Using iPads in Class](http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/07/14-smart-tips-for-using-ipads-in-class/)
- Via the WELSTech listserve we learned about recommended HP “cloud” printers

### Coming up on WELSTech:

(29:24) Episode 246 – The ***Summer Software Showcase*** fun continues next week (Same bat time … Same bat channel!) as Martin and Sallie discuss the ministry uses of BatchGeo. (Release date – 07/25/12)

### The featured artist:

(29:51)  We close the podcast with the music of Michael Schroeder ([www.michaelschroeder.com](http://www.michaelschroeder.com/) and on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Schroeder/220398578393?ref=ts)) – *John 3:16** *

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