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285 – Introducing Tech
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Sallie Draper
April 24, 2013
April 24, 2013
This week on the WELSTech Podcast we share ideas for successfully (and slowly) introducing tech in your congregation. We also share lots of new WELSTech goodies – from Twitter to Facebook to our very own Resources page. And we have something in our listener feedback mailbag for everyone. Keep calm and listen to WELSTech!
Podcast: Download (37.4MB)
The interview & discussion:
(3:47) Slow and Steady – Are you ready to go digital with your church newsletter or add a projection screen in your sanctuary? On today’s WELSTech Martin and Sallie talk with Pastor Steve Schamber and Jason Petoskey from Holy Trinity in Wyoming, MI about their success with collaborative worship presentations. We also discuss ways to implement all types of tech in your congregation.
- Proclaim Church Presentation Software
- Graceway Media
- 6 Lessons Learned About Introducing Technology to Multiple Generations
News in tech:
(40:53) Happy World Book Night 2013
Picks of the week:
- (44:03) KeepCalmAndPosters.com – The Story of Keep Calm and Carry On [VIDEO] – Keep Calm and Listen to WELSTech [IMAGE]
- iOttie Cell Phone Mount
Of interest:
- (50:29) WELSTech has a Twitter Account – @welstech
- WELSTech Camp has a Facebook Event Page
- Check out the revamped WELSTech Resources Page
- Join the crowd-writing fun at Bethany Lutheran College (or online) on April 29 at 7:00 PM
- Look for the screenplay premise on the Christ In Media Institute Facebook Page on April 28
Community feedback:
- (56:04) The recent #WELSed Twitter chat about technology in religion class was a great success. Join the next chat on May 2 at 8 PM CDT.
- Lakeside Lutheran High School in Lake Mills, WI was a happening place for technology this past week:
- MorgueFile
- The Elements of the Periodic Table Personified
- Ordered Pair Game for iOS
- Cubby.com Cloud Storage
- SmartBoard Resources by Malia Hoffmann
- Famous Composers Lessons
- Five Creative Uses for Google Alerts
- Google Docs Voice Comments
- Trello
- The Stick and the Stone: See Where God Hides Himself – another Amazon publishing success story by Pastor Joel Pankow
- The Couch Potato is Extinct
- The Psychology of Music
- Online Worship Links on the WELSTech Wiki
- iPad Apps for School – Mastery Scan
Coming up on WELSTech:
(1:15:29) Episode 286 – Next week Gail Potratz, one of our semi-regular classroom technology correspondents, joins the conversation with Martin and Sallie to take a look at the waning school year from an ed tech perspective – what worked and what didn’t in the 2012-13 classroom. (Release date – 04/30/13)
The featured artist:
(1:16:16) This week we close the podcast with the music of Kevin Loersch – Love Beyond All Telling
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