395 – School’s Out

This week we’re Martin-less on WELSTech, but no worries as Jason Schmidt co-hosts with Sallie and brings his excellent edtech experience to the show. The discussion covers great web sites for Art, Typing, Research and Internet Safety plus Digital Citizenship. Jason shares a 3d printer deal for schools, and we have an awesome school promotional video to spark video promo ideas for others!

The discussion:

Series End – Jason Schmidt, WELSTech’s sunny semi-regular edtech guest host, joins Sallie to finish up the education resource sharing series, WELSTech Goes To School. Visit the resource page for loads of great links covering …

• Art
• Typing
• Research
• Internet Safety

WELS now:

• WELSTech Conference 2015 registration remains open until June 15!
  • Join Jason and Kurt Gosdeck for a full day of Google Apps pre-conference training
  • You can also catch Jason and Dave Tess’ Tablet Shoot-Out
• Youth Rally 2016 will be held in …

News in tech:

• Google Photos – Why Google Beats Apple at Organizing You Life’s Memories

Picks of the week:

• Printrbot Education program
• Google Education On Air Archive
  • Highlight Reel
  • Blog recap
  • Skills of the future report (PDF)
  • What would you like to hear about in the next Education On Air Conference
  • Education On Air Feedback Form

Community feedback:

• Coming Soon … an update to the Lectionary on Google Calendar
• Help Your Tech Team Help You
• Free Music Archive – FAQ
• Open Sankoré

Ministry resources:

• WELS Women’s Ministry – Ministry Ideas

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 396 – Martin’s away and Sallie’s getting creative. Who knows what could happen?!? Watch and participate on 06/09/15 @ 4 pm Central – welstechlive.wels.net

Featured videos:

This week we’re “happy” to add a new video to the WELSTech Promo Playlist. It’s a fun look inside St. Paul’s Lutheran School in New Ulm, MN

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