429 – Free eBooks For Everyone!

This week’s WELSTech features an expansive list of resources from the WELSTech Community, including a fair number of free eBooks to read at your leisure. Martin proves to be a verb rebel, we give a special shout out to a talented WELS Photo Challenge contributor, and WELS launches a new teen devotion.

The discussion:

Free eBooks and so much more – WELTech’s mailbag and social channels are bursting at the seams with all kinds of tools and utilities and eBooks to read! Martin and Sallie are sure to share something of interest for everyone.

• 2016 Plan and Budget For Copyright Compliance
• Free eBook – Social Media: All Grown Up
• Not free, but affordable eBook – Do More Better – Cruciform Press | Amazon
• Millennials as Digital Natives – Myths and Realities
• Understanding Image File Formats
• The Do’s and Don’ts for Teachers on Social Media [Infographic]
• Microsoft Will Soon Spawn a Classroom Edition of Minecraft
• 5 Reasons You Should Embrace Digital Bible Study
• 99 of the best FREE web design resources
• Pexels – Free Stock Photos
• The Education Calendar
• Free eBook – 8 Epic Hacks for Office 365
• The Periodic Table of Education [Infographic]
  • Original from Daily Genius
  • Linked version from Kathy Schrock
• From the WELSTech Listserve
  • Chromebit for Digital Signage – Post 1 | 2 | 3
    • Google’s Chromebit Turns Any TV Into a Chrome PC for Under $100
    • Chrome Sign Builder
    • Google Slides
  • Equipment For Sale
    • Audio equipment
    • Motorized projection screen
• Free Broken Link Checker
• Free eBook – An Intro to Live Streaming Church Services

News in tech:

iOS 9.3 – What features are in the new iPhone and iPad update

WELS now:

• Take the January WELSTech Photo Challenge! We’re looking for photos of Winter, New Year and Isaiah 1:18.
  • Submit your entries at welstech.wels.net/photochallenge
  • Browse our public domain image album at bit.ly/wtchallengealbum (Special thanks to contributor Naomi Green!)
• New weekly WELS Teen Devotions – Transformed
  • Find them in the WELS Mobile App

Picks of the week:

• Pablo by Buffer
• Noun Project

Ministry resources:

Alive in Christ Music

Featured video:

New to the WELSTech “Like’s” list on Vimeo is a Community Feedback pick by Gail Potratz, Wanna Work Together?, a 3 minute overview on copyright and Creative Commons from the CC About the Licenses page.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 430 – Jason Schmidt is back with his brand of edtech sunshine! Release date: Wednesday, February 3

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