446 – Rainy Days with the SRCTC

Tune in to WELSTech this week for edtech sunshine in the form of SRCTC Jason Schmidt. The discussion topic covers a variety of outdoor and rainy day tech ideas for educators including geocaching, astronomy and coding. This show also includes excited news for Chromebook users, summer training opportunities and a site for purchasing low-priced smartphones and tablets.

The discussion:

Eeekk, a rat! – Martin and Sallie are joined by WELSTech’s SRCTC (Semi-Regular Classroom Technology Correspondent) Jason Schmidt, Tech Coordinator in the Bennington Public School District in the Omaha, NE area, for a discussion of outdoor and rainy day tech projects for the classroom.

• Geocaching – Mobile apps
• Drones
  • Parrot Rolling Spider
  • Tickle App – Mobile programming for many platforms
  • DJI Phantom
• GooseChase
• Astronomy
  • 3 great stargazing apps for iOS
  • Apps for stargazing
• Wacky Wonderful Web Sites
• Coding
  • CodeCombat
  • Gamestar Mechanic
  • Scratch
  • Khan Academy Computer Programming
  • Code.org

News in tech:

Android apps, coming to a Chromebook near you

WELS now:

• Shepherd Staff and Church360° Training
• May WELSTech Photo Challenge – Graduation, Hugs & Your Confirmation Verse
  • Submit images at welstech.wels.net/photochallenge
  • Visit the public domain challenge album at bit.ly/wtchallengealbum

Picks of the week:

• Instructables
• EdTechTeam – Subscribe
  • Register for WLC’s Revolutionize the Classroom with Google
• Gazelle

Featured video:

Enjoy this fun MLC Day video from Lakeside Lutheran High School, a new addition to the WELSTech Promo playlist.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 447 – Martin and Sallie broadcast from the CMM with a preview of several upcoming summer series. Release date: Wednesday, June 1

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