489 – Showered With Community Feedback

This week WELSTech hosts Martin and Sallie take time out from wedding showers to share some great community feedback. There’s lots to learn – from Google news to electronic giving to several sites for learning math. Apple’s latest announcement may have you seeing red, MLC invites you to tour Luther land, and Sallie shares a video gold mine.

The discussion:

Community chatter – This week Martin and Sallie share the latest news and discussions on the WELSTech social scene.

• Free Proclaim Presentation Software for Christian Higher Ed
• Leo Laporte discussion worship audio – The Tech Guy, Episode 1368, beginning at 39 minute mark
  • TwistedWave
• Free Easter Church resources
• Accordance Bible Software Review
• Electronic Giving on the WELSTech Wiki
• CMM Cameras For Sale
• 5 Hot Trends in School Website Design
• The State of Church Communications
• 85 percent of Facebook video is watched without sound
• How Team Drives solve one of G Suite’s biggest problems
• Using Chromebooks for Creative Expression
• Learn Math for Free Forever
• Support for rotated text, accounting number formats, and more in Google Sheets
• How do I import my Google Classroom roster to Khan Academy
• Microsoft OneNote Useful Tips and Tricks for the Classroom
• How Holly Springs teacher tap technology to ignite young minds
• 5 Great Ways to Use OneNote in Education

News in tech:

Apple’s iPad upgrades makes it cheaper and faster that the iPad Air 2

WELS now:

Celebrate Reformation 500 with Martin Luther College – Consider a 2018 Tour of Luther Lands

Picks of the week:

• Google Classroom now available for personal Google accounts
• Dell P2715Q Monitor

Ministry resources:

WELS Video On Vimeo

Featured video:

From the Google Plus Office 365 Schools discussion, we learn more about FluidMath, Tablet and Interactive Whiteboard Math Software, a new addition to the WELSTech Product Demo playlist.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 490 – Jason Schmidt joins Sallie for what promises to be a lively edtech discussion. Release date: Wednesday, March 29.

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