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title: 512 – De-Stressing Presentations
description: WELSTech concludes our summer long focus on Ministry Resources with a toolkit for all of you who do presentations. Who doesn’t anymore? Take the stress out of the technology and focus on your content with these helpful tools and tips. Plus, Martin shares his video creation tool of choice, and Sallie fumbles a title, yet […]
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# [512 – De-Stressing Presentations](https://welstech.wels.org/2017/08/29/512-de-stressing-presentations)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Aug 29, 2017 7:22:17 PM

WELSTech concludes our summer long focus on Ministry Resources with a toolkit for all of you who do presentations. Who doesn’t anymore? Take the stress out of the technology and focus on your content with these helpful tools and tips. Plus, Martin shares his video creation tool of choice, and Sallie fumbles a title, yet again!

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_512.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_512.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_512.mp3) (Duration: 45:36 — 41.7MB)

### The discussion:

On the road with confidence – Presentations can be stressful enough without concerns of projection, sound, and internet access. Martin shares the contents of his [Portable Presentation Toolkit](https://welstech.wels.net/2017/08/29/portable-presentation-toolkit/) in our final Ministry Resource of Summer 2017.

### Picks of the week:

- Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book 
    - [The Friendship Code](https://smile.amazon.com/Friendship-Code-Girls-Who/dp/0399542515/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1503933441&sr=8-8&keywords=secret+coders) from [Girls Who Code](https://girlswhocode.com/)
    - [Secret Coders](https://smile.amazon.com/Secret-Coders-Gene-Luen-Yang/dp/1626720754/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503933441&sr=8-1&keywords=secret+coders)
- Teaching Electronics with Project Daffodil
- [Camtasia](https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html)

### Community feedback:

- [Changes to CrashPlan for Home service](https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/consumer/nextsteps/)
- [Education Closet Tools for Teachers](https://educationcloset.com/tools/)
- [SMART Exemplary Education (SEE)](http://go.smarttech.com/seeapplication)
- [Seesaw](https://web.seesaw.me/)
- [Bitmoji](https://www.bitmoji.com/)
- [Do Ink](http://www.doink.com/description/)

### Featured video:

New on the WELSTech Product Demos YouTube Playlist is [Green Screen by DoInk App Enables Creation of Green Screen Effects on iPad & iPhone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekX1mDt6QNY).

### Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 513 – September is a month for meetings as WELSTech returns to our regular schedule. Release date: Wednesday, September 6.

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