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title: 593 – Seesaw
description: "WELSTech is back with a preview of this summer’s #EdTechLead19 event. Teachers Stephanie Krahn and Kurt Gosdeck talk about their sectional covering the use of SeeSaw for student portfolios. WELS has Lent and Easter music for your listening pleasure, and there’s an exciting ministry resource that may be just what your church or school needs […]"
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# [593 – Seesaw](https://welstech.wels.org/2019/03/19/593-seesaw)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Mar 19, 2019 12:54:05 PM

WELSTech is back with a preview of this summer’s #EdTechLead19 event. Teachers Stephanie Krahn and Kurt Gosdeck talk about their sectional covering the use of SeeSaw for student portfolios. WELS has Lent and Easter music for your listening pleasure, and there’s an exciting ministry resource that may be just what your church or school needs to go mobile!

[https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_593.mp3](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_593.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_593.mp3) (Duration: 50:54 — 48.4MB)

### The interview:

Student portfolios – WELS Education, Technology, and Leadership Summit co-presenters Stephanie Krahn, 3rd grade teacher at [West De Pere school district](http://www.wdpsd.com/), and Kurt Gosdeck, 4th grade teacher and tech coordinator at [St. Mark](http://www.stmls.org/default.asp?sec_id=180021036), Green Bay, share a preview of their sectional topic, SeeSaw: Student-Driven Portfolios Made Easy featuring the [SeeSaw app](https://web.seesaw.me/).

- Register now for early-bird pricing!
- IGNITE
- Register for the #EdTechLead19 giveaway, and you could win a free night at the Kalahari (restrictions & black-out dates apply) or a $25 Amazon gift card! Share with friends for extra entries in the drawing!!

### News in tech:

[Facebook struggles to deal with epic outage](https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/13/tech/facebook-instagram-down/index.html)

### WELS now:

WELS Lenten and Easter Radio

### Picks of the week:

- [The Ultimate Guide to Easily Make Instructional Videos](https://www.techsmith.com/blog/instructional-videos/)
- [Save to Google Drive Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-google-drive/gmbmikajjgmnabiglmofipeabaddhgne?hl=en-US)

### Ministry resource:

[Glide App](https://www.glideapps.com/) – Create mobile apps from a Google Sheet

### Community feedback:

- [Google Live Transcribe](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.audio.hearing.visualization.accessibility.scribe&hl=en_US) 
    - [How to Join the Beta for Google’s ‘Live Transcribe’ Android App](https://lifehacker.com/how-to-join-the-beta-for-google-s-live-transcribe-and-1832328844)
    - [Google Live Transcribe could be a big help for people who are deaf and hard of hearing](https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/4/18209546/google-live-transcribe-sound-amplifier-accessibility-android-deaf-hard-hearing)
- Automate posting of [WELS RSS feeds](https://wels.net/rss-feeds/) – Devotions, Bible Readings, and more – to your church Facebook page 
    - [Facebook setup instructions](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instant-articles/publishing/setup-rss-feed/)
    - [Sample IFTTT applet](https://ifttt.com/applets/XE8XJmSq-post-rss-feed-items-to-facebook)
- [GDPR Guidance](https://wels.net/gdpr-guidance/) 
    - [WELSTech 569 – Getting excited about policies](https://welstech.wels.net/2018/10/02/569-getting-excited-about-policies/)
    - [WELSTech 570 – How private is your data?](https://welstech.wels.net/2018/10/09/570-how-private-is-your-data/)

### Featured video:

[Create your first app with Glide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzwN6RJpsAY)

### Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 594 – Jason and Sallie co-host while Martin takes a much-deserved vacation.  We continue our edtech book discussion of [*Faithfully Connected*](https://welstech.wels.net/tag/faithfully-connected/), looking at chapters 6 and 7 – Digital Law and Digital Rights & Responsibilities.  Release date: Wednesday, March 27.

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