663 – #edu22

Welcome to the season opener of WELSTech! We’ve packed this special episode with our favorite edtech guest hosts, exciting announcements about the upcoming WELS Education Conference, a first-hand review of the iPhone 13, lots of Logitech love, and a new Christian Worship digital lectionary. All this, and you can consume it in either audio or video format! Fancy like!!

The discussion

It’s a full house on WELSTech today as Martin and Sallie kick off a new season and are joined once again by our favorite education technology guest hosts, Professor Rachel Feld from Martin Luther College and Jason Schmidt, Executive Director of Wisconsin Virtual School.

And if that wasn’t enough excitement, WELSTech is re-introducing video! Our audio podcast continues without a blip, but now listeners will have the option to be watchers, if they prefer video!

The interview

WELS Education Conference – Paul Patterson from WELS Lutheran Schools joins the conversation to share some of the first details about the upcoming WELS Education Conference, June 20-22, 2022 at the Ingleside Hotel in Pewaukee, WI. Under the theme United in Christ, Diverse in Service, attendees will choose from topics in six strands – Feedback and Assessment, Higher Order Thinking, Student Achievement, Student Centered Classroom, Social Emotional Learning, and Leadership in Ministry. There’s much for educators to get excited about!

News in tech

• Martin reviews the iPhone 13 Pro.
• Revisit the green vs blue discussion on WELSTech 611 – iBullying

Picks of the week

• Logitech Combo Touch Keyboard
• Logitech C922x Pro Stream webcam
• Silhouette Cameo
• Getting Into Vlogging & the RODE Wireless Go II portable mic

Ministry resources

• New Christian Worship hymnal digital lectionary
• Search “WELS” in your favorite podcast tool for all the great devotional content produced as podcasts. You’ll find us on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Stitcher.

Community feedback

• In a comment on Episode 420, Erica Chapman gave a special shoutout to Pastor David Witte’s Through My Bible podcast.
• Christ In Media is back with an XR Project and Festival plus the annual Gospel Outreach with Media online conference.

Coming up next on WELSTech

Learn a new acronym – PKM – and the ideas behind Personal Knowledge Management.

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