765 – Christmas Coloring
WELSTech Audio v1
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<p>‘Tis the WELSTech Christmas season! Join us for a giveaway announcement that involves the good news of Christmas, coloring books, and AI. You could win a fun WELS item while you exercise your AI skills. Christmas concerts, anniversary offerings, travel apps, managing your smart home, and free EDU GPT round out this episode. Let’s goooo!</p>
<p></p> The discussion
<p>Celebrating in color – Martin and Sallie are collocated, Christmas-color coordinated, and collaborating on a coloring project. Everyone is invited to participate in an AI experiment, creating Christmas-related coloring pages which we’ll compile into a sharable book. Send your entries to <a href="mailto:welstech@wels.net" rel="nofollow">welstech@wels.net</a>, and we’ll choose a random contributor to receive some sweet WELS swag!</p>
<p>Try this prompt:</p>
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<p><span><span>A black and white coloring page for kids of <em>[YOUR TOPIC]</em>, thick lines, white background, no shading, no grey scale, simple vector style.</span></span></p>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://designer.microsoft.com/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Designer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.adobe.com/express/create/ai/worksheet/kid" rel="nofollow">Adobe Express Coloring Page Generator</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=https://colorbliss.art/" rel="nofollow">ColorBliss.art</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.crayola.com/create/custom-coloring-page" rel="nofollow">Crayola Color Camera</a></li>
</ul> Ministry resource
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<li>WELS Christmas Concert details – <a href="https://wels.net/events" rel="nofollow">wels.net/events</a></li>
<li><a href="https://welshistoricalinstitute.org/175th/" rel="nofollow">WELS 175th Anniversary</a> – <a href="https://welshistoricalinstitute.org/175th-offering/" rel="nofollow">Special Offering</a></li>
</ul> Picks of the week
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<li><a href="https://www.iexitapp.com/" rel="nofollow">iExit</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hubitat.com/" rel="nofollow">Hubitat</a></li>
</ul> Community feedback
<p><a href="https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-teachers/" rel="nofollow">Chat GPT is free for teachers until June 2027</a></p>
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<li><a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt-is-now-free-for-teachers-7-powerful-ways-to-use-it-in-your-classroom" rel="nofollow">Learn more from Tom’s Guide</a></li>
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<p>Melanie Giddings, Curriculum Coordinator from the Lutheran Schools office, shares details on this important work.</p> Get involved
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