Picks of the Week 2014

A complete listing of the Picks of the Week from 2014 WELSTech episodes

Just a Few of our Favorite Things (Episode 374)

Bible

• Meditations iPhone App from Northwestern Publishing House – Other Meditations options
• The Book of Psalms for Kindle from The Wartburg Project
• YouVersion Reading Plans

Books

• World Book Night is April 23 – Download the Free World Book Night eBook

Education

• BuildWithChrome.com – Google blog announcement
• Chromebook Implementation Resources – Shared in an Acer webinar
• CodeCombat – Learn to code through dungeon crawling (CNET)
• Code.org is Frozen
• Doceri for iPad
• Duolingo – Watch the creator, Luis von Ahn, present the idea at TedX
• Free PowToon accounts for educators
  • Sample PowToons from WELS – Connect Minute
• Free worksheet to use with any TED Talk – Grades 6-12
• Google Classroom
  • Video Overview
  • Help
  • Sallie's Screenshots
• HemmingwayApp
• Introductory Minecraft Video Tutorial (prelude to MinecraftEDU for newbies) – How to Survive Your First Night
• Reveling in Rubik's
  • Google's 40th Anniversary celebration interactive Rubik's Cube doodle – Get Ready to Procrastinate
  • Chrome Cube Lab
  • You CAN Do the Rubik's Cube!
• Sallie's Technology Resources site
• Skype in the Classroom
• Studio by Code.org to teach coding from Kindergarten up
  • Teaching Students to Program on the WELSTech Wiki
• You CAN Do the Rubik's Cube!

Graphics and Images

• Auto Awesome photos in Google+
• Can I Use This Picture [Infographic] from The Visual Communication Guy
• Canva
• Color Schemer
• Embed Flickr Slideshows with SlideFlickr.com
• Free PowerPoint Templates – fppt.com
• IconFinder
• Mineways – 3D Print Minecraft designs
• PicMonkey extension for Chrome
• PicMonkey Themes
• Piktochart
• Pinstamatic

Hardware

• Belkin Bluetooth Car Hands-Free Kit
• Canon Pixma MX 922
• iPhone 6
• Kano Kit
• Kindle Fire HDX
• littleBits
• Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse
• Oontz Angle
• Silhouette Cameo
• Speck Cases
• Surface Pro 3 Tablet
• Targus 4400 MAH Power Pack
• The new Moto X (2014)
• Unifi AP LR – Works at home too!

Multimedia

• Animoto for Classrooms
• ClipGrab
• Movie: Son of God
• The 8-Bit Hymnal 3 (Easter)
• WeVideo

Mobile

• 30 Days of Instagram for Churches
• AirScanner – Wireless Remote HD Document Camera and Overhead Projector Replacement – iOS
• Cam Scanner (Android)
• Day One
• Elevate Brain Training App
• Instant Heart Rate for iOS
• Introducing LastPass for iOS 8
  • Everything You Need to Know About iOS 8
• LastPass for Android
• Map My Fitness Apps
• Nokia Lumia 520 GoPhone
• Nutrition Menu iOS app
• Office for iPad
• PackPoint packing list builder
• PushBullet
• Remind – Bulk text messaging for educators (and others)
  • Twitter allows SMS subscription
• Scanner Pro (iOS)
• Shush
• StandApp
• Stitcher
• The new Moto X (2014)
• QuizUp

Office Tools

• 106 Questions To Ask Before You Buy Church Management Software
• Google Docs and Sheets add-ons
  • Avery Label Merge
  • Easy Bib – Video overview
  • Merge by MailChimp
  • Workflows by LetterFeed – Video overview
• Google Slides
• Office 365 for Non-Profits – Features | Sign Up
• Office for Mobile Devices

Productivity

• Erin Condren Life Planner
• How To Use Google Docs Offline
• Kanban Overview – Lino

Social Media

• 30 Days of Instagram for Churches
• Instagram for Churches eBook from Church Tech Today

Utilities

• AdBlock Chrome Extension
• Amazon Glacier
• Bacon Ipsum
• Chrome 64 Bit for Mac (beta) and Windows
• Duck Duck Go Search Engine
• Favorite Posts for Google+
• Gmail Canned Responses
• Gmail Labs Undo Send
• Google Forms improvements:
  • Your forms, your way
  • A few more ways to make Google Forms your own
• Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides
• OneDrive
• Palette for Chrome
• Poll Everywhere
• TabCloud

Wellness

• MyFitnessPal