Picks of the Week 2018

A complete listing of the Picks of the Week from 2018 WELSTech episodes

The Best of 2018 (Episode 582)

Amazon

• Amazon Prime Households
  • People's Bible on Kindle – John

Apple

• Apple Family Sharing
• iCloud Drive: The Ultimate Guide
• Power Point on the iPad tips

Books

• A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
• Audible

Cloud Computing

• Google Drive File Stream

Education

• Control Alt Achieve
• Ditch That Textbook Summit
• Doodle for Google
• Edison – Affordable robotics for the classroom
• Kahoot has 70M Users
• Online Teen Safety Guide from StaySafe.org
• Osmo
• Register now for EDT8011 Dynamic Classroom Presentations and other summer offerings from Martin Luther College Continuing Education
• Scrappy Circuits
  • Sallie's eureka moment
• SparkFun Inventor's Kit for micro:bit
• Student Data Privacy Consortium
  • Join Jason at WELS Education, Technology, and Leadership Summit, June 25-27, 2019 in Wisconsin Dells, WI to learn more.
• Trending Twitter #keepkidslearning
  • #SummerLearningDay

Google

• 29 Extensions and Tools to Supercharge Your Google Calendar
  • Event Merge
• Canned Responses for Gmail
• Clean Up Wasted Space in Gmail Using This Awesome Trick
• Google Alerts
• Google Calendar as a Personal Journal
• Google Tour Creator
• Grammarly Chrome Extension
• How to backup Gmail: The ultimate guide
• How to make Gmail's desktop interface infinitely better
  • Stylebot Chrome extension
• How to Use the Google Chrome Task Manager
• Six ways Google Forms are getting smarter
• The Ultimate Guide to Organizing Your Messy Chrome Bookmarks
• Using an iPad with an Apple TV as a presentation whiteboard
  • 8 Apps to turn your iPad into a Digital Whiteboard
  • Logitech Crayon

Hardware

• Apple AirPods
• Apple Pencil
  • Procreate
  • PDF Pro
  • GoodNotes
• ATR2100 Microphone – WELSTech Video Review
• ChromebookParts.com
• Do you really need to properly eject a USB drive before taking it out?
• How and why you should be cleaning your phone and other electronics
• HP Sprocket Photo Printer
• iCarez Screen Protectors
• Joby GorillaPod GripTight ONE GP Stand
• Kindle Fire HD 8 Kids Edition
• Microsoft Surface Lineup
• Panasonic Lumix FZ1000
• Trackpads anyone?
  • Martin's choice – Apple's Magic Trackpad 2
  • The 10 Best Computer Touchpads
• Touchpad Tip
  • Mac – Three Finger Tap and Drag
  • PC – Double Tap and Drag

Health

• High Intensity Interval Training and Heart Health
  • Intervals app for iOS
• How To Set Up Medical ID on Your iPhone
• Six Tips to Help Save Yourself from Poor Computer Posture
• ROAD iD

Images

• 7 Ways To Take Screenshots in Windows 10
• Affinity Photo for iPad
• Apple Photos – Mac | iOS
• Fiverr
  • Sallie's experience – from photo to final logo
• How To Convert and Modify Images with Snagit Batch Image Conversion Wizard
• How to Take a Screenshot on Any Device
• Our first ever tech-in-action photo of the week features Wisconsin Lutheran College Campus Pastor Wayne Shevey sporting a head cam during freshman move in day
• Take spherical photos with Google Street View
• Thankful Bot by Noun Project
  • Sallie's sample

Mobile

• Bible Lens app from YouVersion – iOS | Coming to Android
• Drafts for iOS
• Gboard for iOS
• Hey Siri, Play God's Word!
• How to use Voice Memos
• iExit app
• iOS App: Workflow
• iOS Dictate function
• PicCollage
• Pocketcast
• SkyView for iOS and Android

Outreach

• A FAST way to help guests feel welcome [Infographic]

Productivity

• 8 Trello Browser Extensions You'll Love and Can't Live Without
  • List Layouts for Trello
  • Ultimello
• Habitica
• How to Bullet Journal in Trello

Social Media

• 3 Es for Social Media
• Be a Hero with Instagram [PDF] – a free eBook from Church Tech Today
• Make your own Facebook Frame
• Twitter for Windows 10 is a Progressive Web App (PWA) – Get it here

Security

• World's Biggest Data Breaches & Hacks [Infographic]

Training

• 10 Excel Functions Everyone Should Know
• Check out Martin's Continuing Education course, Dynamic Classroom Presentations, offered this summer at Martin Luther College and the textbook, Presentation Zen
  • Jason will be teaching a graduate course at MLC on Google Technology in Education this summer as well
• Windows 10 Tips app

Utilities

• 30 Incredibly Useful Things You Didn't Know Slack Could Do
• Good Digital Calendar Stewardship
• Goodsync
• Google Search – Set timer & Start stopwatch
• How to reclaim space after upgrading to Windows 10 April 2018 Update
• How to save an email as a PDF on iPhone and iPad
• Keyboard shortcuts for PC and Mac
• Puffin Web Browser
• Plug-ins and Add-ons for Adding Images to Documents & Slides
• Reflector 3
• Speed test via Google search
• Teamviewer
• Text Expander
  • Download Text Expander files for Ministry | Christian Worship | Christian Worship Supplement
• Trello Chrome Extension
• Trello Prayer Lists
• Waze

Video

• 50 Tips for Better Videos – Article | Infographic
• How to Add Captions or Subtitles to a Video
• How to Make Great Videos
• Loom
• The True Christmas Story
• Video File Formats, Codecs, and Containers Explained
• Weekday chapel service live streams
  • Martin Luther College – 10:30 am | 7:15 pm | 10 pm Monday
  • Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary – 9:20 am

Webmaster tools

• Fontello
  • Learn about SVGs
• How to Set Up HTTPS on Your Site: A Simple Guide
• TechSmith Academy