Picks of the Week 2020

A complete listing of the Picks of the Week from 2020 WELSTech episodes

Looking Back at 2020 (Episode 645)

Audio/Video

• iPhoneographers on YouTube

Books/Recommended Reading

• Atomic Habits
  • Streaks for iOS

Communication

• Best Zoom Alternatives
• Loom

Distance Ministry

• 5 Ways to Pastor Your Chat Room

Education

• Art with Flo will have you drawing happy little rocket animations using Procreate!
• Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens
• CSTA Resources for Virtual Teaching
• Digital Learning Day is February 27 and Google's Applied Digital Skills has you covered
• Educate from anywhere: How to use Trello as a Teacher
  • Quarantine Things to Do board
• Epic! digital library for kids
• Google Teacher Podcast
• Google (and more) tutorials for
  • Teachers
  • Students & Parents
• InPact child exercise resources from the University of Michigan
• MakerCamp.com
• NPR Student Podcast Challenge
  • Curriculum guide for teaching podcasting
• PDF Expert + Apple Pencil
• Rivet – Android (and iOS & Amazon) app
• Seesaw training
• What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios
• Why teachers are buzzing about Bitmoji classrooms
  • How To
  • Virtual MakerSpaces from Tracy Zalud via STEM Teachers Group on Facebook
    • K-2
    • 3-5
    • 6-8

Google

• Choice Eliminator for Google Forms
• Google Gmail Labels & Filters
• Google Keep
• Google Teacher Podcast
• Google (and more) tutorials for
  • Teachers
  • Students & Parents
• Our 12 Favorite Chrome Extensions from LifeHacker
  • Enhancer for YouTube
  • Link to Text Fragment
  • Smile Always

Hardware

• 16 Ways to Repurpose Your Old Gadgets
• Amazon Alexa Auto
• Amazon Echo Ear Buds
• Anker Braided Cables
  • Or try Five Below cables
• Creative Pebble Desktop Speakers
• Fitbit Inspire – Defend against the Covid 19 (pounds)
• Jabra USB Speakerphones
• Logitech MX Master 25 Mouse
• Macbook Air M1
• MNML Case
• New Bee Headset Stand
• Powerbeats Pro wireless earbuds
• Sallie's new monitor – HP 27f 27
  • camelcamelcamel
  • How to Get Google to Let You Know When the Price Drops
• TACKLife T8 800A Car Jump Starter
• Zoom H1n Recorder

Images

• Smithsonian Open Access – Sample festive image

Journaling

• Sermon note taking – Sallie's examples

Mobile

• 6 iPhone hacks to make you more productive
• Rivet – Android (and iOS & Amazon) app
• Streaks for iOS
• Widgetsmith for iOS 14
  • Hands on: Widgetsmith from 9To5Mac

Networking

• Bonded MoCA 2.0 Network Adapter

Outreach

• Follow the Lutheran Women's Missionary Society (LWMS) on Facebook
• A Beginning Guide to Conducting Great Nonprofit Storytelling Interview: 6 Tips for Success

Pandemic Life

• 5 Quick Team Building Activities To Do Via Conference Calls
• Instacart

Presentations

• SlidesMania – Check out their Education templates!

Security

• Worst Passwords of 2020

Stewardship

• You Need A Budget (YNAB)

Utilities

• 10 Ways to Lock Your Windows 10 PC
• AutoHotKey
• GitMind
• Easily hide Windows desktop icons
  1. Right-click on the desktop
  2. Select View
  3. Click on Show desktop icons
  4. Repeat the steps to toggle on their display
• Google Gmail Labels & Filters
• Google Keep
• Hands free Alexa on iPhone and Android Alexa App
• Quick Assist for Windows 10
• Screencastify Submit
• Snagit 2021
• Windows 10 Clipboard History
• Windows 10 PowerToys
  • How to do more with Windows 10 using PowerToys
  • Download from GitHub