Picks of the Week 2021

A complete listing of the Picks of the Week from 2021 WELSTech episodes

2021 Retrospective (Episode 671)

Audio/Video

• Camtasia 2020
  • Camtasia Studio for the virtual Advent by Candlelight win! Sallie's Advent by Candlelight video
• Faithlife Bible Screen – featured on Church Tech Today
• Getting Into Vlogging – Part 1
  • SonyZV-1 review
• Getting Into Vlogging – Part 2 & the RODE Wireless Go II portable mic
• How to Make a Playlist on YouTube
• LibriVox – iOS | Android
• Placeit by Envato

Books/Reading

• Deep Work by Cal Newport

Cloud Computing & Storage

• Microsoft 365 Personal and Family

Communication

• TextMagic

DIY

• 9 Fantastic DIY Projects Made With Old Phones

Education

• Box Tops for Education
• Free Edpuzzle Pro School license for Google Edu users through July 2021
• Google buys Neverware to turn old PCs into Chromebooks
• G Suite for Edu is now Google Workspace for Education
• Wisconsin Digital Learning Collaborative professional development courses – Free through June 2022 for Wisconsin teachers
• Wooclap

Family

• Families.google

Fitness

• Peloton Digital App

Google

• Google Goodness
  • Learn to use Google's Applied Digital Skills in your curriculum in upcoming professional development training
  • 16-Day Organize Your Google Drive YouTube playlist
  • Digital Binder for Technology
• Search tabs & more … Top 15 Google Chrome tips and tricks

Hardware

• 360 Cameras
  • Best Cheap 360 Cameras to Spin You Right Round 2021
  • The Best 360 Cameras for 2021
  • Pastor Rob Guenther at St John's Lutheran Church, New Ulm, MN has the Kodak ORBIT360
• Actiontec ECB6250 – MoCA 2.5 Network Adapter for Ethernet over Coax
• Apple Air Tags
• Cam Link 4K
• Getting Into Vlogging – Part 1
  • SonyZV-1 review
• iPad mini
• Logitech C922x Pro Stream webcam
• Logitech Combo Touch Keyboard
• Logitech G502 HERO High Performance Gaming Mouse
• Silhouette Cameo

Images

• 20 Best Stock Photo Sites with Free Images for Churches – from Church Tech Today
  • Pro Church Media on Unsplash
• Adobe brings Photoshop and Illustrator to your web browser
• Canva for Education
• Desktop Publishing the Easy Way with Google Slides
  • Sallie's sample Bible journaling verse images
    • Google Slides file
    • June verse image
    • July verse image
• Google Photos
  • How to Transfer Your iCloud Photo Library to Google Photos
• Ripl
• Typorama

Journaling

• Day One

Mobile

• HomeCourt app for iOS
  • Homecourt: The app taking teacher Twitter by storm
  • Sample school team
• Power Thesaurus app – iOS | Android
• The best iPhone feature you're not using will save you dozens of unnecessary swipes
• Ticket To Ride Mobile App – iOS | Android

Personal Productivity & Health

• Lockdown Productivity: Spaceship You

Smart Home

• Caséta Smart Switches

Social Media

• Facebook redesigns Pages with a more simplified layout and no 'Like' button
  • Q&A format
  • Creator Studio mobile app

Utilities

• Calend.ly
• Diagrams.net
• Genius Scan – iOS | Android
• Hide all other windows – Windows: Windows Key + Home | Mac: Option + Cmd + H
  • Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts
  • Mac keyboard shortcuts
• How to Set Departure and Arrival Times in Google Maps
• Microsoft Edge browser
  • Collections
  • Web capture
  • Vertical tabs
  • Insider channels
• OneNote Web Clipper installation
• Raindrop.io bookmark manager
• Share Kindle Books
  • How to Share Kindle Books with Family and Friends
  • How to loan a Kindle book to a friend or family member
• Sleeping Tabs on Edge to replace the Great Suspender extension for Chrome