301 – eBook Ch 7: Forms

This week on WELSTech we discuss ideas for gathering data with forms on your church or school web site, and our listeners come through with a wealth of feedback on everything from iPad protection to Chromebook deployment in schools. Plus Martin has a new gadget to unbox!

The discussion:

2-way conversation – Gather information from your web site visitors using the innovative ideas in this week’s installment of our WELSTech summer series,  Church & School Website Content. Martin and Sallie share ideas for forms and a strategy for designing and implementing them.

• Series resource page – Includes links to the eBook and sample sites

Picks of the week:

• (14:02) Mindjet MindManager for iPad
• New Gmail tabs

Of interest:

(20:55) WELSTech Camp is coming up on September 14 at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. Register and attend the free event to be in the drawings for a Mimio Teach Bar ($800 value) and 16GB iPad ($500 value)!!

Community feedback:

• (22:56) TeachingBooks.net
• Chromecast
• Shepherd’s Staff sale – save 30% using promo code ISL
• iPad protection recommendations
  • Survivor case from Griffin
  • Us+U cases
  • ZAGG screen protectors
• Google Cloud Print
  • Help from Karl Henselin at St. Mark’s in Green Bay (e-mail 1 | e-mail 2)
  • Google Could Print
  • Google Cloud Print Service
• WELS Google Schools Google+ Community
• Chromebook Deplyment 101 – Hangout with Jason, Gail & Dave on August 14 at 8 p.m. Central
• The Modern marketing Triangle – 3 Keys to Success

Coming up on WELSTech:

(33:40) Episode 302 – Coming soon to a summer series eBook near you, Martin and Sallie share ideas for enhancing your church or school web site with great content from across the web via RSS technology. (Release date – 08/13/13)

The featured artist:

(34:40) This week we close WELSTech with the music of Kevin Loersch – Blest Be The Tie That Binds

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