346 – Worship and Tech Planning

The WELSTech summer wiki migration series continues with discussion of technology to assist with worship planning and media projection. Social media tools take center stage for tips and picks, and Martin shares a free heart rate app that checks heart rate using the iPhone camera!

The discussion:

Resources for worship – Martin and Sallie continue the WELSTech Wiki migration with a focus on worship resources, including the helpful Google Lectionary Calendar. Request an account on our new wiki – welstechwiki.gapps.wels.net – and add your worship planning ideas, sample worship folders and multimedia sources.

Tech tips:

• Twitter Lists
• Follow these new WELS Instagram accounts:
  • WELS – welslutherans
  • Kingdom Workers – instakingdomworkers
  • Martin Luther College – martinluthercollege

Picks of the week:

• Pinstamatic
• Instant Heart Rate for iOS

Community feedback:

• Osmo – Interactive app for iPad
• Creating a Google Sites Template
• How Does Samsung’s Chromebook 2 13″ Really Work
• Bring Your Own Device Toolkit

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 347 – The WELSTech wiki migration topic for next week is church and school communication including copyright issues, delivering excellent presentations and newsletters. (Broadcast date – 06/24/14)

Featured video:

From the WELS Musicians Playlist, watch Hearts of Stone by Branches Band

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