A complete listing of the Picks of the Week from 2015 WELSTech episodes
The Best of 2015 (Episode 425)
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Bible
- An All-New Way to Share What Inspires You in the YouVersion Bible App
- Biblia.com plugins
Books and Recommended Reading
- The Art of Virtue-Based Transformational Leadership
- The Must Read SlideShares of 2014
- Slidedocs by Nancy Duarte
- 5 Lessons For Entrepreneurs by Ian Lurie
- Fix Your Really Bad PowerPoint based on an ebook by Seth Godin
- The Classroom of the Future by Dean Shareski
- Top Church Tech Blogs [2015]
- Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right.
Communications and Marketing
- 4.2 billion people still offline
- Animated videos explaining multi-grade classrooms from Principal Timothy Vogel, Shepherd of the Hills, La Mesa, CA.
- Corissa Nelson’s Church and School Marketing Board on Pinterest
- From The Copyright Coach:
- Solve the Puzzle of Copyright eBook
- Webinar videos
- Upcoming Live Webinar – 7 Secrets of Understanding fair Use and the Religious Service Exemption – November 18 @ 12 noon Central
- Using Print to Share Your Story
Education
- Add verbal comments to Google Docs (even in Classroom) with the Doctopus and Goobric add-ons – Goobric Web App video
- Badge EDU – NMC Horizon Report: 2014 K-12 Edition
- Ck-12 Mobile App
- CrashCourse on YouTube
- Education on Air
- Hour of Code – December 7-13
- ISTE 2015 Highlights and Insights – From SmartBrief on EdTech
- Kahoot – Take the sample WELSTech Survey
- Photojojo – University
- Sample Chromebook Discipline Policy from John Dorn at Illinois Lutheran Schools
- Seesaw
- The Complete Guide to Photography (For Beginners)
- Read more from the Katchup blog including Understanding Exposure
- The Ultimate Beginner’s Introduction to Exposure
- Vocabulary.com
Fitness
- Chrome plugins:
- Google Authenticator
- Google Cardboard – DodoCase Virtual Reality Cardboard Toolkit V1.2
- Google Education On Air Archive
- Google for Education – Training Center
- Google Keep
- Google Sharing Update
- Inbox by Gmail
- New Google logo
- Slides Carnival
- The Gooru – Google Apps Training Resources
- Type with your voice in Google Docs
- What’s New in Google Apps newsletter archive
Hardware
- 3D Hubs
- 62 Windows 8 Secrets You Need to Know
- Apple TV
- August Smart Lock, HomeKit-Enabled
- Be your own Genius
- Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones
- Chromcast Deal
- Cocoon Grid-It – Sallie’s Grid-It
- Diamond USB 3.0 Superspeed Hub with Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
- DroneKit by 3D Robotics
- Get the Nexus 6 on Amazon for the discounted price of $349
- How to fix the no sound problem on a Chromebook
- HP Stream 13 Laptop
- Joby GorillaPods
- MacBook Pro
- Printrbot Education program
- Swivl
- The Drapers are building a Huxley RepRap 3D Printer and dreaming of things to print at Thingiverse!
- The Structure Sensor
- yeggi – Printable 3D Models Search Engine
- Your Phone is not a Watch ;-)
Mobile
- Air Squirrels
- An All-New Way to Share What Inspires You in the YouVersion Bible App
- Ck-12 Mobile App
- dbrand
- Diaro
- FreePrints App for iPhone, Android & Windows Phone
- Google Now on iPhone
- How to create Android and iOS Keyboard Shortcuts
- iOS Podcasts App
- Microsoft brings Office Lens to Android and iPhone
- Mobile Live Streaming
- Periscope – iOS | Android – The Scoop on Periscope from Tony Vincent at Learning in Hand
- Meerkat – iOS | Android
- Periscope vs. Meerkat
- Katch
- ProjectFi
- YouTube Kids app – Android | iOS
Multi-Media
- Adobe Creative Cloud Photography package
- Free Church Media for Christmas from Proclaim
- GeoTag Photos
- Good Shepherd’s Video Setup – Contact Allan
- List of Public Domain Music
- TelePromptor
- YouTube Downloader HD
- YouTube Red
Planning and Productivity
- Day One
- Diaro
- How to Set Up Your Desk – A Guide to Fixing a (Surprisingly) Overlooked Productivity Problem eBook
- Technology Planning Guidebook from the National Center for Technology Planning
Social Media
- Could You Lose All Your Social Media Followers
- If This Then That has new Pinterest channel
- Swarm & Facebook – Check in at church!
- Take Your Social Media to the Next Level – Time of Grace on Instagram & Pinterest
- The Top 3 Instagram Trends for Marketers
Utilities
- Add the WELSTech Calendar to your Google calendar
- Amazon Prime | Amazon Prime Music
- Bookmark Manager Extension
- Credit Karma
- Favorite keyboard shortcuts:
- Control + N – New window
- Control + T – New tab
- Control + Shift + N – Open an incognito window
- Control + F4 – Close app/window
- Feedly.com – iOS | Android | Kindle
- Geocaching.com – Mobile Apps
- Internet of Things (IoT)
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- What exactly is the Internet of Things? [Infographic] – Examples
- Microsoft HoloLens Demonstration – Augmented reality
- List of URL Shorteners
- OneNote for Teachers
- Open and use Chrome Task Manager in Windows
- Pinboard
- Reboot Restore RX – Free & fee-based, depending on your needs
- Slack – Team Messaging That Works!
- Square Cash
- Sunrise Calendar App
- Sway – Video Tutorials
- Thanks to Pastor Emile Burgess from Trinity, Caledonia, WI who has created a Text Expanderfile of Christian Worship (CW) hymns. It works with Phrase Express for Mac as well. Check out the details on the WELSTech Wiki.
- Updated WELS Yearbook
- Wikipedia Quick Hints Google Chrome Extension
- YouTube Downloader HD