148 – Sallie’s Pick

This week the WELSTech Podcast “hits the books” with the kick-off of a new book discussion.

The discussion:

A new book selection – Leading 21st Century Schools by Lynne Schrum and Barbara B. Levin (browse sections on Google Books) is the latest book discussion selection for WELSTech.  To get the ball rolling, Martin and Sallie highlight Chapter 1 and apply the concepts to school leaders, teachers and pastors.

Ministry resources:

(19:19) Men’s Network

News in tech:

• (20:55) Apple announces ….
• Windows 7 Family Pack – 3 licenses for $150

Picks of the week:

• (24:16) 7 Places & Ways to Find Copyright-friendly Images
  • Learn about Google Images Usage Rights
• K12 Online Conference 2010
• TweetDeck

Community feedback:

• (31:22) Gmail Priority Inbox – gmail.com/priorityinbox.  What do you think?
• Alycia Cameron shared a link to a fun blog post titled A long time ago, before death by PowerPoint by Presentation Zen
• Martin shared a link to an Pew Research Center study on Cell phones and American adults
• Teacher Jason Schmidt from Gethsemane in Omaha, NE tagged a “WELSTech” link on Diigo to ePals Global Community for classroom collaboration
• Sallie shared a parent workshop wiki by David Truss titled Raising ‘Digital’ Kids – Presentation and Notes

Coming up on WELSTech:

(41:47) Episode 149 – Joanne Nemmers, school secretary at Calvary in Dallas, TX, joins Martin and Sallie as we look at technology in the school and church office.  Encourage your office administrator to tune in!  (Release date 09/15/10)

The featured artist:

(44:01) We close the podcast with the music of Mike Westendorf (www.mikewestendorf.com and mikewestendorf on Twitter) – Press On from his CD titled “Climb the Mountain”

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