235 – Today’s Letter is W

It is e-book discussion week on the WELSTech Podcast as we look at social media strategy for churches and schools.

The discussion:

E-book conclusion – Martin and Sallie return to their discussion of the Radian6 e-book How to Transform Your Small Business With Social Media, digging into chapters 5 through 8.

• Google Alerts
• Google Analytics
• Should Your Church Have a Blog
• Facebook Friending 101 For Schools

Ministry resources:

(17:49) YouVersion Bible app parallel reading mode on iPad

News in tech:

(19:07) Google+ Hangouts live broadcasting out of beta

Of interest:

(21:22) FinalWeb training – This summer we’re offering online training on web site creation and maintenance using the FinalWeb system.   And, for the first time, we’ll be using Google Hangouts!

• FinalWeb for Teachers – July 9 or 16 – bit.ly/fw4t2012
  

  Image courtesy of Leo Reynolds via Flickr

• FinalWeb for Dummies – July 10-12 or July 17-19 – bit.ly/fw4d2012

Picks of the week:

• (22:47) Royalty-free letter images
• Camtasia Studio

7 Best:

(29:50) On the June 6th episode of WELSTech we’ll countdown our next 7 Best list, and listeners can be part of the list creation.  Simply let us know your favorite

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Community feedback:

• (30:49) Teacher Kurt Gosdeck from St. Lucas in Kewaskum, WI recently collaborated on an e-book project created by Richard Byrne from Free Tech For Teachers – 10 Digital Storytelling Projects
  • Grandparent Project Requirements
  • Student Video Projects
• The WELSTech Listserve was hopping last week with discussion of school server configurations.  Check out the list archives for details.
• Via Pinterest we saw the Just How Big Is Apple infographic
• Links shared in the WELSTech Diigo group this week include …
  • Shrink O’Matic – batch image resizer
  • How to Moderate a Brainstorming Session
  • NASA Video about planets
• On Twitter Maren McPeak (@marenmcpeak) shared a link to the solar powered Vista 200 Presentation System

Coming up on WELSTech:

(38:02) Episode 236 – Tune in for Martin’s Tech & Learning Conference recap and an interview on Hmong video outreach. (Release date – 05/16/12)

The featured artist:

(39:00) We close the podcast with the music of L. A. Miller – Your Peace from the CD titled “Night and Day”

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