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.
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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.
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
- FinalWeb for Dummies – July 10-12 or July 17-19 – bit.ly/fw4d2012
Picks of the week:
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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