275 – Before and After

This week on the WELSTech Podcast we review key design principles for effective presentations and talk about a new web find for easy project management.

The discussion:

Design Principles – Martin and Sallie return to their book discussion of  Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds, with a look at chapter 6 of the book. This chapter is “worth the price of admission” because of the many before and after slide transformations which are demonstrated.  Concepts of signal-to-noise ratio, respect for empty space, imagery, and concept alignment are discussed.

Sources for stock photography:

• Pixabay
• MorgueFile
• Stock Exchange
• Creative Commons on Flickr
• Wikimedia Commons
• EveryStockPhoto.com
• iStockPhoto.com
• Shutter Stock
• Pond5

Ministry resources:

(15:43) Glo Bible 1.4.3 Update available to fix issues with notes, crashes and synchronization

Picks of the week:

• (17:30) Family Guide to Mobile Safety from PTO Today
• Trello

Of interest:

• (26:04) May 5 – Choral Kickoff of the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s 150th Anniversary Celebration
• June 16-21 – Wisconsin Lutheran College Google Education Summit 2013

Community feedback:

• (28:47) A recent WELSTech Listserve inquiry about firewalls for schools garnered several recommendations
  • SmoothWall
  • pfSense
  • OpenDNS
  • Comsift
• Texas Instruments’ TI-Nspire app is a graphing calculator tailored for iPad
• Google Forms Takes a New Shape!
• Google for Non-Profits Blog
• A Teacher’s Perspective On Pinterest
• Christ Light Survey – Summary | Full Report
• Teacher Tech Talk Podcast
• Shakespeare Uncovered
• Digitised Manuscripts

Coming up on WELSTech:

(40:17) Episode 276 – Next week’s podcast is dedicated to those who want to start collaborating online, and Martin interviews Missionary Brad Wordell about the collaborative work being done by translators through Multi-Language Publications. (Release date – 02/19/13)

The featured artist:

(41:30) We close the podcast with the music of Cross To Glory (www.facebook.com/crosstoglory) – Rescued

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