290 – Summer Bucket Lists

This week’s WELSTech Podcast has an education focus as Jason Schmidt joins Martin and Sallie to talk about a bucket full of summer tech learning opportunities, both online and face to face. Combine that with our picks of the week, event announcements and community feedback for a show you don’t want to miss!

The discussion:

Kick the bucket – Jason Schmidt from Bennington ISD near Omaha, NE guests hosts with Martin and Sallie this week, and the three of us reveal our bucket list of learning goals for the summer and beyond.

• Videography
  • Storyboard Templates
  • Video Tips and Solutions – B&H Photo
  • Tutorials from Lynda.com
  • New York Video School Online Tutorials
  • Maximize Your YouTube Channel
• Moodle Teacher Certification
• ISTE 2013
• MLC Summer Course Offerings
  • Technologies for Preschool
  • Using Google Tools to Communicate, Create and Collaborate
  • Dynamic Classroom Presentations
  • Basic Photo-Manipulation
  • Webpage Design and Construction
• Martin teaches “It’s About Time” at the summer Intellectual and Developmental Disability Ministry (IDDM) Retreat
• Programming
  • Tutorials from Lynda.com
  • Codeacademy
  • WebPlatform.org
  • Safari Books Online
  • Tuts+ Premium
  • Adobe TechLive
• Google Summit – Registration deadline is this Friday – Use coupon code “WELSTech” for a $200 discount
• Photography
  • Tutorials from Lynda.com
  • Photography Tips and Solutions – B&H Photo
  • Adorama Learning Center | Adoram TV
• Share photos of your summer learning in the WELSTech Flickr group

Picks of the week:

• (18:20) MineCraftEDU.com
• Sallie’s Summer Vacation Tech Series #2 – Apple Composite AV Cable
• Google in Education
• Google Apps for Education

Calendar:

(28:28) WELSTech turns 300 in just 10 short episodes. Make plans to celebrate with us as we broadcast live from Synod Convention on July 30 at 8 p.m.!

Community feedback:

• (29:22) Gail Potratz phones in to recommend Jason’s WELS Google Schools community on Google+
• Google Play For Education Set To Enter Classrooms With a Play Store for Educational Apps!
• 10 Tips for Using Evernote Effectively
• Solar System – Interactive Learning Sites for Education
• Digital History
• 27 Places For Free TextBooks Online
• Revisiting The Old Reader – Jimmy Pautz tweeted that Feedly.com has a Google reader-like text interface available also and Missionary Larry Schloemer is a fan, using it for the last two months successfully

Coming up on WELSTech:

(38:46) Episode 291 – Prof. David Tess from Wisconsin Lutheran College joins Martin and Sallie to talk about what the Internet is doing to our brains. (Release date – 06/04/13)

The featured artist:

(39:30) We close the podcast with the instrumental music of In His Service (www.adagioconcepts.com) – O Lord, Send Forth Your Spirit

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