310 – Are We Blockheads?
Tune in to today’s WELSTech for the next chapters of our regular book discussion (we’ll settle the blockhead debate once and for all) as well as a shiny tech giveaway announcement, a free digital magazine and much more.
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The discussion:
Historic brain change – Today Martin and Sallie revisit this season’s book discussion selection, The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. In chapters 2-4 the author takes a historic look at the introduction of clocks to society as well as the shift from oral to written communication. The changes in human behavior that occurred because of these historic events support the fairly recent understanding of the malleable or plastic characteristics of God’s amazing creation, our brain, which allows it to change in response to new influences.
Ministry Resources:
(24:19) Church Juice – Ways to Improve Your Church Bulletin
Listener Reviews:
(26:55) Share your review of software, hardware or web sites which assist with your personal or professional ministry efforts, and you will ll be entered to win a Nexus 7 tablet. Deadline for entry is May 31, 2014.
Tech tips:
- (29:22) Highlights and notes on Kindle
- Google Forms e-mail notifications
Picks of the week:
- (38:00) Top 100 Learning Tools of 2013 from Jane Hart
- Always Clear Downloads Chrome plugin
WELS.net feature:
(46:15) Forward in Christ magazine has gone digital! Try it out for free through the end of the year.
Community feedback:
- (47:55) Mobile Cause
- Common Sense Media Scope & Sequence
- Jot Form Apps
- Digital Analytics Fundamentals course from Google
Coming up on WELSTech:
(54:13) Episode 311 – Next week join Martin and Sallie as we tour the many features of the WELS Mobile App. (Release date – 10/15/13)
Music download:
(58:04) Beginning next week we’ll share a free song from a WELS artist for download each week.
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