647 – Rachel and Jason EdTech Favorites

WELSTech welcomes guest hosts Rachel and Jason for a discussion of our favorite edtech resources. Plus we share picks, events, discussions, and reports to supplement your tech-in-ministry efforts!

The discussion

The best in edtech – Our WELSTech edtech gurus extraordinaire – Prof. Rachel Feld from Martin Luther College and Jason Schmidt from the Oconto Falls School District – are back, and the discussion centers on our favorite edtech content.

• John Spencer
  • Empowered at a Distance
  • Listen to Jason’s interview with John
• Matt Miller
  • Ditch That Textbook
• Kasey Bell
  • Shake Up Learning
• Eric Curts
  • Control Alt Achieve
• Alice Keeler
  • Add-Ons and Templates
• Caitlin Tucker
  • Blended learning books
• CommonSenseMedia.org
  • WideOpenSchool.org
• Joe Sanfelippo
  • #1minwalk2work Leadership Challenge
• Patrick Lencioni
  • At the Table
  • Working Genius
• Smart Brief on EdTech
  • Subscribe

Picks of the week

• Caséta Smart Switches
• Free Edpuzzle Pro School license for Google Edu users through July 2021
• Google buys Neverware to turn old PCs into Chromebooks
• Peloton Digital App

Ministry resource

Sign up for the Learning with Google event – February 17 from 2 to 3:30 pm Central

Community feedback

• Facebook WELS Intersections discussion of Bible video for Lent
  • The Lumo Project
• WELSTech Google Group discussion of WiFi at Great Plains Lutheran Hight School

WELS now

WELS annual report

Next time

Coming up in two weeks, teacher Justin Liepert is in the interview chair and Martin and Sallie talk about the post-quarantine church.

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